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as posted by the channelArizona Sen. Kyrsten Sinema cuts the margin in the U.S. Senate by leaving the Democratic Party and registering as an independent.
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Arizona Sen. Kyrsten Sinema threw some cold water on Senate Democrats' celebration of a new 51-49 majority, leaving the party Friday and registering as an independent. On one hand, it seems as though not much will change. She told Politico she will not caucus with Republicans and told CNN she will keep her committee assignments.
"Becoming an independent won't change my work in the Senate," she told in the Arizona Republic, part of the USA TODAY network. Sinema would not say on CNN whether she would join the ranks of independent Sens. Angus King of Maine and Bernie Sanders of Vermont who caucus with Democrats.
But in keeping her committee assignments, she indicated her party switch to independent won't change the balance of power much – other than giving more political power to herself and swing Democratic Sen. Joe Manchin of West Virginia. On the other hand, it shakes up Washington and weakens Senate Democrats' newly acquired outright majority.
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