Split Senate reaches power-sharing agreement after weeks of talks

Published February 3, 2021 3:12pm ET



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.

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