The Republican Majority In The U.S. House Of Representatives Will Shrink
- 10.06.2025, 10:31
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The resignation of one congressman could leave the seat vacant for months.
The head of the U.S. House Homeland Security Committee, Republican Congressman Mark Green, announced Monday, June 9, that he plans to resign from Congress, Axios reported.
This would weaken an already fragile party majority whose unity Republican House Speaker Mike Johnson is trying to preserve.
Green said he was offered an opportunity in the private sector that was "too exciting to pass up." The congressman will resign after the House votes on the final version of Trump's big tax bill.
"While I had planned to retire at the end of the previous Congress, I stayed on to ensure that President Trump's border security measures and priorities get through Congress," the congressman said Monday.
Last year, Green said he would not seek re-election to a second term, but later changed his mind.
Green and Johnson have met with Republican Michael McCaul, the former head of the Homeland Security Committee, to discuss who would replace Green at the head of the committee.
According to plans, McCaul would lead the committee until 2026 to give candidates for the position time to "campaign."
Green's resignation could leave his seat vacant for several months. Under Tennessee law (which Green represents), Governor Bill Lee must call a special election within ten days after the "vacancy" becomes official, with the general election taking place 100-107 days after that. The seat is considered reliably Republican and will likely remain in Republican Party hands.
After Green's resignation, the Republican majority in the House will shrink to 219 seats against 212 Democrats, meaning that Republicans can only afford to "lose" three votes on any partisan bill.
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