3 new Democratic senators sworn in, flipping control of the Senate

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VP Kamala Harris formally swore in three new, barrier-breaking Democratic senators on Wednesday afternoon following her own inauguration, officially giving Democrats control of the Senate for the first time since they lost the chamber in the 2014 elections

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Earlier this month, Georgia elected two Democrats -- the Rev. Raphael Warnock and Jon Ossoff -- to the US Senate, flipping the chamber. Warnock, the senior pastor of Ebenezer Baptist Church in Atlanta, and Ossoff were joined on Wednesday by Harris' successor, Alex Padilla, the former California secretary of state appointed to the Senate by Democratic Gov. Gavin Newsom. The swearing-in of the three new senators was groundbreaking.

Ossoff, 33, is also the youngest senator in the chamber, and the youngest Democrat to serve in the Senate since President Joe Biden, who was sworn into the chamber at the age of 30 in 1973.LIVE UPDATES: The inauguration of Joe BidenRead MoreWith Warnock, Ossoff and Padilla sworn in, the party breakdown of the Senate is 50-50. Democratic Sen. Chuck Schumer became the first New Yorker and first Jewish lawmaker to become Senate majority leader.

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Watch now has we suddenly wind up in several wars in the middle east again since we wont drill here for oil after biden cancelled the keystone yesterday. We watch this movie every new party change.

I wonder if her replacement will run California as his own little play set like she did?

No time to waste. Much to do for the Country.

Now ImpeachTrumpNow YES!!!!

so Ga is finding out about the lies Ossoff and Warnock said... Day one.. and already crying about being lied to....

ThreeWiseMen and The lord sent these wise men to liberate the Senate from the Lord of evil named MoscowMitch Morning_Joe washingtonpost JoyAnnReid

In US is it the vice President's duty to swear in Senators?

Two have already pissed off their constituents. Good liars.

2 who campaigned on promises already broken. They campaigned on 2k checks in Georgia. Now that they are elected, they have changed their mind. People will be lucky if they see anything.

Her “successor”...

Don’t worry. I’m pretty positive NO ONE will be talking about how good things were with trump because there was nothing good.

So um she did her job

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