{"id":2283559,"date":"2024-06-25T19:52:02","date_gmt":"2024-06-25T23:52:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/johnson-pads-razor-thin-house-majority-with-rulli-swearing-in-washington-examiner\/"},"modified":"2024-06-25T19:54:46","modified_gmt":"2024-06-25T23:54:46","slug":"johnson-pads-razor-thin-house-majority-with-rulli-swearing-in-washington-examiner","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/johnson-pads-razor-thin-house-majority-with-rulli-swearing-in-washington-examiner\/","title":{"rendered":"Johnson pads razor-thin House majority with Rulli swearing-in &#8211; Washington Examiner"},"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%2Fjohnson-pads-razor-thin-house-majority-with-rulli-swearing-in-washington-examiner%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=2283559&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>On Tuesday,\u200b the House of Representatives welcomed \u2063its newest Republican \u2063member, Michael Rulli, officially increasing \u200bthe GOP conference count to 219 members.\u2063 This addition provides House Speaker Mike Johnson, a \u200cRepublican from Louisiana, a narrow three<a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/republicans-outraise-democrats-across-the-board-in-january\/\" title=\"Republicans Outraise Democrats Across the Board in January\">-seat majority<\/a>. This <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/sen-mcconnell-reacts-to-president-trumps-fiery-remarks-at-mar-a-lago\/\" title=\"Sen. McConnell reacts to President Trump\u2019s fiery remarks at Mar-a-Lago\">slight majority<\/a> is significant as Johnson\u200d attempts to\u2064 advance his legislative\u200c agenda\u200d within a\u200b <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/mtg-gets-support-from-massie-to-oust-mike-johnson-as-house-speaker\/\" title=\"Massie backs move to replace Mike Johnson as House speaker in MTG support\">historically small majority<\/a> context.  <\/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>\n<p>The House welcomed its newest Republican member on Tuesday, bringing the GOP conference back to 219 members and giving House Speaker <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/mike-johnson\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>Mike Johnson<\/a> (R-LA) a three-seat majority as he navigates his legislative agenda with a historically small majority. <\/p>\n<p>Michael Rulli was sworn into office after lawmakers completed their first votes of the week, putting the House at 432 members for the first time since mid-March. Rulli\u2019s swearing-in is a small but important milestone for the conference as it looks to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/speaker-johnsons-house-majority-strengthened-with-swearing-in-of-vince-fong\/\" title=\"Speaker Johnson's House majority solidified by Vince Fong's inauguration\">advance key spending measures<\/a> over the summer.<\/p>\n<p>Rulli, who has served as a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/waffle-arizona-house-speaker-claims-they-cant-enforce-constitution-wont-commit-to-calling-legislative-hearing\/\" title=\"WAFFLE: Arizona House Speaker Claims They Can\u2019t Enforce Constitution, Won\u2019t Commit To Calling Legislative Hearing\">state senator<\/a> since 2018, reflected on the moment that brought him to work in government: his middle school trip to Washington, D.C.<\/p>\n<p>During that trip, one of his fellow students asked their teacher what made Congress so special. And his teacher\u2019s response, Rulli said, \u201cbrings me here today to join your group.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cShe said in the history of man, that the world has been ruled by kings and tyrants and dictators and just pure evil people,\u201d Rulli said. \u201cThen we had the experiment of the United States of America. This chamber, the chamber where the people actually rule the land.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe have to explain ourselves every two years, whether it\u2019s good job or a bad job,\u201d he added. \u201cAnd we fulfill the obligations of our founding fathers that made this the greatest country in the civilization of man. And if we don\u2019t succeed, mankind is done.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Rulli fills the seat previously held by former Rep. Bill Johnson (R-OH), who announced his resignation last year to accept a position as president of Youngstown State University. He resigned effective Jan. 21. <\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\"><strong>CLICK HERE TO READ MORE FROM THE WASHINGTON EXAMINER<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p>The replacement of Johnson chips away at the House\u2019s backlog of vacancies announced over the last few months. Those include the seats vacated by Republican Reps. Mike Gallagher (R-WI) and Ken Buck (R-CO), who both resigned from office before their terms expired. There is also the seat vacated by Democratic Rep. Donald Payne (D-NJ), who died earlier this year.<\/p>\n<p>Those seats are not expected to flip parties and will provide Republicans with a net boost to their majority once they are all filled.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>On Tuesday, the House swore in Michael Rulli as its newest Republican member, restoring the GOP&#8217;s total to 219. This gives House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-LA) a three-seat majority, crucial for advancing his legislative agenda with a notably slim majority. 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