Christian Menefee Sworn In, Cutting House GOP to One‑Vote Majority During Partial Shutdown
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Christian Menefee, the Harris County attorney who won the Democratic runoff for Texas’s 18th District over Amanda Edwards to fill the late Rep. Sylvester Turner’s seat (vacant nearly a year after Gov. Greg Abbott delayed the special), has been sworn into the U.S. House. His swearing cuts the GOP margin to a razor‑thin one‑vote majority (218 Republicans to 214 Democrats), complicating an upcoming rule vote on a Senate–White House funding compromise amid the partial shutdown and prompting Republican leaders to demand strict attendance.
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