Scott Rasmussen's Number of the Day for July 8, 2025
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July 8, 2025: Twenty-eight reconciliation bills have been passed by Congress since 1985.
A budget reconciliation is the process used to speed up the passage of a bill with a simple majority of 51 votes in the Senate. Reconciliation bills can only be initiated if a call for it has been made and passed in the House and the Senate. Debate times are limited to 50 hours, and filibusters are not allowed.
Scott Rasmussen is the president of RMG Research, Inc. and founder of the Napolitan Institute.
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- July 7, 2025-48% of voters approve of the way the Supreme Court is performing its job
- July 4, 2025-199 years ago, Presidents Thomas Jefferson and John Adams both passed away
- July 3, 2025-52% of voters say the Fourth of July is one of the nation’s most important holidays
- July 2, 2025-249 years ago, the Continental Congress officially declared independence from Great Britain
- July 1, 2025-39 cities of the top 100 cities hold elections in even-numbered years
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