HOW A TIED SENATE COULD LOOK: Monument Advocacy founder Stewart Verdery, who worked for former Sen. Don Nickles (R-Okla.) during the brief period in 2001 when the chamber was evenly divided, said it’s possible the Senate could follow precedent and adopt a similar framework, with committee members and resources split evenly and Democrats controlling the chair roles and floor, an arrangement he said was still “quite favorable” to the minority. Verdery noted that the “price of admission” for Democrats to strike a power-sharing agreement might be a commitment not to abolish the legislative filibuster, a demand from liberals that more moderate Democrats like Sens. Joe Manchin (D-W.Va.) and Jon Tester (D-Mont.) oppose.
