If Warnock wins in Georgia, Democrats will be rid of power sharing rules in the Senate, meaning they could pursue a Senate committee on January 6which Republicans previously blocked.
in the next session of Congress, experts warn that the Georgia runoff election between Sen. Raphael Warnock and his challenger Herschel Walker remains critical for the party.
Democrats have attained 50 seats in the Senate, which — along with Vice President Kamala Harris’s tie-breaking vote — technically means they’ll run the Senate chamber no matter what. But a 50-50 split still comes with significant limitations. Certain rules in the Senate do not hinge on the vice president’s tie-breaking vote, and thus require the establishment of a power-sharing agreement when there is a split chamber. That was the case in early 2021, when Democrats and Republicans agreed that, as opposed to the party in power having slightly more seats in each committee.
If Warnock loses his reelection bid to Walker next month, Democrats will have picked up one Senate seat in the midterms but also lost one seat, meaning that the power-sharing agreement will likely be extended through 2025.
The current power-sharing agreement resulted in Republicans blocking a commission to investigate the January 6 Capitol attack, which is why the investigation
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