Wisconsin Rep. Mike Gallagher announced Friday he will resign from Congress next month, further shrinking the shaky Republican House majority.
“He should be expelled if he refuses to leave immediately in order to allow his district to hold a special election to elect a representative so that their district can have a voice for the remainder of the 118th Congress!,” Greene said about theThe rebuke comes just one day after Gallagher, who previously said he would not run for re-election, released a statement announcing that he would resign from Congress on April 19.
Gallagher’s announcement marks another blow to the shrinking Republican House majority. Colorado Rep. Ken Buck also announced Friday that he isand not seeing re-election. After Gallagher leaves next month, the Republicans’ majority in the House will just be 217 seats to the Democrats’ 213.
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