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What’s Next After Santos’ Expulsion from Congress

The expulsion leaves the GOP with just an eight-seat majority in the lower congressional chamber.
What’s Next After Santos’ Expulsion from Congress
Rep. George Santos (R-N.Y.) leaves the U.S. Capitol after his fellow members of Congress voted to expel him from the House of Representatives in Washington on Dec. 1, 2023. Anna Moneymaker/Getty Images
Jackson Richman
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On Dec. 1, Rep. George Santos (R-N.Y.) became the sixth person ever to be expelled from the House of Representatives.

The expulsion leaves the GOP with just an eight-seat majority in the lower congressional chamber, with 221 Republican members against 213 Democrat members. Republicans can only afford to lose three votes and keep their majority. If all Democrats vote in opposition to a measure and just three Republicans join them, the measure would pass 218–216.

Jackson Richman
Jackson Richman
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Jackson Richman is a Washington correspondent for The Epoch Times. In addition to Washington politics, he covers the intersection of politics and sports/sports and culture. He previously was a writer at Mediaite and Washington correspondent at Jewish News Syndicate. His writing has also appeared in The Washington Examiner. He is an alum of George Washington University.
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