Democrats Take Control of Senate
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Senate Democrats Announce First Order Of Business For New Majority: Fixing Democracy
After Democrats won control of the House of Representatives in the 2018 midterm elections, they introduced and passed the For the People Act as H.R. 1 — the first bill of their majority. It aimed to restore voting rights, reform campaign finance laws and enhance ethics enforcement. Senate Democrats have now done the same after reclaiming the chamber majority with the introduction of S. 1, their version of the For the People Act.
These nearly identical bills contain a suite of policies to protect, enhance and expand democracy, according to...
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Democrats Officially Have A Majority In The Senate, Three Senate Democrats Sworn In By Harris
Three Democrats were officially sworn in as U.S. Senators on Wednesday, hours after President Joe Biden’s inauguration, giving Democrats a majority in the Senate.
California Democrat Alex Padilla will take Vice President Kamala Harris’s Senate seat, Georgia Democrat Jon Ossoff will take David Perdue’s seat, and Georgia Democrat Raphael Warnock will take Kelly Loeffler’s seat. The two Georgia Senate runoff victories secured Democrats’ majority in the Senate. Harris swore the three Senate Democrats in.
The Senate will now be split 50-50, with Harris, giving Democrats the tie-breaking vote.
“As I’m...
From the Center
Democrats take Senate majority, sealing control of the White House and Congress
Democrats took control of the Senate on Wednesday when three new members of the party were sworn in, giving a boost to President Joe Biden’s ambitions in the White House.
The party now controls the presidency and both chambers of Congress.
Democratic Sens. Raphael Warnock and Jon Ossoff of Georgia and Alex Padilla of California took office, bringing the Senate party split to 50-50. Newly inaugurated Vice President Kamala Harris, who will hold the chamber’s tiebreaking vote, briefly presided over the chamber and swore in the three senators. She laughed...
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