Posted on 01/02/2024 1:25:11 PM PST by Red Badger
The decision will shrink the already razor-thin GOP House majority even further.
Ohio GOP Rep. Bill Johnson will resign from Congress on Jan. 21 to become the new head of Youngstown State University, a move that will further shrink the tight House GOP majority.
Johnson's departure, coming on the heels of the resignation of Rep. Kevin McCarthy (R-Calif.) and the expulsion of Rep. George Santos (R-N.Y.), means Republicans will control just 219 seats. Once he leaves, the GOP can only lose two members of their conference for a vote to pass.
"Bill submitted his official resignation from Congress today, effective at the end of day on January 21, 2024, paving the way for him to begin his presidency this month," Michael Peterson, chair of the school's board of trustees, wrote in a message to the university community.
Peterson said the decision means having Johnson on campus "earlier than anticipated" and that the outgoing congressman will "continue to visit campus as often as his schedule allows to continue meeting with students, faculty and staff."
Johnson announced his decision to accept the university post in late November, but had yet to announce a departure date from Congress.
George Santos should not have been expelled.
Doing Ryan/McCarthy’s bidding.
Anons are right again PING.
“ George Santos should not have been expelled.”
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Well, it’s the seriousness of the charge, don’t cha know. It doesn’t matter that he hadn’t been convicted. /sarc
If you aren’t going to serve your full term, don’t run.
We shall see, won’t we?
I don’t know anything about the guy or what all went into the decision. Perhaps some of it was just disgust with politics. Dunno. I mean it’s a clown car circus in DC.
They won't though, bunch of political p$ssies.
Demonrats fooled congressional Republicans again. They can’t believe their luck!
Is Bill Johnson the one who replaced Kevin McCarthy?
The name is very generic.
Anons are right again PING.
What did they predict?
Mike Johnson is the current Speaker not Bill Johnson.
Deep State did it to send a message.
Sounds like the message was received.
Rino sabotage.
Paving the way for him to begin his presidency this month.
Somebody has a new take away vote member $$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$
This is nothing new.
Stupid party continues the tradition.
Oh. Right!
How will the short term vacancy be filled? And what is the makeup of the district? Is this an automatic Republican seat, or are we throwing away another one?
This brings us down to 219 seats. Lost two more and Hakeem Jeffries is Speaker. All investigations of Biden stop. Impeachment stops. All hearings on the border or any of the other issues you may care about stop.
And we are doing this to ourselves.
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