Playbook this AM: 'It's tight'
@JoeBiden's decision to put @RepMarciaFudge in the Cabinet as HUD secy gives @SpeakerPelosi a 220-seat majority -- just a five-seat edge over House Rs, and a two-vote cushion to get bills through the chamber.
@JoeBiden's decision to put @RepMarciaFudge in the Cabinet as HUD secy gives @SpeakerPelosi a 220-seat majority -- just a five-seat edge over House Rs, and a two-vote cushion to get bills through the chamber.
THAT’S INCREDIBLY, INCREDIBLY tight. If you are one who believes Covid relief needs to happen in the first quarter of the year, then it’s going to need to be a negotiated bill between @PELOSI and @GOPLeader. MCCARTHY is suddenly quite relevant to governing
220 IS THE SMALLEST MAJORITY since 2001, when Republicans maintained incredible party discipline with a similarly sized majority. In those days, they had TOM DELAY and earmarks to keep things in line -- and they never lost a vote. This included lots of screaming.
THIS IS THE SMALLEST DEMOCRATIC MAJORITY we could find since 1893. There will be special elections to fill @RepMarciaFudge and @RepRichmond's seats, and then the Dem majority will grow once again. But special elections take time.
We caught up with @RepMarciaFudge tues night about the tight majority she’s now leaving pelosi. 
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