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Ending debate on the legislation would require 60 votes, and with a 53-47 majority and no Democrats in favor — none voted Tuesday to begin debate — that becomes a herculean hurdle to overcome.Â
Ben McAdams, a Democrat, 47 percent to 46 percent.Â
↵↵"This is a rogue terrorist regime that has been threatening the United States and our allies and our people for 47 years," she added.
↵↵Last year, the last time the Senate voted on an Iran war powers resolution, the motion to discharge fell short 47-53, with Fetterman voting against it and Paul the only Republican "yes."
↵↵The annual address to a joint session of Congress — the longest in U.S. history at 1 hour, 47 minutes and 43 seconds — featured some of the most partisan moments in recent memory, with the chief executive
↵↵That would require some Democratic support in a 53-47 Republican-led chamber with a 60-vote threshold for most legislation.
A Washington Post-IPSOS-ABC News poll conducted Feb. 12-17 found that 60 percent of respondents disapproved of how Trump is handling the job, including 47 percent who strongly disapproved.
"For 47 years, they've been talking and talking and talking. In the meantime, we've lost a lot of lives while they talk. Legs blown off, arms blown off, faces blown off.
↵↵Senate Republicans are defending a 53-47 majority heading into the midterm elections, which kick off next month, with March 3 primaries in Texas and North Carolina.Â
↵↵Senators voted 52-47 to discharge a war powers resolution from the Senate Foreign Relations Committee that would bar military action "within or against" Venezuela absent a specific congressional authorization
On the health of the economy, 53 percent said it was on the wrong track, while 47 percent picked right track.
The same Harvard-Harris poll found inflation was most respondents' (47 percent) top issue by a wide margin over "restoring basic American values of merit" at 13 percent and immigration at 11 percent.
↵↵Data from early November from Navigator Research and Global Strategy Group found that 47 percent of Americans blame Trump and Republicans for rising premiums, while 21 percent blamed Democrats and 19
An effort to take up her amendment was defeated 47-53, with every Republican opposing it.
Nearly half (47 percent) blamed Trump and Republicans, with 30 percent pointing a finger at Democrats in Congress.
The poll also found that a plurality of respondents, 47 percent, believe that lawmakers should demand an extension of the expiring health care subsidies even if it means the shutdown continues.
Party leaders agreed to set a 60-vote threshold for each, and the GOP-controlled chamber is divided 53-47. Republican leaders got a bit of surprise bad news when Sen.
Democrats (including independents who caucus with them) hold 47 seats, while the GOP holds 53.
One way to do that is for all 47 of them show up every morning at the normally mostly empty Senate chamber, ready to negotiate a funding compromise and restore Congress as an independent, co-equal branch
increase investments in nuclear energy, fossil fuels and critical minerals would support the Trump administration’s goals for constantly running baseload power, while Democrats said spending cuts, such as a 47