Democrat takeover fears rise as GOP clings to slim House majority
Tense scenes played out in the House of Representatives on Tuesday night as a group of moderate Republicans took a stand against a trio of GOP-led labor rule bills.One of...
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Tense scenes played out in the House of Representatives on Tuesday night as a group of moderate Republicans took a stand against a trio of GOP-led labor rule bills . One of those bills failed to pass, while the other two were quickly scuttled to avoid the same fate — an embarrassing blow to House Republican leadership and the majority of GOP lawmakers who supported them. It's an example of a situation that has been growing increasingly common in Congress' lower chamber as Republicans wrestle with a party-line majority of anywhere between three and one vote, depending on attendance that day. "We’ve got simple bills like this that should be a no-brainer, and we’ve got several moderate Rs that are going to kill the bill," Rep. Greg Steube, R-Fla., told Fox News Digital on the sidelines just before the first bill failed. "What I foresee, and you’re seeing it in appropriations bills, they don’t care about guys like me … they’re just working with the Democrats to pass them." DAY-TO-DAY: A TRAGIC DEATH FURTHER STRETCHES THE GOP'S RAZOR-THIN HOUSE MAJORITY Several Republicans who spoke with Fox News Digital this week said there's growing concern about Democrats growing their number of legislative victories despite Republicans holding the gavel — or potentially using their numbers to take over the agenda. As Rep. Tim Burchett, R-Tenn., put to reporters last week, "We are one flu season away from losing the majority." Steube said he did not believe Democrats could actually take the speaker's gavel but conceded the situation was tenuous. He pointed to the recent sudden death of Rep. Doug LaMalfa , R-Calif., as an example. REPUBLICANS TRY TO QUASH CONCERNS OF MORE EXITS FOLLOWING MARJORIE TAYLOR GREENE'S SURPRISE RESIGNATION "You’re a heart attack and a car accident away from the majority. There’s people in our conference that are not young people. I mean, you saw what just happened with LaMalfa. In my opinion, he was young, 65. We have people who are much older in the confere…