Vice President Harris to act as tie-breaker in split Senate

Vice President Kamala Harris swore in two Georgia Democrats and one from California on Wednesday as the newest members of the US Senate, making the Democrats the party in control of the upper house.

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Jon Ossoff and Raphael Warnock beat Republican opponents in run-off elections on January 5. California's Alex Padilla replaced Harris after she relinquished her seat to become vice president.

The influx of two new Democrats makes the Senate deadlocked with Republicans at 50-50, but the vice president acts as a tie-breaking vote.

Top Senate Democrat Chuck Schumer is now the majority leader, the first-time for a Jewish lawmaker.

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