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What Biden Gets With Slimmest Possible U.S. Senate Control

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Joe Biden with with Raphael Warnock, right, and Jon Ossoff in Atlanta, on Jan. 4. 

Joe Biden with with Raphael Warnock, right, and Jon Ossoff in Atlanta, on Jan. 4. 

Photographer: Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images 

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With Democrats on the cusp of winning the narrowest possible control of the Senate, President-elect Joe Biden faces a wider avenue for enacting some of his campaign agenda, though the chamber’s legislative procedures will still pose limits.

Raphael Warnock beat Republican opponent Kelly Loeffler in Georgia’s runoff elections on Tuesday, while the race between Jon Ossoff and Republican David Perdue was still too close to call. Ossoff was leading by more than 17,000 votes and claimed victory, a win that if validated makes the Senate split 50-50 among Republicans and the Democratic caucus.