Posted 1/9/2024, 12:00:00 PM
Johnson Faces Governing Challenges with Razor-Thin House Majority
- Speaker Johnson has an extremely narrow majority in the House, making it difficult to pass party-line legislation
- The GOP majority will shrink further later this month when Rep. Bill Johnson resigns, leaving Republicans with 219 seats
- Congress faces 2 government shutdown deadlines in January and February with threats from some Republicans to shut down government over border issues
- Hardline conservative House members hold major sway with such a narrow majority, as seen in the speakership vote
- Johnson must balance demands from far-right members and more moderate members from swing districts in battleground states