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

    • garbology [he/him]
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      4 years ago

      you need a majority vote on the committee right?

      no, tied votes pass.

    • CanYouFeelItMrKrabs [any, he/him]
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      4 years ago

      Part of this power sharing agreement is that tied votes pass. This is what happened in 2001 I think when the Senate was last split.