Democrats officially take control of Senate after Harris swears in Ossoff, Warnock and Padilla

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Following election results in Georgia, Sen. Chuck Schumer promises that a Democratic majority Senate would prioritize $2k in COVID relief.WASHINGTON – Georgia’s Raphael Warnock and Jon Ossoff were sworn into the Senate Wednesday, officially giving Democrats control of the chamber as President Joe Biden aims to push through his legislative agenda.

The new Democrats will give the chamber a 50-50 split, which effectively hands Democrats the majority because Harris — who as vice president serves as the president of the Senate — will be the tie-breaking vote.With plain language and open emotion, Biden urges shaken nation to regain its footing in wake of divisive president

Warnock, who unseated Republican Kelly Loeffler, similarly made history. The pastor, who served at the historic Ebenezer Baptist Church — where Martin Luther King Jr. served before his assassination — is the first Black senator to represent Georgia and the 11th Black senator in U.S. history. The battle for the Senate came down to Georgia, a state that seemed like a longshot for Democrats not too long ago. After Biden turned the state blue for the first time since 1992, the Senate seats appeared to be tossups in a high-stakes contest for power. Both Senate races in the November election went to a Jan. 5 runoff in which Ossoff and Warnock were victorious.

While Democrats will control the Senate, House and White House, the margins are so slim that far-reaching legislation may have trouble passing in Biden's first years in office. House Democrats lost more than a dozen seats in the last election, leaving them currently with only a three-seat majority. There are three vacancies currently in the House, at least one of which is a safe Democratic district. The Senate is in a similar situation with its 50-50 split.

 

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