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Rishi Sunak, the UK's former chief financial minister, will face off against Liz Truss, foreign secretary, in the final round of voting to replace Boris Johnson as prime minister. Penny Mordaunt, a long shot candidate whose campaign had gained steam, was eliminated from the race yesterday after receiving the fewest votes in the fifth round of voting.
The pair will battle it out over the month of August to gain support from the estimated 200,000 dues-paying Conservative Party members—or about 0.3% of the population—eligible to participate in the vote. Truss is considered the current favorite to win, despite Sunak receiving 137 votes to her 113 votes yesterday. See a rundown on the candidates here.
The winner will inherit the country's current economic problems, including record-high inflation, energy prices, and more. Among other policy differences, Truss has promised immediate tax cuts while Sunak is resistant to lower taxes until inflation is under control.
Separately, Johnson ended his final parliamentary session as prime minister by quoting the Terminator. |
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Electoral Count Act Reform
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A bipartisan group of 16 senators reportedly reached an agreement yesterday, reforming a century-old statute governing the certification of presidential elections.
Led by Sens. Joe Manchin (D-WV) and Susan Collins (R-ME), the bill clarifies the 1887 Electoral Count Act—the law at the center of an effort to convince then-Vice President Mike Pence to decline to certify the 2020 election results last Jan. 6. Changes include defining the role of the vice president as purely symbolic, raising the threshold needed to object to results from each state, and barring states from declaring a "failed election" to override the popular vote.
Nine Republicans have signed on to the bill, with 60 votes in the evenly divided chamber needed to break a potential filibuster. See the history of the original act here.
In related news, the House Jan. 6 Committee is scheduled to hold its next—and last currently scheduled—hearing tonight at 8 pm ET (livestream here). |
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Sales of previously owned homes declined for the fifth straight month in June amid rising mortgage rates and record-breaking selling prices, according to data released yesterday.
The median sale price of a previously owned home rose to a record $416K in June, up 13.4% year-over-year. Home sales fell 5.4% in June from a month ago and 14.2% from a year ago—the slowest annual pace since January 2019, excluding pandemic-related slowdowns. Still, homes that were bought sold quickly, with properties remaining on the market for 14 days in June, the shortest time period since 2011. See charts breaking down data here.
Economists say the housing market—a key driver of economic growth (see 101)—shows signs of a slowing economy, raising the risk of a recession as the Federal Reserve increases interest rates to tame annual inflation not seen since the 1980s.
See the growth in US home prices by state here. |
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