Speaker Johnson's historically narrow House majority shrinks even further

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Source: CNN Politics

Updated 1:36 PM EST, Mon January 20, 2025



Washington CNN — Speaker Mike Johnson’s historically narrow majority just shrunk even further, creating a major challenge for congressional Republicans as they seek to enact President Donald Trump’s agenda. At the start of the 119th Congress, Johnson was already facing the narrowest House majority in nearly 100 years.

The margin is now even smaller after Mike Waltz, a Florida Republican, resigned from the House on Monday to serve as Trump’s national security adviser, a role that does not require Senate confirmation. That brings the partisan breakdown to 218 Republicans and 215 Democrats, one of the thinnest House majorities in history. And the margin is soon expected to shrink even further.

Trump has named GOP Rep. Elise Stefanik of New York as his pick for US ambassador to the United Nations, a role that is subject to Senate confirmation. If Stefanik is confirmed as expected, Republicans’ House majority would drop down to 217 to 215.

At that point, House Republicans would not be able to afford a single defection to pass legislation along party lines until the vacancies are filled.

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