{"id":1038338,"date":"2021-11-20T23:28:34","date_gmt":"2021-11-21T04:28:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1038338"},"modified":"2021-11-20T23:28:37","modified_gmt":"2021-11-21T04:28:37","slug":"pelosis-majority-crumbles-democrat-rep-eddie-bernice-johnson-officially-announces-retirement","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/pelosis-majority-crumbles-democrat-rep-eddie-bernice-johnson-officially-announces-retirement\/","title":{"rendered":"Pelosi\u2019s Majority Crumbles: Democrat Rep. Eddie Bernice Johnson Officially Announces Retirement"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">22<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fpelosis-majority-crumbles-democrat-rep-eddie-bernice-johnson-officially-announces-retirement%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1038338&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><div><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/Pelosi-Gavel.jpg\" class=\"ff-og-image-inserted\" \/><\/div>\n<p class=\"subheading\">Long-time Democrat Representative and Committee on Science, Space, and Technology&nbsp;Chair&nbsp;Eddie Bernice Johnson (D-TX) announced she would not seek another term, ending her nearly 30-year career in Congress next year.<\/p>\n<p class=\"body-text-paragraph\">\u201cI will retire, and I will recommend to you who is the best to follow me,\u201d Johnson said Saturday, surrounding herself with members of her family, noting that she will retire next January after the next Congress is elected.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"D-ROS-B1\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"M-ROS-B1\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"gmxrevmore\" class=\"H\"><\/figure>\n<p class=\"body-text-paragraph\">During her announcement, the long-time Democrat representative did not issue any endorsement. However, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dallasnews.com\/news\/politics\/2021\/11\/20\/watch-live-eddie-bernice-johnson-announces-her-decision-on-seeking-another-term-in-congress\/\">according<\/a> to <em>Dallas News,<\/em>&nbsp;Johnson said, \u201cshe would be looking for a qualified woman to endorse as successor\u201d with many possible candidates.<\/p>\n<p class=\"body-text-paragraph\">\u201cI\u2019ve worked hard. It\u2019s not just a title \u2014 it\u2019s a job,\u201d&nbsp;Johnson added.&nbsp;\u201cIt\u2019s been some rugged times, but I have not acknowledged it. I was determined that I wouldn\u2019t just be a title. I wanted to deliver.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"body-text-paragraph\">Her announcement comes after the House Democrats recently passed the infrastructure bill, which was signed into law by President Joe Biden, and passed the&nbsp;$1.75 trillion <a href=\"https:\/\/www.breitbart.com\/politics\/2021\/11\/19\/house-passes-behemoth-build-back-better-act\/\">Build Back Better Act<\/a>, the Democrats\u2019 reconciliation infrastructure bill.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"M-ROS-B2\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<p class=\"body-text-paragraph\">The bill is considered the \u201cmarquee legislation\u201d&nbsp;for Biden\u2019s legislative agenda. The Congressional Budget Office (CBO)&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.breitbart.com\/politics\/2021\/11\/18\/cbo-build-back-better-act-adds-750-billion-to-deficit-over-five-years\/\">revealed<\/a>&nbsp;on Thursday that the legislation would add&nbsp;$750 billion to the American&nbsp;deficit over five years.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\" readability=\"7.2470588235294\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">BREAKING: Dallas Democratic fixture Eddie Bernice Johnson says she will retire from Congress after almost 30 years, \u2066<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/gromerjeffers?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@gromerjeffers<\/a>\u2069 reports. <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/txlege?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#txlege<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/Pb5dtIJMoP\">https:\/\/t.co\/Pb5dtIJMoP<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/WQrzaShGpd\">pic.twitter.com\/WQrzaShGpd<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Bob Garrett (@RobertTGarrett) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/RobertTGarrett\/status\/1462127886635253771?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">November 20, 2021<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p class=\"body-text-paragraph\">Johnson\u2019s retirement comes as House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) has struggled to keep members in the House. The congresswoman is the sixteenth Democrat member to announce they are either retiring or running for a different office, such as the Senate or a local position.<\/p>\n<p class=\"body-text-paragraph\">Her retirement comes as a blow to Pelosi, as she has been a close confidant, chairing the powerful&nbsp;Committee on Science, Space, and Technology and voting <a href=\"https:\/\/projects.propublica.org\/represent\/members\/P000197-nancy-pelosi\/compare-votes\/J000126-eddie-bernice-johnson\/117\">100 percent<\/a> of the time with the Speaker,&nbsp;not turning away from helping Pelosi pass partisan agenda ideas such as the infrastructure package or the reconciliation bill.<\/p>\n<p class=\"body-text-paragraph\">Johnson\u2019s&nbsp;announcement will also set off a \u201cfrenzy of political activity as would-be successors scurried to develop campaigns for the March Democratic primaries.\u201d The&nbsp;<em>Dallas News<\/em> stated there are \u201cnumerous contenders to succeed Johnson in Dallas\u2019 District 30 were on hand for the incumbent\u2019s speech, making it a curious spectacle that attracted much of the area\u2019s political class.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"body-text-paragraph\">Mike Berg, a spokesman for the National Republican Campaign Committee (NRCC), the House Republican campaign arm, said that&nbsp;\u201cCommittee chairs rarely retire unless their party is about to lose the majority.&nbsp;Smart Democrats know their majority is doomed because their policies have led to rising costs, skyrocketing crime, and a massive surge at the border.\u201d&nbsp;\u00ad<\/p>\n<p>Breitbart News has extensively reported on&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.breitbart.com\/politics\/2021\/10\/18\/droves-of-democrats-exiting-the-house-create-massive-problems-ahead-of-midterms\/\">Pelosi\u2019s majority crumbling<\/a>&nbsp;in the past, keeping track of the Democrats\u2019 struggle to find new candidates, with numerous members \u2014 such as&nbsp;Johnson \u2014 that are&nbsp;announcing they will leave the House in the midterms. The midterms are quickly approaching. However,&nbsp;Johnson seems to believe she can find her own replacement.<\/p>\n<p>Democrats are also facing tough redistricting battles in some states.&nbsp;<em>Politico<\/em>&nbsp;<a class=\"x5l\" href=\"https:\/\/www.politico.com\/news\/2021\/09\/15\/democrats-house-gop-maps-511868\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener external\">outlined<\/a>&nbsp;in September that the House&nbsp;Democrats have spent their last two elections (2018 and 2020) bragging about unseating members in red districts that became competitive instead of preparing for the future. \u201cNow, Republicans are about to make many of those targets disappear from the battlefield entirely,\u201d <em>Politico&nbsp;<\/em>said.<\/p>\n<p><i>Jacob Bliss is a reporter for Breitbart News. You can follow him on <\/i><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/jacobmbliss\"><i>Twitter<\/i><\/a><i>.<\/i><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Long-time Democrat Representative and Committee on Science, Space, and Technology\u00a0Chair\u00a0Eddie Bernice Johnson (D-TX) announced she would not seek another term, ending her nearly 30-year career in Congress next year. \u201cI &#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":20,"featured_media":2315279,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1038338","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1038338","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/20"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1038338"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1038338\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2315279"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1038338"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1038338"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1038338"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}