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Speaker of the House faces political peril from member deaths and resignations – especially with a narrow majority

Written by Charles R. Hunt, Assistant Professor of Political Science, Boise State University

GOP House leader Kevin McCarthy wants to be speaker of the House. Kevin Dietsch/Getty Images

The arm-twisting, dealmaking and vote hunting around Kevin McCarthy’s quest to be named House speaker have put on full display the fact that razor-thin majorities in both the House and the Senate are becoming a fact of life at the federal level.

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Speaker of the House faces political peril from member deaths and resignations – especially with a narrow majority

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