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-

Everton Blair joined the House Tuesday, narrowing Speaker Mike Johnson’s majority for the final legislative stretch before the November midterm elections.