House Republican Majority Turns Razor-Thin as Democrat Is Sworn In

Speaker Mike Johnson and the GOP have an even smaller House majority now after Democratic Representative Everton Blair of Georgia was sworn in on Capitol Hill Tuesday. Republicans now have a 218 to 213 advantage over Democrats, and they’ll be down one more vote once California Democrat Aisha Wahab—who replaced scandal-riddled ex-Representative Eric Swalwell—is sworn in later this week. Blair—Georgia’s first openly gay congressman—was victorious in a special election last month to complete the…