The departure means that Speaker Mike Johnson will have only one vote to spare.
Gallagher, who has served in Congress since 2016 and currently chairs a congressional select committee investigating the Chinese Communist Party, said in a statement that the move came “after conversations with my family,” but did not elaborate on his reasons for leaving. Puck News’ Teddy Schleifer reported Friday that Gallagher plans to take a job at Palantir, the major analytics company founded by Peter Thiel.
That margin will likely dwindle even further in late April, as Democrats are set to fill a blue seat vacated in February by Representative Brian Higgins, though the GOP will likely claw a couple seats back in two subsequent special elections to fill seats vacated by Ohio’s Bill Johnson and former House Speaker Kevin McCarthy.
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