A few numbers illustrate the dilemma for House Speaker Mike Johnson and House Republicans.
aid package that is the latest policy imperiling Johnson was opposed by 112 Republicans while only 101 voted yes. Every Democrat who voted on Ukraine funding was in the affirmative; every no vote came from a Republican.
The same was true of the 112 Republicans who voted against the March spending measure. They were a majority of the GOP caucus, but not close to a majority of the House. In an informal rule named after former House Speaker Dennis Hastert, when Republicans have a majority of the House, leadership is expected to bring to the floor legislation that has the support of most of the GOP conference — a majority of the majority.
A few months later, McCarthy again managed to deliver a majority of Republicans to vote to avert a government shutdown. But 91 Republicans voted no while it received near-unanimous Democratic support. This time only a handful of Republican senators voted against it.vote just days later. The House nevertheless still needs to be run by a majority of its members, not just a majority of Republicans, which is also the threshold for electing a new speaker.
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