The Senate unanimously adopted an organizing resolution that sets the ground rules for a chamber evenly divided between the two parties and officially gives Democrats control of committees after two weeks of talks.
The chamber is split 50-50, and Democrats hold the majority because Vice President Kamala Harris can break any tie votes. Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell, R-Ky., said the deal is almost identical to a 2001 agreement and “will allow the Senate to be fairly run as an evenly split body.”
McConnell announced the Senate Republican committee assignments for the 117th Congress. He said newly elected Sens. Roger Marshall, R-Kan., and Tommy Tuberville, R-Ala., would join the returning members of the Senate Agriculture Committee, making a total of 11 Republican members.