Reply #1: If the Senate was split 50-50, the party of the President would be the majority [View All]

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since the VP, as president of the Senate, breaks ties.

The committees, in such case, would be controlled by the President's party, although the minority party is in a good position to negotiate very high representation on the committees to reflect their numbers in the body.This was the case after the 2000 election and remained that way until Jeffords switched to Independent and announced he would caucus with the Dems.