Former Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene’s remaining term won’t be filled until March 10 in Georgia’s special election.
The Republicans currently have exactly 218 votes in the House of Representatives. It currently requires 216 votes to pass legislation. With one Republican out of the House of Representatives due to a car accident, the Republican margin of error is as close to zero as you can get without losing the majority.
During his weekly press conference, Speaker Mike Johnson was asked if he might lose the House majority before the midterm elections, and he responded:
We’ll do this, it’s very simple, okay?
This is not the insight of Speaker Johnson or necessarily all the teamwork of the Republican Conference. This is because I will be very honest with you. I am a person of deep faith and we trust in God. That is our national motto. Um, and we’ll act on that. I put up a slide this morning at the end of the conference, and it’s a favorite that I have on my phone and I share it with everyone, and it’s a picture of the parting of the Red Sea.
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