This Vermont senator left the Republican Party, giving control of the Senate to the Democrats
... Democrats will quickly push their own agenda, giving patients new rights in... [DOC] [TLE] Jeffords leaves GOP, throwing Senate control to Democrats [PAR] May 24, 2001 ... James Jeffords of Vermont left the Republican Party as expected Thursday, 
becoming an independent and throwing control of the Senate to the Democratic 
Party for the first time since 1994.