The top two Senate leaders are nearing a power-sharing agreement to hash out how the evenly divided chamber will operate, with Democrats in charge of setting the schedule but both parties likely to hold an equal number of seats on Senate committees, according to sources familiar with the talks.

CNN Tweet text: The top two Senate leaders are nearing a power-sharing agreement to hash out how the divided chamber will operate, with Democrats in charge of setting the schedule but both parties likely to hold an equal number of seats on Senate committees, sources say

    • DetroitLolcat [he/him]
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      4 years ago

      No,the number of committee seats is pre-set and there will be an equal number of Ds and Rs on each committee because there are an equal number of Ds and Rs in the Senate. Stacking the committees would be equivalent to just nullifying the other party’s seats.

      The headline is poorly-worded and clickbaity. Dems are not actually giving any power to the GOP here, it’s a minor clarification of the rules when there’s an equal number of people from each party.