Speaker Johnson's narrow majority will shrink further with Marjorie Taylor Greene's resignation

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Source: CNN Politics

Updated 4:00 AM EST, Mon January 5, 2026


Washington CNN - House Speaker Mike Johnson’s narrow majority will shrink a bit further with the resignation this week of Marjorie Taylor Greene, a close ally-turned-critic of President Donald Trump.

Greene announced in November that she would resign from office, with her final day on January 5, a move that stunned some in her party and that followed a falling out with Trump.

With her departure, the partisan breakdown in the House will stand at 219 Republicans and 213 Democrats, with three seats vacant. As a result, Johnson will only be able to lose two Republicans on any party-line vote — needing the near-unanimous support of his party to advance legislation.

The GOP House leader’s majority is poised to contract even more after a special election at the end of the month, when two Democrats will face off in a Texas runoff. A special election for the New Jersey seat held by former Democratic Rep. Mikie Sherrill, who was recently elected to serve as the state’s next governor, will be held in April.

Read more: https://www.cnn.com/politics/narrow-house-majority-congress-dg

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Today is MTG's last day and they are ignoring the endless special election (now run-off) of TX-18 ((D) seat) happens Jan. 31st - Abbott sets Jan. 31 runoff for special election to replace U.S. Rep. Sylvester Turner

[essaynnc]

1. My question....

How come the Democrats don't convince a few of the fence-sitting Republicans to change parties? That would throw a wrench in Mr. Johnson's works, wouldn't it ? Aren't there a couple that are already slated to retire at the end of the year? I think they'd be easy pickings!!

[BumRushDaShow]

2. At this point, they would rather resign (or retire) than switch

But it's possible that later on this coming year, a few might try (particularly in any blue state like CA, that redistricts)... although since this is an election year, Democrats would be right to be wary having any former (R)s, run in a primary against a (D) as a (D).

[orangecrush]

3. Good