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

    This is kind of a clickbait headline. They get equal seats on committees because there are an equal number of Ds and Rs in the Senate. It's not Chuck Schumer just deciding McConnell will be running half the Senate or anything. Dems are shit but like there's a floor on this thing.