Finding 60 votes in an evenly divided Senate? A high bar, but not an impossible one
The current Senate has managed to clear the 60-vote hurdle to avoid a filibuster on several of its main legislative achievements.
Numbers, Facts and Trends Shaping Your World
The current Senate has managed to clear the 60-vote hurdle to avoid a filibuster on several of its main legislative achievements.
65% of U.S. adults say science has had a mostly positive effect on society; 28% say it has had an equal mix of positive and negative effects.
Amid the ongoing COVID-19 outbreak, people around the world are still concerned by the threat of global climate change.
Amid mounting public concern about violent crime in the U.S., Americans’ attitudes about police funding in their own community have shifted.
A majority of U.S. registered voters say climate change will be a very or somewhat important issue when casting their vote for president.
International relations experts’ assessment of the current crises facing the world are often at odds with those of the U.S. general public.
The U.S. murder rate rose 30% between 2019 and 2020 – the largest single-year increase in more than a century.
German Chancellor Angela Merkel is scheduled to visit the White House this week as she wraps up her final year in office.
Among Republicans, support for increasing reliance on solar power is down from 84% last year to 73% today.
If one takeaway from the election is historic voter participation, another may be the political polarization that has come to define the U.S.
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