Category: Federal
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Markey defeats Kennedy in the Democratic primary for U.S. Senate in Massachusetts
Incumbent U.S. Sen. Ed Markey defeated U.S. Rep. Joe Kennedy in the Democratic primary for the U.S. Senate in Massachusetts. With 82% of the precincts reporting, Markey had received 55.6% of the vote to Kennedy’s 44.5%. Markey served in the U.S. House from 1976 until he was elected to the Senate in a 2013 special…
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Ballotpedia releases federal judicial vacancy count for August 2020
In this month’s federal judicial vacancy count, Ballotpedia tracked nominations, confirmations, and vacancies to all United States Article III federal courts from August 3, 2020, to September 1, 2020. Ballotpedia publishes the federal judicial vacancy count at the start of each month. HIGHLIGHTS • Vacancies: There have been no new judicial vacancies since the July…
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Trump has appointed second-most federal judges through September 1 of a president’s fourth year
Donald Trump has appointed and the Senate has confirmed 203 Article III federal judges through September 1, 2020, his fourth year in office. This is the second-most Article III judicial appointments through this point in all presidencies since Jimmy Carter (D), and is tied with the presidency of Bill Clinton (D). The Senate had confirmed…
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DOJ urges Congress to modernize administrative procedures
The U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) on August 11 released a report recommending that Congress update and improve the 1946 Administrative Procedure Act (APA). The DOJ argued that the APA framework fails to sufficiently manage modern regulation and falls short of promoting agency accountability, transparency, and public engagement. Deputy Attorney General Jeff Rosen told Reuters…
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Federal Register weekly update: Highest weekly proposed rule total since February
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. From August 24 to August 28, the Federal Register grew by 1,620 pages for a year-to-date total of 53,644 pages. Over the same…
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Final filing deadlines for independent presidential candidates
Although there is no formal, national deadline to file to run for president of the United States, independent presidential candidates must keep a close eye on the election calendar as each state has its own filing requirements and deadline to qualify to appear on the general election ballot. These requirements may include submitting a petition with…
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Congressional retirements by month, 2011-2020 — a Ballotpedia analysis
Between 2011 and July 2020, Ballotpedia tracked 243 retirement announcements from members of the U.S. House and Senate. January saw the highest number of retirement announcements of any month at 45—31 during even-number years and 14 during odd-number years, when no regular congressional elections are held. February and November had the second-highest total announcements at…
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Federal Register weekly update: Highest weekly page count of 2020 to date
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. From August 17 to August 21, the Federal Register grew by 2,084 pages for a year-to-date total of 52,024 pages. Over the same…
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RNC outraises DNC more than three-to-one in July
The Republican National Committee (RNC) outraised the Democratic National Committee (DNC) by more than three-to-one last month, according to August 2020 campaign finance reports filed with the Federal Election Commission on Thursday. This was the fourth month in a row in which the RNC outraised the DNC. The National Republican Senatorial Committee (NRSC) raised $14.9…
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3,160 major party candidates filed for 2020 Congress elections
As of August 24, 3,160 major party candidates have filed to run for the Senate and House of Representatives in 2020. So far, 515 candidates are filed with the Federal Election Commission (FEC) to run for U.S. Senate. Of those, 402—200 Democrats and 202 Republicans—are from one of the two major political parties. In 2018,…