Why Kamala Harris's Vice Presidency Will Be Different
The Atlantic Kamala Harris Is the Decider With a 50–50 split in the Senate, Harris is poised to have final say over crucial decisions in the coming years. Al Drago / Bloomberg / Getty Kamala Harris’s vice presidency was already shaping up to be a uniquely consequential one. Now Democratic control of the Senate has propelled her to the front of the political scene, where she’ll be breaking ties and giving President Joe Biden’s legislative agenda a chance at life. Being part of the president’s deliberative process is already a major step for a vice president—before Walter Mondale, t...