Georgia certifies Ossoff, Warnock victories, paving way for Democratic control of Senate

[DonViejo]

Source: Washington Post


By Amy Gardner and Erica Werner

Jan. 19, 2021 at 12:51 p.m. EST

Georgia election officials on Tuesday certified the victories of two Democrats who won in the state’s hard-fought U.S. Senate runoff elections earlier this month, paving the way for them to take office as early as Wednesday.

Democrats Jon Ossoff and Raphael Warnock narrowly defeated Republican incumbents David Perdue and Kelly Loeffler in the Jan. 5. runoffs, a stunning and unexpected boon for President-elect Joe Biden.

Shortly before Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger certified the results Tuesday, election officials in Fulton County grappled with discrepancies between the unofficial vote totals reported and the final tallies. In the end, those discrepancies gave Perdue and Loeffler a few hundred additional votes — not enough to alter the outcome, officials said.

Ossoff and Warnock are expected to be sworn in Wednesday by newly inaugurated Vice President Kamala D. Harris in one of her first acts in presiding over the Senate, according to an individual with direct knowledge of the plan.



Read more: https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/georgia-certifies-ossoff-warnock-victories-paving-way-for-democratic-control-of-senate/2021/01/19/8b9cf672-5a59-11eb-a976-bad6431e03e2_story.html

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https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2021/01/19/inauguration-biden-trump-live-updates

[IronLionZion]

1. Mitch is a minority!

Now we can pass some legislation to get Biden's agenda moving forward

[scarletwoman]

2. Hooray!

Ossoff and Warnock are expected to be sworn in Wednesday by newly inaugurated Vice President Kamala D. Harris

Alex Padilla (Harris' Senate replacement) will also be sworn in at the same time.

[Lonestarblue]

3. Hallelujah! We are leaving the dark side of the moon and headed back to sanity.

[lagomorph777]

4. Wonderful! Now, if we can get Manchin to caucus with us, we'll have the Senate.

[moose65]

5. Manchin DOES caucus with us

Not sure what you're talking about!

[lagomorph777]

6. This

He opposed the energy policies of President Barack Obama, voted against cloture for the Don't Ask, Don't Tell Repeal Act of 2010 (he did not vote on the bill itself), voted to remove federal funding for Planned Parenthood in 2015, and voted to confirm most of President Donald Trump's cabinet and judicial appointees, including Associate Justice Brett Kavanaugh. But Manchin has also repeatedly voted against attempts to repeal the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (Obamacare), voted to preserve funding for Planned Parenthood in 2017, and voted against the 2017 Republican tax plan. He vocally opposes policy proposals from the progressive wing of his party

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joe_Manchin

[moose65]

7. Yeah, so?

He still is in the Democratic caucus, so he counts as one of the 50.

[LiberalArkie]

8. Except when he doesn't

[moose65]

15. No, he always counts

Even if he doesn’t vote the way we want him too, he counts as one of the 50 in our majority. What would you prefer - Manchin, who adds 1 to our majority and votes with us half of the time, or some crazy Republican who would give them the majority and NEVER vote with us?

[OneCrazyDiamond]

9. And they are already chipping away at our control

McConnell, Schumer close in on power-sharing agreement in evenly divided Senate
https://www.cnn.com/2021/01/18/politics/mitch-mcconnell-chuck-schumer-power-sharing-deal/index.html
...
Similar to those rules, set in January 2001, Schumer and McConnell aides are discussing allowing bills and nominations to advance to the Senate floor even if they are tied during committee votes, something that could become common given that each party is expected to have the same number of seats on committees.
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[orangecrush]

10. Senate conviction

Coming up!

[bdamomma]

11. .....

Now let's get back to business!!!!!

[electric_blue68]

12. Yay! Thanks Georgia, Stacy Abrams & Team! 💖🥳

[MRDAWG]

13. You are welcome from the PeachState**

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[electric_blue68]

14. I visited Athens and Atlanta a looong time ago 👍

[JudyM]

16. What a magical post. Glorious!