{"id":13594,"date":"2024-01-04T13:47:19","date_gmt":"2024-01-04T13:47:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/shareperformanceinsight.com\/index.php\/2024\/01\/04\/house-gop-majority-to-shrink-again-in-time-for-potential-government-shutdown-showdown\/"},"modified":"2024-01-04T13:47:19","modified_gmt":"2024-01-04T13:47:19","slug":"house-gop-majority-to-shrink-again-in-time-for-potential-government-shutdown-showdown","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/shareperformanceinsight.com\/index.php\/2024\/01\/04\/house-gop-majority-to-shrink-again-in-time-for-potential-government-shutdown-showdown\/","title":{"rendered":"House GOP majority to shrink again in time for potential government shutdown showdown"},"content":{"rendered":"

The House of Representatives is again teetering on the edge of a government funding showdown as House Republican leaders prepare for their majority to be whittled down to just two.<\/p>\n

Rep. Bill Johnson, R-Ohio, confirmed to Fox News on Tuesday that he will resign from Congress effective Jan. 21 to be Youngstown State University\u2019s next president.<\/p>\n

That\u2019s right in the middle of Congress\u2019s two government funding deadlines. Under a continuing resolution (CR) passed late last year, the House and Senate must reach an agreement to fund certain agencies by Jan. 19 and others by Feb. 2.\u00a0<\/p>\n

But the narrow two-seat margin Johnson will leave behind won\u2019t last long. Rep. Brian Higgins, D-N.Y., said in November that he would leave Congress in February.<\/p>\n

Fox News Digital reached out to Higgins\u2019 office multiple times to ask about an exact resignation date.<\/p>\n

If he stays past the first two days of the month, however, House Republicans will have little wiggle room in bipartisan negotiations on avoiding a government shutdown if a plan is not put in place by Feb. 2.<\/p>\n

Former House Speaker Kevin McCarthy\u2019s departure, effective Dec. 31, reduced the GOP to a three-seat majority just days before Johnson\u2019s plans were announced.\u00a0<\/p>\n

\u2018Between God, gravity, indictments and retirements, we\u2019re one day away from losing the majority, depending on what happens.\u2019<\/p>\n

\u2014 Rep. Mike Garcia, R-Calif<\/span><\/p>\n

Some House Republicans shrugged it off when asked by Fox News Digital in late December, including GOP Conference Vice Chair Blake Moore, R-Utah, who said their situation with Johnson and McCarthy leaving would not be much different than the four-seat majority House Republicans had been operating under for most of 2023.<\/p>\n

\u2018It\u2019s tough to operate in a four-seat [majority], it\u2019s tough to operate in a two-seat [majority]. We\u2019ve got to be judicious in what we get done and do something that we can all get behind,\u2019 Moore said.<\/p>\n

But others who spoke to Fox News Digital about McCarthy\u2019s departure were more wary. Rep. Mike Garcia, R-Calif., said after McCarthy\u2019s announcement last month, \u2018Between God, gravity, indictments and retirements, we\u2019re one day away from losing the majority, depending on what happens.\u2019<\/p>\n

Any government funding deal will have to be bipartisan, with House Speaker Mike Johnson, R-La., currently working with Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., on a top-line figure.<\/p>\n

But it will be more difficult for Republicans to extract the kind of conservative policies that they fit into several House-passed appropriations bills last year if they can only lose two House Republican votes to pass bills.<\/p>\n

Speaking to reporters on Wednesday, Schumer said he is hopeful that a bipartisan deal will be reached in time to avoid a shutdown.<\/p>\n

\u2018We\u2019re getting quite close,\u2019 the New York Democrat said. \u2018I\u2019m hopeful that we can get a budget agreement soon, and I\u2019m hopeful that we could avoid a shutdown, given the progress we\u2019ve made. That is certainly not out of the question, as some people have said it would be.\u2019<\/p>\n\n

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