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Originally Posted by Maritime Q-Scout
Not quite. It would put the Democrats at 51 seats. Going into the midterms they had 50. Which meant that the tie-breaker was the VP.
Now they'd have a true majority, but without Manchin and Sinema they'd only have 49 (instead of 48) which isn't enough to pass.
It does mean that they only need one of the two to vote along the party line. If the Dems had 52 seats then they'd be theortically irrelevant.
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I do wonder if Sinema is less likely to go rogue now that there's another Democratic Party Senator in her state. She could be worried about getting primaried (and also see that towing the line could get her re-elected).