Democrats control of House shrinks to two votes

 Fox News:

House Democrats are barely holding onto their majority, with Rep.-elect Julia Letlow, R-La., set to be sworn in Wednesday morning.

Letlow will be joining the House in the seat originally won by her husband, Luke Letlow, who died in September from COVID-19 before he was supposed to be sworn in. Julia Letlow won a special election in March.

DR. JULIA LETLOW MAKES HISTORY IN LOUISIANA, WINS HOUSE SEAT TO SUCCEED LATE HUSBAND

This gives Republicans 212 seats in the House, catching up to Democrats' 218. Since tie votes fail in the House, that means Democrats cannot lose more than two votes from their party to pass legislation if the GOP fully opposes them.

That slim margin of error could prevent Democrats from passing more progressive bills that moderates in their party may not support.

Some reinforcements may soon be on the way, however, with Democrats favored in two of the three House special elections that will be held over the next two months.

A special runoff election in Louisiana’s 2nd Congressional District will be held on April 24 – and the two candidates facing off in the solidly blue district are both Democrats. The race is to fill the seat of former Rep. Cedric Richmond, who stepped down to join President Biden's administration as senior adviser and director of the Office of Public Liaison.

PELOSI'S HOUSE DEMOCRATIC MAJORITY ON THIN ICE AMID VACANCIES

While May 1 will see a special election in Texas' Republican-leaning 6th Congressional District to fill the seat of GOP Rep. Ronald Wright, who died of COVID-19 complications, there will be another special election on June 1 in New Mexico's blue 1st Congressional District to fill the seat of former Democratic Rep. Debra Haaland, who was confirmed as interior secretary.
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I will be surprised if Democrats are competitive in the Texas race.  In fact, I think Democrats will lose seats in 2022 in Texas after Biden's screw-up on the border.  We could see border Democrats change parties.

The New Mexico race could be interesting.  While it has been a Democrat-controlled seat, Biden's energy policies have really screwed the state.  He has stop drilling on federally controlled sites in the state which could kill about a third of the state's revenue. If New Mexico votes in its own interest it will vote against Democrats.

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