“Rep. Thomas Massie’s (R-KY) willingness to buck the party line has become so routine that House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-LA.) doesn’t even factor him into the equation for tough votes,” Axios reports.
“Johnson’s majority now stands at 218-214, meaning he can lose only one GOP member on party-line issues. Massie is rarely part of the majority.”
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