Category: Federal
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Seven Democrats will debate in New Hampshire four days before first presidential primary
The Democratic Party will hold its eighth presidential primary debate in Manchester, New Hampshire, on Feb. 7. Seven candidates qualified for the debate: former Vice President Joe Biden, former Mayor Pete Buttigieg, Sen. Amy Klobuchar, Sen. Bernie Sanders, investor Tom Steyer, Sen. Elizabeth Warren, and businessman Andrew Yang. Yang was the only candidate to qualify…
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Ballotpedia releases federal judicial vacancy count for January
In this month’s federal judicial vacancy count, Ballotpedia tracked nominations, confirmations, and vacancies from January 3, 2020, to February 3, 2020. Ballotpedia publishes the federal judicial vacancy count at the start of each month. HIGHLIGHTS Vacancies: There have been three new judicial vacancies since the December 2019 report. There are 75 vacancies out of 870…
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Bernie Sanders receives most, Pete Buttigieg second-most, pageviews during Iowa Democratic caucuses
The Democratic Iowa caucuses were held on February 3, 2020, though the Iowa Democratic Party delayed releasing the caucus results due to quality control issues. Across the three-day period including the caucuses, from February 2 to February 4, Bernie Sanders led all Democratic candidates in pageviews on Ballotpedia with 3,070, which was 16.1% of all…
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No Article III federal judges confirmed in January; Trump has appointed second-most through third year of a presidency
Donald Trump appointed and the Senate confirmed 187 Article III federal judges through February 1, 2020, his fourth year in office. This is the second-most Article III judicial appointments through this point in a presidency of all presidents dating back to Theodore Roosevelt. Only Jimmy Carter (197) had more. The average number of federal judges…
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RNC outraises DNC for eighth consecutive month, Democrats lead in national Senate and House committee fundraising
The Republican National Committee (RNC) outraised its Democratic counterpart by more than two-to-one for the eighth consecutive month, while the Democratic House and Senate committees outraised their Republican counterparts, according to year-end 2019 campaign finance reports filed with the FEC Jan. 31. The Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee (DSCC) raised $7.3 million and spent $6.0 million…
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Presidential candidates have collectively raised over $1 billion
Michael Bloomberg (D) led presidential candidates in fundraising for the fourth quarter of 2019, according to financial reports filed Jan. 31. Bloomberg raised $200 million during the quarter, all self-funded. He was followed by Tom Steyer (D), who raised $156 million, including $155 million self-funded. As of the December 31, 2019, reporting cutoff, President Trump…
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DNC eliminates donor threshold for Feb. 19 debate in Las Vegas
The Democratic National Committee released its criteria for the Feb. 19 presidential primary debate in Las Vegas, Nevada, on Friday. Candidates have three paths to qualify: (1) receive at least one pledged delegate in the Iowa caucuses or New Hampshire primary; (2) receive 10 percent support in four national, Nevada, and/or South Carolina polls; or…
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U.S. Rep. Doug Collins seeks election to Senate, 2,456 major party candidates filed for 2020 Congress elections
U.S. Rep. Doug Collins (R) announced January 29 that he is running in the special election for U.S. Senate in Georgia. Former Sen. Johnny Isakson (R) resigned in December. Collins has represented Georgia’s 9th Congressional District in the House since 2013. He is the third member of Georgia’s congressional delegation to announce he would not…
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OIRA reviewed 31 significant rules in January
The White House Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs (OIRA) reviewed 31 significant regulatory actions issued by federal agencies in January 2020. The agency approved one rule without changes and approved the intent of 28 rules while recommending changes to their content. Agencies withdrew two rules from the review process. OIRA reviewed 17 significant regulatory…
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Federal tobacco age restriction increase followed five years of state increases
On December 20, 2019, President Donald Trump (R) signed H.R. 1865 into law setting the federal tobacco age restriction at 21. At the time H.R. 1865 was signed into law, 54% of the country’s population already lived in states that had signed legislation setting their tobacco age restrictions at 21. The first law in the…