Kamala Harris gets powerful tiebreaker role due to Senate's partisan split

After wins by Democrats Raphael Warnock, Jon Ossoff in Georgia’s runoff elections, the upper chamber is divided 50-50 between Republicans and the Democratic caucus, meaning Harris can use her tie-breaking vote as president of the Senate to push through nominees and pass bills on which senators are split along party lines

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