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What does a 50-50 Senate get Joe Biden as president?
Washington has barely had time to process the implications of Democratic control after two Georgia run-off elections that are delivering the Senate to Democrats. Hours after the races were decided, a mob of zealots ransacked the US Capitol and reshaped the national and political landscape.The unexpected new balance of power giving Democrats only the barest control of Congress has big consequences for next president – easy confirmation of his Cabinet most importantly – but the road ahead for the…