Senate Majority Leader

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I do not expect or want it to happen but who is the majority/minority leaders if the Senate ends up 50/50? I know the Vice President breaks any ties, but who is in charge of day to day business? Who decides what bills are sent to committees or acted upon?

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10:07a, 11/12/20

Chuck Schumer

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10:08a, 11/12/20

The Vice President breaks any tie vote, so a 50/50 Senate is effectively a Democrat controlled senate.

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In reply to Ag$08 • 10:09a, 11/12/20

Ag$08 said:
The Vice President breaks any tie vote, so a 50/50 Senate is effectively a Democrat controlled senate.

If the Vice President is a Democrat.

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In reply to rgleml • 10:28a, 11/12/20

rgleml said:
I do not expect or want it to happen but who is the majority/minority leaders if the Senate ends up 50/50? I know the Vice President breaks any ties, but who is in charge of day to day business? Who decides what bills are sent to committees or acted upon?

Precedent from 2000 was the Party that controls the WH controls because of the VP, though the Committee Assignments and other rules were adjusted some.

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10:30a, 11/12/20

Yep; the senate will vote on Leader and VP will break tie...

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10:34a, 11/12/20

Unless Joe Manchin decides to caucus with the Rs. I've wondered for a while now how long until he changes parties.

"Sen. Joe Manchin is pledging to block major progressive legislative goals if Democrats retake the Senate.

Speaking to Fox News' "Special Report" Monday, Manchin (D-W.Va.) made the promise while discussing the future of the upper chamber of Congress, and how the 100-member body was facing a down-the-middle split between Democrats and Republicans.

If Democrats are successful in their two Senate runoff races in Georgia in January, bills in the Senate could be moved by a single vote.

"50-50 [control] means that if one senator does not vote on the Democratic side, there is no tie and there is no bill," the West Virginia Democrat said.

"I commit to tonight and I commit to all of your viewers and everyone else that's watching, I want to allay those fears, I want to rest those fears for you right now because when they talk about, whether it be packing the courts or ending the filibuster, I will not vote to do that," he continued."

https://nypost.com/2020/11/10/sen-manchin-to-vote-against-crazy-stuff-like-court-packing/