If Johnson is absent (but still in office), does he have to vote on control?

[Adenoid_Hynkel]

for the dems to be officially the majority or has this already been decided?
or would it be like the jeffords situation where, in this case the gop would now have enough votes to regain control with johnson being absent?

this is what confuses me on this. is it just number of members that determines who runs the show or do they have to actually cast votes on it?

[MonkeyFunk]

1. What's confusing?

Without Johnson, the Dems have 50 votes to the Republican's 49 votes. They still win.

[Adenoid_Hynkel]

3. ok, i see

the gop can only take over if they replace johnson
the coverage i saw confused me

[Major Hogwash]

2. No, he never has to vote again!

He is still a Senator.

[jfxgillis]

4. No, it won't matter

It'd be 50-49 Dems.