There’s a new normal in the Senate: tiny majorities.
Democrats currently have a shaky one-vote advantage in the upper chamber. Every senator is a potential deal-breaker; Sen. Joe Manchin III (D-W.Va.) — the chamber’s most moderate Democrat — has something akin to veto power over every Democratic proposal.
Over the past 10 years, neither party has had more than a 55-vote majority. The 2022 election likely won’t change this narrow balance of power. But it might change which party controls the chamber. CONTINUED
David Byler, Washington Post