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The Federal Tap: Candidate lineup set for second Democratic presidential debate

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July 20, 2019Issue No. 168

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Week in review
On tap next week

THE WEEK IN REVIEW

Here's what happened in Federal politics last week.

Monday, July 15

Trump (R), Buttigieg (D) lead presidential fundraising in second quarter

  • The deadline for presidential candidates to file second-quarter financial reports with the Federal Election Commission passed. Here are the highlights from those reports:
    • President Donald Trump (R) led all presidential candidates with $26.5 million in receipts. Individual contributions accounted for $8.8 million of that total while amounts received from PACs and political committees were $17.6 million.
    • Pete Buttigieg (D) more than tripled the amount he received during the first quarter, reporting $24.9 million in individual contributions. Joe Biden and Elizabeth Warren followed with $22 million and $19.2 million, respectively.
    • Bernie Sanders spent $14.1 million during the second quarter—the most expenditures of any candidate. He also ended the quarter with $27.3 million—the most cash among the Democratic candidates. Only two other Democratic candidates—Buttigieg and Warren—reported having about $20 million or more in cash on hand heading into the third quarter.

Harris leads Democratic candidates in Ballotpedia pageviews for second consecutive week

  • Each week, we report the number of pageviews received by 2020 presidential campaigns on Ballotpedia. These numbers show which candidates are getting our readers’ attention.
  • Sen. Kamala Harris’ campaign page on Ballotpedia received 3,594 pageviews for the week of July 6-13. Harris’ figure represents 8.7% of pageviews for all Democratic candidates during the week.
  • Former Vice President Joe Biden had 7.7% of the candidate pageviews for the week while Sen. Elizabeth Warren had 6.7%.
  • Every Democratic campaign’s pageviews decreased this week with former Rep. Eric Swalwell showing the steepest drop of 69.2%. Swalwell suspended his presidential campaign on July 8, 2019.
  • The top three candidates in lifetime pageviews are South Bend Mayor Pete Buttigieg with 86,772, entrepreneur Andrew Yang with 73,481, and Harris with 71,849.
  • On the GOP side, former Massachusetts Gov. Bill Weld had 8,945 pageviews to President Donald Trump’s 1,368.

Tuesday, July 16

Former Supreme Court Justice John Paul Stevens dies at the age of 99

  • Former Supreme Court Justice John Paul Stevens died at the age of 99.
  • Stevens was appointed to the court by President Gerald Ford (R) in 1975 to succeed Justice William O. Douglas. He was Ford's only appointment to the court. Stevens served until assuming senior status in June 2010, after which President Barack Obama (D) appointed current Justice Elena Kagan to succeed him. During his tenure, Stevens served on the Burger Court, the Rehnquist Court, and the Roberts Court.
  • Before his appointment to the Supreme Court, Stevens served on the United States Court of Appeals for the 7th Circuit. He was appointed to that post by President Richard Nixon (R) in 1970. He earlier worked in private practice in Chicago and served as a lieutenant commander in the U.S. Navy during World War II.

Wednesday, July 17

Vice President Pence attends fundraiser for Bishop (R) in NC-09

  • Vice President Mike Pence (R) joined Dan Bishop (R) at a Fayetteville, N.C., fundraiser. Bishop faces Dan McCready (D), Allen Smith (G), and Jeff Scott (L) in the Sept. 10 special election for North Carolina's 9th Congressional District.
  • Bishop and Pence discussed national security and Bishop's support for President Trump, The Fayetteville Observer reported. Trump held a campaign rally at East Carolina University in Greenville, N.C., on Wednesday night. The president endorsed Bishop on May 16, two days after Bishop won the Republican primary with 48% of the vote against nine other candidates.
  • Also this week, campaign finance reports showed McCready raised $1.4 million between April 25 and June 30, bringing his total contributions to $3.4 million. Bishop raised $662,000 during the same period for a total of $1.2 million raised.
  • The special election was called after the North Carolina State Board of Elections did not certify the 2018 general election results following allegations of absentee ballot fraud. Those returns showed Republican candidate Mark Harris leading McCready—who was the 2018 Democratic nominee—by 905 votes.

Thursday, July 18

Lineup set for second Democratic presidential debate July 30 & 31

Congress is in session

The Senate will be in session July 22-26 and the House will be in session July 23-26. Click here to see the full calendar for the first session of the 116th Congress.

SCOTUS is on summer recess

The Supreme Court is on summer recess. To learn more about the 2018-2019 term, read our review.

WHAT'S ON TAP NEXT WEEK

Here's what is happening in Federal politics this week.

Where was the president last week?

  • On Monday, Trump hosted the third annual Made in America product showcase.
  • On Tuesday, Trump participated in a Cabinet meeting and met with Republican Congressional leaders.
  • On Wednesday, Trump spoke at a Make America Great Again rally in Greenville, North Carolina.
  • On Thursday, Trump met with the Prime Minister of the Netherlands.
  • On Friday, Trump participated in a roundtable with supporters.

Federal Judiciary

  • 129 federal judicial vacancies
  • 57 pending nominations
  • 11 future federal judicial vacancies


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