{"id":2204279,"date":"2024-03-22T14:41:02","date_gmt":"2024-03-22T18:41:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/mike-gallagher-to-leave-house-early-in-blow-to-speaker-johnsons-gop-majority\/"},"modified":"2024-03-22T14:43:17","modified_gmt":"2024-03-22T18:43:17","slug":"mike-gallagher-to-leave-house-early-in-blow-to-speaker-johnsons-gop-majority","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/mike-gallagher-to-leave-house-early-in-blow-to-speaker-johnsons-gop-majority\/","title":{"rendered":"Mike Gallagher&#8217;s early departure from the House deals a blow to Speaker Johnson&#8217;s GOP majority"},"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\">30<\/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%2Fmike-gallagher-to-leave-house-early-in-blow-to-speaker-johnsons-gop-majority%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=2204279&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--><h2>Rep. Mike Gallagher&#8217;s Early Retirement Shakes Up House Dynamics<\/h2>\n<p>Gallagher&#8217;s decision to retire months before his term concludes next year\u200d is set to\u200d have significant implications\u200b for the makeup of\u2064 the House. With House Speaker Mike\u2062 Johnson potentially facing\u200b a slim one-seat\u2064 majority, the political landscape\u200c is\u2062 on the\u2063 verge \u2064of a shift.<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<h3>A Blow\u200c to\u200c GOP\u200d Majority<\/h3>\n<p>The announcement of Gallagher&#8217;s departure on April 19 adds\u200b to the series\u200d of Republicans exiting prematurely, further reducing the party&#8217;s control in \u2063the lower \u200dchamber. This move not only impacts\u200d the party&#8217;s slim majority but also disrupts GOP leadership as Gallagher holds a key position as the chairman of \u200bthe Select Committee on the Chinese Communist Party.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>In a statement reflecting on his four \u200dterms representing Northeast Wisconsin in\u200b Congress, Gallagher expressed his deep appreciation for \u2064the opportunity.\u200d His involvement in crucial committees and leadership roles highlights\u200c his commitment to serving his constituents \u200cand the nation.<\/p>\n<p>As the House faces multiple vacancies due to recent announcements, including departures\u2064 by \u2064representatives such as Kevin \u200dMcCarthy, \u200dBill \u2063Johnson, Brian Higgins, \u200dand Ken Buck, finding replacements becomes a pressing issue.<\/p>\n<p>Following Gallagher&#8217;s exit, the Republican majority narrows to 217-213, signaling\u2064 a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/democrats-urge-campaign-to-let-biden-be-biden-as-polling-pressure-mounts\/\" title=\"Democrats Encourage Authentic Biden Approach Amid Rising Poll Concerns\">challenging\u200c road ahead<\/a> \u200bfor Johnson and the\u200b party. Additionally, the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/report-5-ore-counties-vote-on-leaving-state-residents-want-to-detach-from-deep-blue-state-and-join-greater-idaho\/\" title=\"Report: 5 Ore. counties vote on leaving state, residents want to detach from deep blue state and join Greater Idaho\">upcoming special election<\/a> for Higgins&#8217; seat is expected to lean \u2062in favor of \u2064Democrats, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/sanders-minimum-wage-bill-would-reduce-poverty-by-400000-but-also-kill-700000-jobs-cbo\/\" title=\"Sanders' minimum wage bill would both alleviate poverty for 400,000 individuals and result in the loss of 700,000 jobs, according to the CBO\">potentially\u2063 reducing<\/a> the \u2063GOP&#8217;s edge further to 217-214, leaving little margin\u2062 for error \u2064in\u2062 crucial votes.<\/p>\n<p>This evolving narrative underscores the fluidity of the political landscape \u200cand the\u200c impact of individual decisions on\u2064 the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/ford-faces-potential-subpoena-over-its-chinese-partnership-as-congress-dials-up-pressure\/\" title=\"Ford may receive a subpoena due to its Chinese partnership as Congress increases pressure.\">broader dynamics<\/a> of\u2064 the \u200bHouse. Stay tuned for updates\u200c as the situation continues to unfold.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Click here<\/strong> to read more from\u200c the Washington Examiner.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Rep. Mike Gallagher (R-WI) is set to retire from the House earlier than expected, creating a situation where Speaker Mike Johnson (R-LA) may hold a narrow one-seat majority. Gallagher&#8217;s resignation, effective April 19, follows a trend of Republicans exiting before their term concludes next year<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2640,"featured_media":2204280,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/wex-s3.s3.us-east-1.amazonaws.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/AP24038025904953-1024x683.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[538],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2204279","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-washington-examiner"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/wex-s3.s3.us-east-1.amazonaws.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/AP24038025904953-1024x683.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2204279","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\/2640"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2204279"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2204279\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2204280"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2204279"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2204279"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2204279"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}