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Article: DEMOCRATS HAVE THEIR EYES ON CONTROLLING 50 SENATE SEATS.(MAIN)
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- Albany Times Union (Albany, NY)
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- June 9, 1996
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Byline: ELIZABETH SCHWINN Times Union Washington bureau
WASHINGTON -- The way Democrats see the U.S. Senate after the November election, the vice president might be one of the busiest people in town next year.
With Republicans now holding a 53-47 majority in the Senate, Sen. Bob Kerrey of Nebraska, chairman of the Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee, is predicting that his party will gain at least three seats, giving the Senate a 50-50 breakdown.
Under that scenario, the vice president would be called on more frequently to exercise his role under the Constitution to cast tie-breaking votes as president of the Senate.
If Vice ...