Republicans are entering a months-long stretch of legislating with their smallest House majority in decades. And the margin is about to tighten even more.
Departures from the House have whittled down the Republican caucus from 222 to 219, meaning the party can only afford to lose two members and still pass legislation when everyone is attending and voting.
Another Republican, Rep. Ken Buck (Colo.), announced Tuesday that he would vacate his seat at the end of next week.
Meanwhile, Congress is staring down a deadline next Friday to fund about 70 percent of the government — including the Defense, State and Homeland Security departments. It could further complicate a stalled border security bill and aid package for Ukraine and Israel.
Democrats are likely to add another lawmaker to their ranks after a special election in a deep-blue, Buffalo-area district in late April. The next special election in a red district isn’t until May 21.
Oh yeah, that one was incredibly frustrating since the parliamentarian is just an advisory position with no binding authority. They literally could’ve done the “oh no, anyway” routine and gotten good legislation passed but they decided optics were more important.
But she was the first female parliamentarian. They couldn’t possibly do that, or replace her. She was doing such an important job: the job of being the first female parliamentarian. Think of all the little girls who, every day, look up to her as the first female parliamentarian, and then to see her not listened to by Chuck Schumer. What will all of those little girls think?
/s because that’s apparently necessary to spell out