Senate Leaders Reach Deal To Fully Transfer Power To Democrats

Sen. Chuck Schumer (D-NY) and Sen. Mitch McConnell (R-KY) have reached a power-sharing deal, effectively transitioning the Senate from Republican hands to Democrat hands.

The Senate is evenly split along party lines, 50-50, but Vice President Kamala Harris, a Democrat, would cast the deciding vote in any tie, effectively giving Democrats the ability to declare themselves the Senate’s controlling party. Had Republicans instead of Democrats prevailed in two runoff elections for both of Georgia’s Senate seats back in early January, the Senate would have remained in Republican hands.