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Christian Science Monitor

Makeup of the US House hardly changed, leaving GOP to work with a slim majority

Christian Science Monitor
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Voters stuck with the status quo on Election Day , ensuring that Republicans will hold onto a thin majority in the House and producing barely any change to the makeup of the chamber.

Republicans and Democrats have each flipped seven seats, while just eight incumbents nationwide have lost their races.

The results show how entrenched the political dynamics have become in a legislative chamber that is meant to closely reflect the will of the people.

Mr. Johnson received his party's nomination to remain speaker when the new Congress starts Jan. 3 .

Lawmakers are still haggling over whether to keep in place rules that allowed a small group of conservatives to trigger the ouster of Mr. McCarthy .

With a razor-thin majority, almost any Republican can block legislation from moving forward.

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