— Johnson’s margin narrows: This Saturday’s special election runoff in Texas between two Democrats vying to fill the seat left vacant by late-Rep. Sylvester Turner will cut further into Johnson’s already-tiny margin — and House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries is warning the speaker not to delay the winner’s swearing-in.
Whoever wins the seat — either Amanda Edwards or Christian Menefee — will, once seated, bring the balance of the House to 218-214. When that happens, Johnson will only be able to afford a single defection on party-line votes, which could be especially critical next week assuming government funding legislation heads back to the House….
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