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Vice President Kamala Harris could kill the filibuster herself
She s president of the Senate under the Constitution. That could be useful. Actual Senate gavel not pictured.Anjali Nair / MSNBC; Getty Images
Feb. 8, 2021, 10:34 AM UTC
It was 5:30 a.m. on Friday and all eyes were on Vice President Kamala Harris.
The Constitution has given Harris, as vice president, a second job a side gig to most modern observers. She s not just President Joe Biden s No. 2; she s also president of the Senate. And it s not a role she should overlook. It may, in fact, be the key to transforming Biden s agenda from notions into laws. In the right hands, in a Senate as closely divided as this one, it s a job that can finally break the chamber s famed deadlock and transform Washington.
Many people quickly highlighted Bernie Sander s attire at the inauguration, and created endless memes. Photo: AP
Wearing mittens made out of recycled materials and a warm winter jacket, US senator Bernie Sanders pulled off a casual inauguration outfit – and vibe – that only he could.
Many people quickly highlighted the 79-year-old independent Vermont senator s look, and created endless memes, from Wednesday s inauguration of Joe Biden and Kamala Harris (Jan 20), which he said was more about keeping warm than fashion. You know in Vermont, we dress warm, we know something about the cold, and we’re not so concerned about good fashion, we want to keep warm. And that’s what I did today, ” Sanders told
After she takes over as vice president, Harris will preside over the upper chamber of Congress. Thus, as I leave the United States Senate, this is not goodbye. This is hello, Harris wrote in an op-ed in the San Francisco Chronicle published Jan. 18, indicating that in her capacity as the vice president, she will also become the president of the Senate. As I resign from the Senate, I am preparing to take an oath that would have me preside over it, she said.
The Democratic Party will gain control of the Senate later this month when Georgia s Democratic senators-elect Jon Ossoff and Raphael Warnock are sworn in.Â