HuGeo Q2. 7.3. Tuesday, January 5

HuGeo Q2. 7.3. Tuesday, January 5

Senate run-offs in Georgia

Multiple Select

Organization of the United States government in Washington, D.C.

1. 3 brances of government

2. Congress : Legislative branch (makes the laws)

3. Senate (100 members) and House of Representatives (435 members)

4. The Senate in session in the Capitol Hill building

United States Senate

100 members; 2 from each state

The stakes were huge: Control of the Senate, where Republicans had a 50-48 edge before the runoffs.

Multiple Select

Warnock and Ossoff become U.S. Senators:

Their wins were overshadowed Wednesday by violence and a chaotic breakdown in the democratic process. A mob of Trump supporters stormed the U.S. Capitol, where Congress was confirming Biden’s victory, and one woman was fatally shot.

• Democrats’ success has abruptly shifted the outlook for Joe Biden’s presidency, giving him much stronger hopes of prevailing on ambitious legislation, sensitive nominations and possibly Supreme Court justice picks.

• Ossoff and Warnock both lead their opponents by more than the 0.5 percentage-point threshold for a recount, powered to victory by record-breaking turnout among Black voters.

• Ossoff and Warnock will be the first Democrats elected to the Senate from Georgia in 20 years.