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What President-elect Biden can and can't get from an evenly divided Senate
1 month ago | By WCVB
Here's what a 50-50 Senate really gets - and doesn't get - President-elect Joe Biden as he takes office
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What Biden can and can't get from an evenly divided Senate
1 month ago | By My Sanantonio
WASHINGTON - So what does a 50-50 Senate get President-elect Joe Biden?
Washington has barely had time to process the implications of Democratic control after two Georgia runoff elections that are delivering the Senate to Democrats. Hours after the races were decided, a mob of zealots ransacked the U.S. Capitol and reshaped the national and political landscape.
The unexpected new balance of power giving Democrats only the barest control of Congress has big consequences for the president-elect - easy confirmation of his Cabinet most importantly - but the road ahead for his ambitious...
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