Shrinking GOP majority puts Speaker Johnson on the hot seat
Politics,US House Of Representatives,Mike Johnson,Republican Party
Speaker Mike Johnson's (R-La.) already fragile GOP majority is hanging by a thread, as the death of Rep. Doug LaMalfa (R-Calif.) and the departure of former Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-Ga.) narrow the party's razor-thin margin.
LaMalfa's death and Greene's exit leave Johnson with a 218-213 majority in the House, allowing him to lose no more than two votes on any given bill, assuming all members are present and Democrats are unified in opposition.
And Johnson is temporarily short a member as Rep. Jim Baird (R-Ind.) recovers from a car crash following his release from the hospital last week.
"If you have one or two more people in an accident and die, that's a problem," said Rep. Ralph Norman (R-S.C.).
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