Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.) on Wednesday swore in newly elected Florida Reps. Jimmy Patronis (R) and Randy Nice (R).
The 2 gained particular elections on Tuesday, and their fast entry to the Home provides Johnson some further room to navigate the GOP’s razor-thin margin. The Home now stands at 220 Republicans and 213 Democrats, that means Johnson can lose three GOP votes and nonetheless move a party-line invoice. At one level this yr, that margin stood at one vote.
The 2 lawmakers, who have been each endorsed by President Trump, paid tribute to the president of their first ground speeches as representatives.
“With the Republican majority here in Congress, President Trump and the White House, we have the opportunity of a lifetime to fix this country,” Patronis mentioned.
Nice invoked the primary assassination try on Trump in his tackle, saying he believes Trump’s “life was saved in Butler Pennsylvania, so he could save the world.”
Patronis defeated Democrat Homosexual Valimont within the particular election to exchange former Rep. Matt Gaetz (R-Fla.) within the 1st Congressional District on Tuesday, whereas Nice bested Democrat Josh Weil within the race to exchange Nationwide Safety Adviser Mike Waltz within the sixth Congressional District.
Each of the districts are Republican strongholds that Trump gained by over thirty factors in November, however Democrats have been notably capable of slender these margins on Tuesday. Nice and Patronis gained the districts by roughly 14 factors.
Home Republicans wish to move a package deal that might mix border safety, tax laws, and power and protection spending, and the method they’re utilizing requires near-unanimity among the many GOP. The lack of one or each seats would have made that much more tough.
