It's Thursday, January 8th. I'm Jane Koston, and this is What Today?

The show that can think of a shorter answer to this question for Energy Secretary Chris Wright here on CNBC Wednesday.

Is there a narrative in Venezuela that you are stealing our way?

I have not heard that narrative. I've seen celebrations in the street, Libre Venezuela out.

I think people are thrilled. They've lived under between Chavez and Maduro, 26 years in a brutal dictatorship

that's only devastated that country and hurt the whole hemisphere. So I've not heard that narrative at all.

And of course if it's that narrative's out there, it's untrue. We're just controlling the flow of revenues from their oil.

Just say yes next time.

On today's show, an immigration and customs enforcement officer fatally shoots a Minneapolis driver in broad daylight.

And the Trump administration moves forward with its plan for Venezuelan oil.

Let's start with Congress.

And let's start with some very important numbers.

There are 435 members of the House of Representatives.

And as of today, the GOP House majority is down to 218, after the resignation of Georgia

Representative Marjorie Taylor Green and the passing of California Representative Doug

Lamalfa.

With vacancies reducing the total number of House seats,

legislation would require 216 votes to pass. That means Speaker Mike Johnson could only lose

two Republicans on any party line vote. And then there's the hospitalization of Indiana

Representative Jim Baird following a recent car accident. And Kentucky Representative Thomas Massey being,

shall we say, not a sure vote for GOP legislation. The GOP House majority is razor thin,

even without discussing the number of Republicans soon to leave office, whether it's to run for

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