WAPO: McConnell relents on Senate rules, signals power-sharing deal with Democrats

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https://www.washingtonpost.com/powerpost/mcconnell-relents-on-senate-rules-signals-power-sharing-deal-with-democrats/2021/01/25/fe4d1634-5f7c-11eb-9061-07abcc1f9229_story.html

By Mike DeBonis Jan. 25, 2021 at 9:53 p.m. EST

Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell on Monday night signaled he would step back from an ultimatum over Senate rules that sparked a partisan showdown, which threatened to obstruct President Biden’s early legislative agenda.

McConnell (R-Ky.) said in a statement that he was ready to move forward with a power-sharing accord with Democrats on how to operate the evenly divided Senate, defusing a potentially explosive clash over the minority’s rights to block partisan legislation.

McConnell on Monday said he was prepared to move forward on a deal “modeled on that [2001] precedent” after two Democratic senators — Joe Manchin III (W.Va.) and Kyrsten Sinema (Ariz.) — publicly reiterated their previously stated opposition to eliminating the filibuster.