House Democrats cope with Biden administration pilfering from their slim majority
by Susan Ferrechio, Chief Congressional Correspondent |
| December 16, 2020 04:59 PM
House Speaker Nancy Pelosi and Majority Leader Steny Hoyer say they would celebrate the nomination of Rep. Deb Haaland to serve as the interior secretary next year under incoming President Joe Biden.
But Haaland would become the third House Democrat to leave Congress for the Biden administration, and her departure would temporarily shrink the perilously slim Democratic majority by yet another vote. The incoming Biden team has already tapped Rep. Cedric Richmond, a Louisiana Democrat, to serve as a senior adviser, and Marcia Fudge, an Illinois Democrat, for Housing and Urban Development secretary.
The Democrats are facing a majority of 222 lawmakers in January after Republicans flipped more than a dozen seats in the November election. Democrats would have only a few seats to spare for any vote that lacked GOP support, which is likely to include many key Democratic policy bills.
Democratic leaders are nonetheless praising news that Biden seeks to nominate Haaland.
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