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Democrats flipped a state Senate district that President Donald Trump won by double digits. In a House election, the outcome slimmed the GOP’s margin further.
Democratic runoff decides Texas special election for vacant congressional seat, shrinking Republican House majority to razor-thin margin of control.
As the federal government enters its third day of a partial shutdown, House Republicans are bickering over Senate changes to the $1. 2 trillion funding package, jeopardizing the upcoming vote.
The Republican majority in the U.S. House of Representatives narrowed further this week after Democrat Christian Menefee won a special election in Texas’s 18th Congressional District, reducing the GOP’s slim margin in the chamber.
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House GOP majority on the brink as all-Democrat Texas special congressional election underway
Republicans' razor-thin House majority shrinks further as Democrats set to win Texas special election, giving GOP leadership new headaches in Congress.
Longtime Rep. Ed Clere was kicked out of the Indiana House Republican caucus on the first day back in the Statehouse after he announced he would leave the party.
House Democrats have indicated privately that they do not plan to support the plan, leaving Republicans to go it alone.
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Cash surge: House GOP smashes fundraising records as Republicans gear up to defend slim majority
House Republicans shatter fundraising records with $117.2 million haul as they prepare to defend their narrow majority in November's competitive midterm elections.