House GOP's razor-thin majority threatens to grind Trump's Capitol Hill agenda to halt
Johnson navigates 1-seat majority as rebellious House Republicans team up with Democrats to inflict procedural defeats
By Elizabeth Elkind Fox News
Published February 17, 2026 4:00pm EST
With less than nine months before a politically bruising battle in the November midterm elections, the realities of a one-seat majority are bearing down on the House GOP.
Speaker Mike Johnson, R-La. — and by extension, President Donald Trump — faced back-to-back losses on the House floor last week after a small group of GOP rebels joined Democrats in an effort to curb Trump's unilateral tariff authority.
It's part of a growing trend that comes with a razor-thin House majority, and moderates making a choice between appealing to their battleground district voters and following the president in a year when history dictates the opposing party will fare better in the coming elections.
"Getting things done in Washington can be tough enough as it is," veteran GOP strategist Doug Heye told Fox News Digital. "Add to that a super slim majority and the shortened legislative calendar of an election year, and it’s tough to see much happening legislatively through the rest of the year."
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