Democrats are poised to control the US Senate. They have no excuses any more | Bhaskar Sunkara

Voters have given Democrats a mandate. The party must pursue ambitious, concrete policy change

November's mixed election results - which saw Democrats win the presidency, but Congress remain divided - have been upturned. Thanks to Georgia's US Senate races, the Democrats now likely control 50 senators and the tie-breaking vote in the Senate. That means the Democrats will probably control both houses of Congress, as well as the White House, for the first time in a decade.

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