<p><a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/house-republicans" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Republicans</a> have to &#8220;keep the team together&#8221; if they want to get anything done with an ever-narrowing majority in the House, according to Speaker <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/mike-johnson" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Mike Johnson</a> (R-LA).</p>
<p>In an <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HdlPT5az64Y" target="_blank" rel="noopener">interview</a> that aired on Sunday morning, Fox News journalist Raymond Arroyo pressed Johnson on what the House GOP can accomplish after the <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/house-votes-to-expel-george-santos" target="_blank" rel="noopener">expulsion of</a> Rep. George Santos (R-NY) and the early <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/kevin-mccarthy-to-retire-from-house-after-losing-speakership" target="_blank" rel="noopener">retirement</a> announcement of former Speaker <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/kevin-mccarthy" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Kevin McCarthy</a> (R-CA), alluding to the decreasing number of defections the GOP can abide in close votes.</p>
<p>&#8220;We have to keep the team together and I think everybody understands the importance of the job that we have to do. We have to demonstrate we can govern well,&#8221; Johnson replied. &#8220;When we do that, I think we&#8217;ll expand the majority and we&#8217;ll be in a much better situation in the next round.&#8221;</p>
<p>What had been a <a href="https://pressgallery.house.gov/member-data/party-breakdown" target="_blank" rel="noopener">four-vote margin</a> by which Republicans could pass legislation is now starting to shrink. House Republicans are down to <a href="https://pressgallery.house.gov/member-data/party-breakdown" target="_blank" rel="noopener">221 members</a>, while Democrats have 213. And the GOP&#8217;s advantage could take another hit depending on whether a Democrat wins Santos&#8217; Long Island seat in a February <a href="https://www.politico.com/news/2023/12/07/santos-seat-suozzi-00130737" target="_blank" rel="noopener">special election</a>.</p>
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<p>Looking ahead, McCarthy said he plans to exit Congress by the end of the year. Rep. Bill Young (R-OH) <a href="https://apnews.com/article/house-republicans-speaker-92c63abfcc202d86321f5796fdf300dd" target="_blank" rel="noopener">is expected to follow</a> in the coming months after he accepted a job as president of Youngstown State University. At least one Democrat, Rep. Brian Higgins (D-NY), is <a href="https://thehill.com/homenews/house/4306322-longtime-ny-house-democrat-brian-higgins-to-resign-citing-frustrations-in-congress/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">poised to step down</a> in February.</p>
<p>The GOP-led House <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/house-elects-mike-johnson-as-speaker" target="_blank" rel="noopener">elected</a> Johnson as its 56th speaker in late October, ending a weeks-long stalemate after several Republicans joined with Democrats in voting to remove McCarthy as speaker.</p>
<p>Johnson has a daunting task in front of him as Congress grapples with spending legislation to keep the government open, a massive defense authorization bill, and a <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/it-isnt-xenophobic-fetterman-encourages-border-security-talks" target="_blank" rel="noopener">supplemental funds measure</a> that would boost allies such as Israel and Ukraine. And, in the coming days, the House is slated to vote on whether to <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/house-gop-releases-biden-impeachment-probe-resolution" target="_blank" rel="noopener">formalize an impeachment inquiry</a> into President Joe Biden.</p>
<p>One vocal member of the GOP conference, Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-GA), recently critiqued her party&#8217;s situation in the House, <a href="https://twitter.com/RepMTG/status/1732438386084806665" target="_blank" rel="noopener">saying</a>, &#8220;I can assure you Republican voters didn’t give us the majority to crash the ship.&#8221;</p>

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