Vice President Kamala Harris just tied the record for tiebreakers.
Harris, who will be in office at least another 18 months and is seeking reelection, has tied John C. Calhoun's record for tiebreaking votes in the Senate at 31. The vote was to invoke cloture on the nomination of Kalpana Kotagal to join the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission.“It’s a good feeling, thank you," she told the Washington Examiner when asked how it felt to tie the record.
Calhoun's record of 31 tiebreakers has stood for nearly 200 years, as his term as vice president ran from 1825 to 1832. Harris quickly matched his tally thanks to a 50-50 Senate during her first two years in office, followed by one that is technically 51-49 in Democrats' favor but has been hampered by absences and defections.
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