Congress

GOP House Majority Narrows as Yet Another Lawmaker Exits Early

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Rep. Mike Gallagher’s early departure means that Republicans’ majority will shrink to a one-vote margin, with 217 seats to Democrats’ 213.

Edith Olmsted
Edith Olmsted 

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Rep. Mike Gallagher (R-WI) (C), chair of the House Select Committee on the Strategic Competition Between the United States and the Chinese Communist Party
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Edith Olmsted

Edith Olmsted

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