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Post by sunny225 on Jan 3, 2024 4:35:57 GMT
dailycallernewsfoundation.org/2024/01/02/house-gops-majority-to-shrink-further-after-member-announces-resignation/House GOP’s Majority To Shrink Further After Member Announces Resignation January 2, 2024 The Republican majority in the House of Representatives will decline to just two seats after the departure of Republican Rep. Bill Johnson of Ohio, whose resignation was announced on Tuesday. House Republicans’ four-seat majority declined by two members over the month of December following the expulsion of George Santos and the resignation of former House Speaker Kevin McCarthy from the chamber. Johnson’s departure, which he announced in November, will bring the number of Republicans in the chamber to 219, which is just one member more than the 218 seats in a full House that a party needs for a majority. Johnson resigned with an effective resignation date of Jan. 21 to take up the role of president of Youngstown State University in Ohio, according to The Vindicator. “With his contract indicating he would start prior to March 15, we are excited to have him on campus earlier than anticipated,” wrote the university’s chairman of the board of trustees, Michael Peterson. more at link *Republican majority is shrinking.
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Post by Ozarks Tom on Jan 3, 2024 12:28:59 GMT
I wonder if California will have a special election to fill McCarthy's seat or if Newsom will just appoint a democrat.
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Post by rybach on Jan 6, 2024 19:10:51 GMT
I wonder if California will have a special election to fill McCarthy's seat or if Newsom will just appoint a democrat. Probably doesn't much matter. A California republican is just a democrat with a better haircut.
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Post by joebill on Jan 8, 2024 4:48:44 GMT
There is always hope.....never forget that Reagan was a California Republican.... .....Joe
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Post by rybach on Jan 9, 2024 19:29:05 GMT
joebill , that's true but California was quite a red-leaning state back then. It took a hard left turn around 1990. And the rest of the country has changed so much too...I don't think a reincarnated Reagan could win the republican nomination today. They gave us Nixon too, and despite the obvious, he wasn't that bad.
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Post by sunny225 on Jan 9, 2024 19:43:13 GMT
And Reagan had his "left-leaning" moments too. But I sure wish he was our president right now!
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Post by FeralFerret on Jan 11, 2024 6:49:06 GMT
And Reagan had his "left-leaning" moments too. But I sure wish he was our president right now! Sad to say that even Jimmy Carter wasn't this bad.
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