Since January 20, 2021, the current 117th Congress' Senate is divided 50–50 between Republicans and Democrats. Thus, Kamala Harris' tie-breaking vote gives the Democrats the Senate majority. However, as the 117th Congress was sworn in on January 3, while the president and vice president would not be sworn in until the 20th, Republicans held a 51–48 majority in the Senate for 17 days until the inauguration of Kamala Harris on January 20; this was because of run-off elections in Georgia, with a vacant seat formerly held by a Republican and an appointed Republican incumbent remaining in her seat until the seating of her successor. After the two Democratic senators-elect from Georgia (Jon Ossoff and Raphael Warnock) defeated the Republican incumbents in the runoff and took their seats, and an appointed Democratic senator (Alex Padilla) replaced Harris in the Senate, the Republican majority ended, giving Democrats the majority a few hours after Harris's swearing in on January 20, when Harris, as President of the Senate, swore in Ossoff, Warnock, and Padilla. This resulted in a 50–50 tie in the Senate that Harris is able to break. No substantive legislative work was done during the time Republicans held the majority, as the Senate was in recess for most of the time, and only was in session for the swearing in of the 117th Congress, the counting of electoral votes, and other business on January 19.