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The Daily Punch

Mike Johnson's paper-thin majority

The Daily Punch

Punchbowl News

Politics, Government, News

4.3707 Ratings

🗓️ 8 November 2024

⏱️ 17 minutes

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Control of the House is still up in the air. If Republicans do hold onto power, Speaker Mike Johnson will be forced to govern with a paper-thin majority again. Plus, President-elect Donald Trump looms over the Senate GOP leadership race. Want more in-depth daily coverage from Congress? Subscribe to our free Punchbowl News AM newsletter at punchbowl.news. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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Good morning, I'm Anna Palmer. And I'm Jake Sherman. And welcome to The Daily Punch,

0:51.1

brought to you by Punch Bowl News. It's Friday, November 8th, 2024. Let's get into the mix. Here are your Washington headlines of the day. Number one, Republicans could be saddled with

0:55.2

another small majority in the House. Number two, Trump looms over the Senate GOP leadership race.

1:01.8

And number three, who's in line to run the D-Trip and the NRCC? Good morning, everybody.

1:07.8

And happy Friday. We are leading Punchball News a.m.

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With a look at how control of the House is still up in the air. But if Republicans do hold on to power,

1:21.4

and it seems like they will, Speaker Mike Johnson, will again be forced to govern with a paper thin majority. Most top Republicans and

1:30.4

Democrats say the GOP will end up between 218 and 21 House seats, Jake. It is even possible that

1:38.0

they end up with the 218 seats on the nose. Wowser, making it a very tough job for Speaker Mike Johnson, especially

1:46.1

with an aggressive Trump agenda trying to get taxes done in 100 days. That means you can't

1:51.4

lose anybody. Yeah, you know, I was, when I was listening to Mike Johnson, this campaign season,

1:59.4

I went back through my notes and through my recordings. He said many times,

2:04.1

you know, and I, I, I, I remember this very, very vividly. He said, you know, don't worry.

2:13.4

Next time we're going to have a bigger majority. It won't be as hard. And it's not a bigger majority.

2:18.2

It's going to be on the nose. I mean, whether that's 218, 219, 220, this is going to be another Congress

2:25.8

where Mike Johnson is going to have to hustle and grind for votes. That's not only Mike Johnson,

2:37.2

but that's also Tom Emmer and Guy Reschenthaler, the chief deputy whip. Now, I'm not suggesting

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