Gabe OrtízDec 7, 2022

"Warnock’s win leaves his caucus far less reliant on its least reliable members, West Virginia Sen. Joe Manchin and Arizona Sen. Kyrsten Sinema ..."

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Raphael Warnock wins re-election in Georgia, giving Democrats an outright Senate majority

Democratic Sen. Raphael Warnock won a full six-year term by defeating Republican Herschel Walker in Tuesday’s runoff in Georgia, a victory that gives his party an outright 51-49 majority in the upper chamber. While Democratic control of the Senate was...

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Show threadGabe Ortíz
"Democrats will also hold majorities on previously tied committees, which will allow them to issue subpoenas without any Republican support and speed up procedures for bringing judicial nominations to the floor."
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Show threadGabe OrtízDec 7, 2022
"Warnock’s win makes this the first midterm since 1962 when Democrats netted Senate seats while controlling the White House; that previous election took place just days after John F. Kennedy successfully resolved the Cuban Missile Crisis. And until now, the last midterm where the president’s party didn’t lose a single Senate seat was 1934, when Franklin Roosevelt was in charge."
Show threadMichael O'ReillyJan 22, 2023
@tusk81 The through-line from FDR to JFK to JRBiden will be the subject of many historical analyses and reflections of this era. Policy and effectiveness in critical historical moments might seem obvious links, but if he keeps going, he can reconstruct the Democratic Party into a stable popular majority coalition that is capable of historically integrated responses to foreign and domestic issues, free from GOP caricature and mischaracterization. #WhoWeAre