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McCain Backs Power Sharing Senator Open To 50-50 Split On Commerce By Mark Preston Senate Commerce Chairman John McCain (Ariz.)has broken ranks with his GOP colleagues by signaling that he would agree to equal party representation on his panel next Congress - a move that is likely to place added pressure on already embattled Majority Leader Trent Lott (R-Miss.). A top McCain aide said the chairman would agree to Democratic parity on the Commerce, Science and Transportation panel in the 107th Congress. McCain will support an equal number of Members on the committee, as well as an equal staff and budget allocation for Democrats, with one caveat. Assuming that Republican Dick Cheney is elected vice president, and thus will serve as President of the Senate to break deadlocks in the 50-50 chamber, McCain will not share the actual committee gavel with the ranking member, Sen. Fritz Hollings (D-S.C.). "John McCain will support the Commerce Committee split with the chairmanship being in Republican hands because of Cheney's tie-breaking vote," said Mark Buse, the Senator's staff director on the committee. "We can get through all [legislation] that we need to with a 50-50 split. rollcall.com