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In Georgia, the race for a majority in the Senate will be decided on Tuesday.
Until recently, they campaigned together: Senator Kelly Loeffler (left), Senator David Perdue (center) and Trump’s daughter Ivanka.
Photo: John Bazemore (Keystone)
A few days before the second round of the Senate in Georgia, which is decisive for the balance of power in the United States, one of the candidates went into quarantine. Republican Senator David Perdue had contact with a corona-infected person, as his election campaign team announced Thursday. Meanwhile, US President Donald Trump and his successor, Joe Biden, have announced that they will hold election campaign events in Georgia immediately before elections take place next Tuesday.
Democratic Senate candidates Jon Ossoff and Raphael Warnock will challenge Republican incumbents Perdue and Kelly Loeffler on Tuesday. According to polls, fierce duels can be expected for the two Senate seats. The second round is very important because it decides on the future majority in the United States Senate. Trump and Biden want to support their respective candidates at the election campaign events in Atlanta and Dalton on Monday night.
According to his employees, Perdue had contact with a person infected by the crown in the middle of the final push of the election campaign. Although he and his wife tested negative for the corona virus, they both went into quarantine.
One seat would be enough for Republicans.
The extent to which future US President Joe Biden can implement his reform agenda is up to the future Senate majority. As it stands, President-elect Donald Trump’s Republicans have 50 seats in the House of Congress with 100 senators, Biden’s Democrats 48.
Republicans only have to win one of the runoff elections in Georgia to continue to have a majority in the Senate. This could make it much more difficult for Biden to govern. Democrats, however, would have to win both seats to get 50 as well. In stalemate, future Vice President Kamala Harris, who by virtue of her position is also President of the Senate, has a casting vote.
Biden will be officially confirmed as president next Wednesday. Republican Senator Josh Hawley of Missouri announced, however, that he would appeal against formal recognition of the election results in the corresponding session of Congress. This could delay the final confirmation of Biden’s victory, but only if a member of parliament also objects. Several Republican members of the House of Representatives apparently plan to do so, but have not yet officially announced it.
Such objections must be submitted in writing by at least one deputy and one senator to be considered. The Senate and House of Representatives deliberate separately and vote on the motion. For an objection to be successful, both houses of congress must agree to it. However, in view of the majority of Democrats in the House of Representatives, this is out of the question: Biden’s election can only be delayed, but not prevented, by any objection.
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