Good morning. I'm James Holman from the Washington Post and this is the Daily

2002 for Wednesday, January 6th. In today's news, Vice President Pence prepares

for a final performance that will

infuriate President Trump. The Trump dead-enders descend on DC and the lame duck

president finalizes a rule saying it's fine to kill millions of birds.

But first, the big idea.

Democrats closed in on control of the United States Senate with a stunning come from behind victory in one of Georgia's twin runoff elections,

and they're leading in the second contest. These races could

massively reshape the first two years of president-elect Joe Biden's term by

giving Democrats a much clearer path to enacting their legislative priorities and confirming

the president-elect's nominees. After swapping leads over the course of the night

as results came in, Democrats Raphael Wardock and John Osaf benefited from late counts in

Democratic areas of the state. This gave Warnock an increasing lead over Republican

Senator Kelly Leffler as the final precincts were counted.

Edison Research called the race for Warnock early this morning.

Osoff holds a narrower lead over David Purdue, whose Senate term expired on Sunday.

Most of the remaining ballots, though, are believed to be from strongly Democratic areas.

His campaign manager expresses high confidence that they will prevail.

But the race has not been called, and Purdue's team says he is not conceding.

But the Warnock win and the possibility of the second Democratic victory represent a historic

upset in a long time Republican bastion,

signaling a clear shift in the political makeup of the state

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