{"id":65475,"date":"2021-01-06T23:53:30","date_gmt":"2021-01-06T23:53:30","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/en.bornomalanews.com\/?p=65475"},"modified":"2021-01-06T23:53:30","modified_gmt":"2021-01-06T23:53:30","slug":"democrats-poised-to-take-charge-of-senate-with-georgia-victories","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/en.bornomalanews.com\/?p=65475","title":{"rendered":"Democrats Poised to Take Charge of Senate with Georgia Victories"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"News Desk: The victories by Jon Ossoff and the Rev. Raphael Warnock, both Democrats, solidified Georgia\u2019s political transformation and ensured that President-elect Joe Biden will have an easier time enacting his agenda.<\/p>\n

Democrats took control of the Senate on Wednesday with a pair of historic victories in Georgia\u2019s runoff elections, assuring slim majorities in both chambers of Congress for President-elect Joseph R. Biden Jr. and delivering an emphatic, final rebuke to President Trump in his last days in office.<\/p>\n

The Rev. Raphael Warnock defeated Senator Kelly Loeffler, becoming the first Black Democrat elected to the Senate from the South. And Jon Ossoff, the 33-year-old head of a video production company who has never held public office, defeated David Perdue, who recently completed his first full term as senator.<\/p>\n

Both Democrats now lead their defeated Republican opponents by margins that are larger than the threshold required to trigger a recount under Georgia law.<\/p>\n

The Democrats\u2019 twin victories will reshape the balance of power in Washington. Though they will have the thinnest of advantages in the House and Senate, where Vice President-elect Kamala Harris will break 50-50 ties, Democrats will control the committees and the legislation and nominations brought to the floor. That advantage will pave the way for at least some elements of Mr. Biden\u2019s agenda.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

News Desk: The victories by Jon Ossoff and the Rev. Raphael Warnock, both Democrats, solidified Georgia\u2019s political transformation and ensured that President-elect Joe Biden will have an easier time enacting his agenda. Democrats took control of the Senate on Wednesday with a pair of historic victories in Georgia\u2019s runoff elections, assuring slim majorities in both […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":65476,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[5],"tags":[],"yoast_head":"\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\t\n\t\n\n\n\n\t\n