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A historic new Congress was sworn in on Sunday, one that narrowed the margin of control in both chambers and brought a diverse class of first-term members to Capitol Hill.
In the House of Representatives, a previously robust Democratic majority shrank to just 222 seats four more than the 218 needed for a bare majority with two races still undecided, for a net GOP pickup of nine seats.
One Republican House member, Iowa Rep. Mariannette Miller-Meeks, was seated provisionally, as her opponent continues to contest Miller-Meeks’s six-vote margin of victory, and New York’s 22nd Congressional District will be temporarily without a representative as incumbent Rep. Anthony Brindisi’s race remains too close to call.
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‘It’s Just Unprecedented’: Senate Hinges on Georgia Runoff Chaos Bloomberg 1/2/2021 Billy House © Photographer: Jessica McGowan/Getty Images North America Voters line up for the first day of early voting in Atlanta, Georgia, on Dec. 14.
(Bloomberg) Georgia’s Senate run-off elections arrive Tuesday after a whirlwind two-month campaign that smashed fundraising records, inspired historic voter turnout, bombarded the airwaves with ads, and loomed over congressional negotiations on major spending legislation.
The stakes may never have been higher in such a narrow election. Amid President Donald Trump’s incessant attacks on Georgia’s election integrity, four people are seeking two seats that will determine which party controls the Senate. For President-elect Joe Biden, nothing less than his entire agenda is on the table.