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A narrow margin: Trump taps House Republicans for his second administration

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Rep. Elise Stefanik , R-N.Y., Mike Waltz and Matt Gaetz have all left the House in just a few days .

The math means the GOP can only lose three votes on any given roll call and still pass the issue at hand without needing assistance from the other side.

House Republicans struggled to advance their own agenda with a similar narrow majority over the past two years .

A failure of parliamentary algebra could stymie the agenda of President-elect Trump .

Republicans are already building potential absences and vacancies into their legislative calculus for the new year .

"It’ll be like a logistics chess match. When we have to do a certain vote, if we're really at a one -seat majority and someone's sick, there'll be logistics involved with that," said Rep. Blake Moore , R- Utah , vice chairman of the House Republican Conference .