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Showing Original Post only (View all)House Majority in peril as Bill Johnson resigns [View all]
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Bill Johnson submitted his letter of resignation today to the U.S. House of Representatives, effective Jan. 21, and will start the next day as Youngstown State University president
https://thehill.com/homenews/house/4385589-house-gop-majority-to-shrink-to-2-with-ohio-lawmakers-early-resignation/
House Republicans already-slim majority will dwindle even further later this month when Rep. Bill Johnson (R-Ohio) resigns earlier than expected.
Johnsons office on Tuesday confirmed the congressmans new official resignation date of Jan. 21, after he was expected to resign to take a job as president of Youngstown State University before mid-March.
The resignation will leave the House with 219 Republicans, 213 Democrats, and three vacancies meaning Republicans will be able to afford to lose only two votes on any party-line measure, assuming full attendance.
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They are in big peril of losing the majority if members keep fleeing.
Nothing is getting done in 2024.
Rats and sinking ship comes to mind.
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A special election is required for McCarthy's seat; Newsom has to set the schedule
petronius
Jan 2024
#30
How different would our lives be if Democrats had maintained the House in 2022?
OAITW r.2.0
Jan 2024
#5
It breaks my heart that we didn't get more state houses in the year of the census.
Hermit-The-Prog
Jan 2024
#13
When we put up a map that would have kept the US House, but a Cuomo-spawned process takes it away, it is no
Celerity
Jan 2024
#32
OK, we will blame Cuomo....the guy that I counted on for my day-to-day Covid Pandemic update.
OAITW r.2.0
Jan 2024
#35
The Cuomos are all worthless. Including his brother on that yellowrag newsnation.
LiberalFighter
Jan 2024
#57
keep resigning. rs . is the special prosocuters on to u ? maybe we might get suff done w o thrm
AllaN01Bear
Jan 2024
#20
Given all of the chaos, mis-management, Trump, etc., it amazes me that the Republicans are still a viable
Yavin4
Jan 2024
#33
The newz is Republi-splaining the inertia for them lamenting how they had trouble getting speakers
live love laugh
Jan 2024
#49
For one brief exciting moment I was thinking it was speaker johnson resigning.
SouthernDem4ever
Jan 2024
#54