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The Fifty-Fifty Senate Is Going To Be A Little Bit Weird

JAN 21, 202113 MIN
The NPR Politics Podcast

The Fifty-Fifty Senate Is Going To Be A Little Bit Weird

JAN 21, 202113 MIN

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Vice President Kamala Harris can cast a tie-breaking vote in the Senate; that means that Democrats effectively hold a majority in the chamber. But the even split means that the body's top leadership needs to work out terms for how things like committee membership work.

This episode: political reporter Juana Summers, congressional correspondent Susan Davis, and national political correspondent Mara Liasson.

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