Jonathan Bernstein, Columnist

What a Senate Majority Means for Democrats

President Joe Biden will be able to fill out his administration. Legislation will be more complicated.

January 6, 2021 at 12:43 PM UTC

Jonathan Bernstein is a Bloomberg Opinion columnist covering politics. A former professor of political science at the University of Texas at San Antonio, he wrote A Plain Blog About Politics.

A new-look Senate.
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