With 32nd tie-breaker, VP Harris breaks nearly 200-year-old record

By Chris Megerian and Lisa Mascaro | Associated Press

WASHINGTON — Vice President Kamala Harris broke a nearly 200-year-old record for casting the most tiebreaking votes in the Senate when she voted Tuesday to confirm a new federal judge in Washington, D.C.

Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer, a New York Democrat, called Harris’ 32nd tiebreaking vote a “great milestone.”

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