House GOP Edge Falls to a One-Vote Question in a Narrow New Session
TL;DR
The House opens with Republicans holding a razor-thin 218-213 margin after Marjorie Taylor Greene’s resignation and Doug LaMalfa’s death; a Texas special election later this month is expected to boost Democrats, further narrowing the GOP edge and making party-line votes hinge on a single defection or attendance, undermining governance as the chamber heads into an election year.
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- Shrinking GOP majority puts Speaker Johnson on the hot seat The Hill
- House Speaker Mike Johnson already had a tiny majority to work with. It just got even smaller. NOLA.com
- Republicans' shrinking House majority brings new possibility: a change in control without an election Newsday
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