With just two weeks until Georgia’s runoff election between Sen. Raphael Warnock (D-GA) and Herschel Walker, party leaders are ramping up spending on advertisements in a last-ditch effort to secure the Senate seat that has been deemed crucial for both sides.
Democrats have already secured a tight majority in the Senate after Sen. Catherine Cortez Masto’s win in Nevada, guaranteeing the party 50 seats plus Vice President Kamala Harris’s tiebreaking vote. Democrats view Warnock’s seat in Georgia as crucial to advancing the party’s agenda over the next two years, while Republicans are hoping to maintain a 50-50 Senate.Here’s a breakdown of why the Dec.
Republicans are hoping to preserve their tie in the Senate to maintain some sense of control, eyeing a 50-50 makeup as a way to block Democratic legislation. The GOP has already secured a narrow majority in the House, meaning a tie in the Senate could help the party stall the Democrats’ agenda over the next two years.Should Democrats secure a 51-49 majority, the party would likely manage to seat an extra Democrat on each committee, giving them an advantage in advancing legislation.
“It’s always better with 51 because we’re in a situation where you don’t have to have an even makeup of the committees,” said President Joe Biden, who spent 36 years in the Senate. “And so that’s why it’s important, mostly. But it’s just simply better. The bigger the numbers, the better.”
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