House Republicans Barely Hanging On

“On Thursday, neither party really had the majority in the House,” the Washington Post reports.

“Over the course of seven roll-call votes, five times the final tally showed that the exact same number of Republicans and Democrats had voted. The actual tallies of yeas and nays varied between noncontroversial legislation passed by wide margins to a narrow victory for House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries (D-NY), helped by a bloc of renegade Republicans.”

“But each side repeatedly had the same number of members casting votes, with 213 lawmakers on both sides of the aisle and a handful of Republicans missing.”

“That highly unusual outcome illustrates the incredible tightrope that the titular majority party — the GOP — walks every day the House comes into session.”