51 republicans were in the senate in 2018.
51 republicans were in the senate in 2018.
how many republicans are in the senate in 2018?
51
owing largely to the prominence of the religious right in conservative politics in the united states, the republican party has traditionally taken positions regarded as outwardly hostile to the gay rights movement. however, public opinion on this issue within the party has substantially changed in recent years. a 2007 poll showed 60% of republicans supported expanding federal hate crime laws to include sexual orientation and gender identity. a 2009 poll by the "pew research center" found that 48% of republicans supported civil unions for same-sex couples. another poll, in 2012, from "cbs news/new york times", showed that approximately "half of republicans" do not support legal recognition of any kind for same-sex couples. a 2013 poll found that 61% of republicans support laws protecting gay and lesbian people against employment discrimination a 2014 pew research poll indicated that 61% of millennial republicans are in favor of same-sex marriage. an october 2017 pew research center survey found that 54% of republicans believed that society should accept homosexuality, while only 37% believed it should be discouraged. a june 2017 pew research survey found for the first time as many republicans support same-sex marriage than oppose it. a poll conducted in 2018 by "gallup" revealed that 44% of republicans supported same-sex marriage. another poll in 2018, this one by the public religion research institute, found that 51% of republicans opposed same-sex marriage with 42% supporting it. a may 2019 quinnipiac university poll found that only 13 percent of republicans think employeers should be allowed to fire people based upon sexual orientation.
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the senate was expected to debate the bill during the afternoon of september 23, 2013. the senate democrats were expected to try to remove the language from the bill that defunds the affordable care act, while senate republicans were expected to oppose such a move. senator mike lee said on meet the press that senate republicans push to the verge of a government shutdown, but that "the government will be funded." the house cancelled a planned week of recess with the expectation that they would receive a revised version of the bill back from the senate during that time. the senate worked on the bill from september 23 to september 27. on september 27, the senate voted in roll call vote 209 54-44 to amend the bill to remove the language that defunded the affordable care act. that vote was made after a vote to move forward with working on the bill, one which many republicans voted in favor of. this maneuver allowed the senate to vote on the bill, even with the affordable care act provisions removed, in order to send the bill back to the house. the senate republican leadership made this decision to avoid senate republicans from being blamed for the, then potential, government shutdown by leaving the next move up to the house. republicans were split on the move, however, with 25 republicans voting in favor of ending debate (thus allowed a vote on the bill) and 19 voting against it (which would prevent the democrats from easily rewriting the bill to remove the affordable care act provisions). the republicans opposed to this were primarily led by senator ted cruz. all republicans did vote against the final passage of the law, once the affordable care act provisions had been stripped out, a sign, according to senate minority leader mcconnell, that republicans were unified in their opposition to the affordable care act itself.
continuing appropriations resolution, 2014