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Democrat Tim Kennedy wins New York special election for House seat
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<blockquote data-quote="essentialsaltes" data-source="post: 77660678" data-attributes="member: 294566"><p><a href="https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2024/04/30/new-york-special-election-house-kennedy/" target="_blank">When Kennedy is sworn in as a member of the House Democratic conference, it will temporarily shave the chamber’s Republican majority to one seat</a>, leaving a small margin for error for party-line agenda items. House Republicans hold 217 seats and Democrats, with Kennedy, will have 213 seats, leaving vacant five seats.</p><p></p><p>[If I understand the math correctly, the Speaker doesn't vote, so now it's 216 to 213. So if one R defects and votes against the team, it's 215-214. One more and the D's have it.]</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="essentialsaltes, post: 77660678, member: 294566"] [URL='https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2024/04/30/new-york-special-election-house-kennedy/']When Kennedy is sworn in as a member of the House Democratic conference, it will temporarily shave the chamber’s Republican majority to one seat[/URL], leaving a small margin for error for party-line agenda items. House Republicans hold 217 seats and Democrats, with Kennedy, will have 213 seats, leaving vacant five seats. [If I understand the math correctly, the Speaker doesn't vote, so now it's 216 to 213. So if one R defects and votes against the team, it's 215-214. One more and the D's have it.] [/QUOTE]
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