{"id":2209475,"date":"2024-03-29T22:30:03","date_gmt":"2024-03-30T02:30:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/mike-gallagher-decision-to-leave-house-unchanged-despite-plea-from-leadership\/"},"modified":"2024-03-29T22:30:38","modified_gmt":"2024-03-30T02:30:38","slug":"mike-gallagher-decision-to-leave-house-unchanged-despite-plea-from-leadership","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/mike-gallagher-decision-to-leave-house-unchanged-despite-plea-from-leadership\/","title":{"rendered":"Mike Gallagher stands firm on decision to remain in the House despite leadership&#8217;s plea for him to reconsider"},"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\">36<\/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-decision-to-leave-house-unchanged-despite-plea-from-leadership%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=2209475&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--><p>Rep. Mike Gallagher, a Republican\u2063 from Wisconsin, is set to retire from Congress in April despite House GOP leadership&#8217;s attempts to persuade him to stay. Gallagher has stayed in contact with House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-LA) and\u2062 other leaders throughout the decision-making process.\u2063 Despite pleas, Gallagher remains firm in his decision\u2063 to leave. Your \u200bsummary captures the key points effectively and presents the information clearly. It provides a concise\u2062 overview of \u2064Rep. Mike Gallagher&#8217;s decision to retire from Congress despite efforts \u200bby House GOP leadership to convince him otherwise.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<div data-td-block-uid=\"tdi_78\">\n<p><strong>EXCLUSIVE \u2014<\/strong> Rep. <a href=\"http:\/\/washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/mike-gallagher\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>Mike Gallagher<\/a> (R-WI) will still retire early from <a href=\"http:\/\/washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/congress\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>Congress<\/a> in April despite urges from <a href=\"http:\/\/washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/house-republicans\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>House GOP<\/a> leadership to remain in office.<\/p>\n<p>A source close to Gallagher told the <em>Washington Examiner <\/em>that Gallagher has been in touch with House Speaker <a href=\"http:\/\/washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/mike-johnson\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>Mike Johnson<\/a> (R-LA) and House leaders \u201cthroughout this process, including before this decision was announced and his departure date was agreed upon.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHis decision has not changed,\u201d the source said.<\/p>\n<figure><figcaption>Rep. Mike Gallagher (R-WI) leads a hearing at the Capitol in Washington, Feb. 28, 2023. (AP Photo\/J. Scott Applewhite, File)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Johnson had <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/ReedReports\/status\/1773451563496874490\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>reportedly<\/a> asked Gallagher not to resign from Congress on April 19 as planned, according to <em>Scripps News<\/em>, and pleaded with him to \u201cdo anything he can to stay longer\u201d in the House, where Republicans hold a razor-thin narrow majority.<\/p>\n<p>The speaker\u2019s political team did not respond to a request for comment from the<em> Washington Examiner<\/em>.<\/p>\n<p>Gallagher announced on March 22 that he would <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/house\/2934364\/mike-gallagher-leave-house-early-narrowing-republicans-majority\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>leave Congress early<\/a> after stating in February that he would <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/2849323\/mike-gallagher-will-not-seek-reelection-in-2024\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"not seek reelection\">not seek reelection<\/a> in 2024. He serves as chairman of the House Select Committee on the Chinese Communist Party, of which Johnson named Rep. John Moolenaar (R-MI) as <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/house\/2936454\/john-moolenaar-replace-mike-gallagher-china-committee\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>Gallagher\u2019s successor<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>The Wisconsin Republican\u2019s early departure sets Johnson up for a possible one-seat majority. Following the resignation of Rep. Ken Buck (R-CO) on March 22, the Republican majority narrowed to 218-213. <\/p>\n<p>With Gallagher\u2019s retirement, it will narrow to 217. With a special election for former New York Democratic Rep. Brian Higgins, which will likely yield a Democratic successor, Johnson will find himself with a 217-214 majority after April 19, meaning the GOP can only afford to lose one vote on any given measure to pass the House. <\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">CLICK HERE TO READ MORE FROM THE WASHINGTON EXAMINER<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Johnson called Gallagher a \u201ctrusted friend and colleague\u201d in a <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/SpeakerJohnson\/status\/1771262114583155084\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>statement<\/a> to X responding to the Wisconsin congressman\u2019s early departure announcement last week.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe will greatly miss his\u00a0leadership on Capitol Hill, but we are happy for him, Anne, and their daughters as they begin the next exciting chapter of their lives,\u201d the speaker said.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Rep. Mike Gallagher (R-WI) will adhere to his decision to retire early in April despite pleas from House GOP leadership to stay in office. A source close to Gallagher revealed that he has maintained communication with House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-LA) and other leaders, both before and after making this choice, as detailed in an exclusive report by the Washington Examiner<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2648,"featured_media":2209476,"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\/AP24082674626533-1-1024x591.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[538],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2209475","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\/AP24082674626533-1-1024x591.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2209475","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\/2648"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2209475"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2209475\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2209476"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2209475"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2209475"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2209475"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}