Category: Federal
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Federal Register weekly update: Tops 80,000 pages
The Federal Register is a daily journal of federal government activity that includes presidential documents, proposed and final rules, and public notices. It is a common measure of an administration’s regulatory activity, accounting for both regulatory and deregulatory actions. From December 26 through December 30, the Federal Register grew by 1,544 pages for a year-to-date…
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Twenty-seven upcoming Article III judicial vacancies
According to the latest vacancy data from the U.S. Courts, there were 27 total announced upcoming vacancies for Article III judgeships as of January 5, 2022. Article III judgeships refer to federal judges who serve on the U.S. Supreme Court, the U.S. Court of International Trade, or one of the 13 U.S. courts of appeal…
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President Joe Biden (D) holds narrow lead in PredictIt’s 2024 presidential market
As of January 3, 2023, PredictIt’s 2024 presidential market shows incumbent Joe Biden (D) holding a narrow lead at $0.33, followed by Florida Governor Ron DeSantis (R) at $0.32, and former President Donald Trump (R) at $0.16. No other candidate has more than a $0.10 share price. Trump is the only candidate of this group…
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President Joe Biden (D) issued 29 executive orders in 2022
President Joe Biden (D) issued 29 executive orders in 2022, the fewest by a president in their second year in office since Bill Clinton (D) issued one executive order in 1994. President Donald Trump (R) issued 37 executive orders in his second year in office in 2018, the most since Clinton. Biden has issued 106…
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President Joe Biden ends 2022 with a 43% approval rating, the second-highest rating he received in 2022
At the end of 2022, polling averages showed 43% of voters approved of President Joe Biden’s (D) performance. Fifty-three percent of voters disapproved of his performance. Biden’s highest approval rating in 2022 was 44%, last seen on November 2, and the lowest was 38%, last seen on July 27. This is also the lowest approval…
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Federal Register weekly update: Highest weekly document total of 2022
The Federal Register is a daily journal of federal government activity that includes presidential documents, proposed and final rules, and public notices. It is a common measure of an administration’s regulatory activity, accounting for both regulatory and deregulatory actions. From December 19 through December 23, the Federal Register grew by 1,755 pages for a year-to-date…
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Twelve delegations become more Republican and nine become more Democratic in the 118th Congress
As a result of the 2022 elections, the congressional delegations of 12 states will become more Republican because Republicans in those states gained seats, Democrats lost seats, or a combination of the two. The congressional delegations of nine states will become more Democratic because Democrats in those states gained seats, Republicans lost seats, or a…
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Here’s how the timeline of presidential campaign announcements played out in 2020 and 2016
Former President Donald Trump (R) declared his candidacy for president in the 2024 election in November. Incumbent President Joe Biden (D) has said he plans to make his intentions about running for re-election public after the holidays. As 2023 begins, here’s a look at when presidential candidates declared their candidacies in 2020 and 2016. In…
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U.S. weekly unemployment insurance claims fall to 231,000
New applications for U.S. unemployment insurance benefits fell 20,000 for the week ending December 10 to a seasonally adjusted 211,000. The previous week’s figure was revised up from 230,000 to 231,000. The four-week moving average as of December 10 fell to 227,250 from a revised 230,250 as of the week ending December 3. The number…
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Plaintiffs challenging Kansas’ congressional district boundaries file appeal to U.S. Supreme Court
On November 23, 2022, the plaintiffs in Alonzo v. Schwab filed a petition for a writ of certiorari with the U.S. Supreme Court (SCOTUS). The petition—which asks SCOTUS to hear the case— challenges the Kansas Supreme Court’s May 2022 decision upholding that state’s congressional redistricting plan. The petitioners allege that the Kansas Supreme Court erroneously ruled “that…