Author: Ellen Morrissey
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U.S. House votes to adopt Senate-amended budget resolution
On April 10, the House of Representatives voted to adopt the Senate-amended version of budget resolution HCon.Res.14, completing the budget resolution process. The House voted 216-214 in favor of the resolution, with 216 Republicans voting in favor and Reps. Victoria Spartz (R-Ind.) and Thomas Massie (R-Ky.) joining 212 Democrats in voting against the resolution. The…
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President Donald Trump (R) issued thirty-three executive orders in March
President Donald Trump (R) issued thirty-three executive orders in March, bringing his total to 109. To view the titles and text of each order he issued in March, click here. Trump issued 46 executive orders in January 2025, more than any other month of his presidency. He issued 30 executive orders in February 2025, fewer…
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President Donald Trump (R) ends March with 47% approval, 51% disapproval
At the end of March, approval polling averages showed President Donald Trump (R) at 47% approval. Fifty-one percent of voters disapproved of his performance. The lowest approval rating he’s received during his presidency is 47%, last seen on March 31, 2025. The highest approval rating Trump has received is 54%, last seen on Jan. 22,…
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Republican party committees lead in cumulative fundraising as of second finance deadline of the 2026 election cycle
As of Feb. 28, 2025, the end of the most recent party committee campaign finance filing period, the three committees associated with the Democratic Party have raised a cumulative $57 million and spent $58 million in the 2026 election cycle, while the three committees associated with the Republican Party have raised $67 million and spent…
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President Donald Trump (R) has issued most executive orders in the first 100 days of his presidency since Franklin Delano Roosevelt (D)
As of March 23, 2025, President Donald Trump (R) has issued 98 executive orders so far in his second presidential term. This is the most executive orders issued by a president during the first 100 days of an administration since Franklin Delano Roosevelt (D), who issued 99 orders during that timeframe. Recent orders issued by…
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All 15 of President Donald Trump’s (R) Cabinet secretaries have now been confirmed
All 15 of President Donald Trump’s (R) main Cabinet secretaries have now been confirmed, following the confirmation of Lori Chavez-DeRemer for secretary of labor on March 10, 2025. The Senate voted 67-32 to confirm Chavez-DeRemer, with 16 Democrats and 51 Republicans voting in favor of her nomination. Among presidents serving from 2009 to the present,…
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President Donald Trump (R) has issued most executive orders of any 21st century president
Across his first and second term, President Donald Trump (R) has issued 301 executive orders. This is more than any other president in the 21st century. Looking at his second term in office, the number of executive orders Trump has issued following his swearing-in (81) is higher than Obama, Bush, Biden, and Trump’s first term…
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President Donald Trump (R) ends February with 48% approval, 48% disapproval
At the end of Feb., approval polling averages showed President Donald Trump (R) at 48% approval. Forty-eight percent of voters disapproved of his performance. The lowest approval rating he’s received during his presidency is 47%, last seen on Feb. 7, 2025. The highest approval rating Trump has received is 54%, last seen on Jan. 22,…
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Jamieson Greer confirmed as U.S. trade representative
The U.S. Senate voted to confirm Jamieson Greer as U.S. trade representative on Feb. 26, 2025. The Senate voted 56-43 in favor of his nomination, with five Democrats and 51 Republicans voting in favor. This was the 19th member of President Donald Trump’s (R) Cabinet confirmed in his second presidential term. Trump announced on Nov.…
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Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee holds confirmation hearing for Lori Chavez-DeRemer for secretary of labor
The Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee held a confirmation hearing for Lori Chavez-DeRemer for secretary of Labor on Feb. 19, 2025. At the time the hearing ended, the committee had not scheduled a meeting to vote on her nomination. Chavez-DeRemer must receive a majority approval vote in the committee before her nomination can…