Democratic candidates for Senate Jon Ossoff (L), Raphael Warnock (C) and US President-elect Joe Biden (R) bump elbows on stage during a rally outside Center Parc Stadium in Atlanta, Georgia, on January 4, 2021. Jim Watson | AFP | Getty Images Democrats won Tuesday’s two Senate runoff elections in Georgia , NBC News projected Wednesday, clinching control of the U.S. Senate and significantly shaping what President-elect Joe Biden can accomplish on climate change and other issues when he takes office. The projected victories of the Rev. Raphael Warnock and Jon Ossoff give the Democratic Party 50 seats and leave a tiebreaking vote to Vice President-elect Kamala Harris . Current Minority Leader Chuck Schumer , D-N.Y., will become majority leader in place of Republican Sen. Mitch McConnell , and Schumer will then decide what occurs on the Senate floor. Without a GOP-controlled Senate, Biden has greater leeway to pass climate change legislation. The former vice president’s climate action pledge includes an ambitious $2 trillion economic plan that would accelerate a clean-energy transition, cut carbon emissions from the electricity sector by 2035 and achieve net-zero emissions by 2050. The goals of Biden’s climate plan are in line with targets set by […]
Control of Senate allows Democrats to act on Biden’s climate change agenda
