# President is impeached and convicted - at what precise moment does he lose power?

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**Created:** [January 8, 2021, 10:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/president-is-impeached-and-convicted-at-what-precise-moment-does-he-lose-power/930073 "2021-01-08T22:55:26Z")\
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**Post date:** [January 13, 2021, 12:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/president-is-impeached-and-convicted-at-what-precise-moment-does-he-lose-power/930073/21 "2021-01-13T12:09:47Z")

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> [@Saint\_Cad](#):
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> With a 50/50 split, McConnell will cease being majority leader when they first meet after noon January 20th when Kamala Harris takes her seat as President of the Senate.

But will it be a 50/50 split by noon January 20? When do the new senators from Georgia get seated?

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