Senate Republicans and Democrats have agreed on the terms for sharing power in the Senate, which is split evenly between the parties.
The accord comes after weeks of talks and follows a failed effort by Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell to get the Democrats to pledge to maintain the 60-vote legislative threshold. Instead, McConnell said he was assured by two Democrats they would not agree to change the filibuster rule.
Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer, a New York Democrat, said on Wednesday the organizing agreement “means that committees can promptly set up and get to work holding the gavels.”
Even though the Senate is split 50-50, Democrats control the majority thanks to the tiebreaking power of Vice President Kamala Harris.
For weeks, Republicans, who are in the minority, have led committees because the two sides had not agreed on an organizing resolution.
