Posted on 04/21/2024 9:56:47 AM PDT by MinorityRepublican
The departure of Rep. Mike Gallagher shaves off yet another Republican from the already razor-thin GOP House majority, further weakening the GOP's already loose grip on power.
With Gallagher's resignation, House Republicans can only afford to lose a single Republican vote to get legislation passed along party lines.
If they lose more than a single GOP vote, Republicans will need Democrat support to pass any legislation.
As it stands, there are 217 Republicans and 213 Democrats and five vacancies in the House.
This means if two Republicans vote with Democrats the vote would be 215 - 215, and a tie results in a loss for any measure.
Further complicating the matter is the Thursday announcement from Rep. Jake LaTurner, R-Kan., that he will not seek re-election this fall.
'It is time to pursue other opportunities and have the benefit of spending more time with my family,' LaTurner wrote in his announcement.
He said the 'dysfunction' of the current House of Representatives is 'distressing,' an apparent nod at the chaos that may have prompted so many members to seek employment outside of Capitol Hill this cycle.
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Not sure exactly why they resigned?
I am sure it had NOTHING to do with PRINCIPLE nor keeping their electoral promise to represent those who elected them.
The same thing in 2018. They are resigning to help insure a Democrat majority so that they can get Trump.
There are alot of pussy-willows in congress.
Hell these pos republicans could not pull together to accomplish anything.
You got a speaker that sits and nods agreement with Biteme at the sou.
Who would want to stand on the deck of the Titanic while other members of “your” party shuffles the chairs to the other side of the aisle.
Liars liars liars. Pushing Biteme’s agenda
“I don’t understand what’s going on with these resignations...”
“We have the best congress money can buy” - Will Rogers
“..I don’t understand what’s going on with these resignations...”
$$$$ and blackmail seem to come to mind.
They cannot hide from the shame of the house.
KUDOS for them that have left
They do that to the politicians in the leadership. If it's your first term, they'll just buy you off. Which appears to be the case here.
No, some people have honor and do not want to associate with the scumbags.
Republicans are already by far in the minority when you count all of those voting democrat.
Matt Gaetz and Trump are not leaving.
Democrats will capture the House this November because there's no point for the Conservatives to vote for the GOP.
Not that any of these highly principled pathetic bozos would actually sell their vote. Nah, nothing like that happens.
And not that Merrick Garfinkle’s DOJ would ever FISA Court threaten a duly elected person about their vote. Nah, no way it could happen.
Unless the Republic was dead already
Bribery? It must be legal when they do it.
Nailed it. Impeachment #3 starts in early 2025. All this while dumbed down by public schools & liberal universities, Americans keep voting for tree huggers and climate change pimps, abortion on demand crazies, and funding border protections for far away countries.
Paul Ryan on another power trip out of Wisconsin.
I wonder if Mike Johnson is in that same situation, all it took for him to go full Ukraine funding was 1-2 intelligence briefings, I think the intelligence was something to make it easy for him to change his mind about his personal life.
“spending more time with my family”
Did someone make an offer to LaTurner that he couldn’t refuse?
Listen to Dan Bongino. He’s got this all sorted out. This is a concerted effort to get rid of Trump and it’s working.
We’ll have Hakim Jeffries as a house majority leader. Then Democrats are unstoppable.
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