Senate Republicans huddled behind closed doors Tuesday to plot the path forward for the unified control of government they won in the November elections, though GOP senators said afterward a very narrow House majority will likely determine how sweeping their policy proposals will be.

Republicans in the U.S. House of Representatives will hold a slim 220-215 majority when the next Congress gets underway next month after Democrats picked up a seat in California, according to Edison Research on Wednesday.

Republicans in the U.S. House of Representatives will hold a slim 220-215 majority when the next Congress gets underway next month after Democrats picked up a seat in California, according to Edison Research on Wednesday.

Republicans secured a 220-215 seat House majority on Tuesday, after California Rep. John Duarte conceded to Democrat Adam Gray. It’s the smallest advantage for one party since 1931 – and will be even smaller,

The House Republican conference will consist of 220 lawmakers, two fewer than the five-seat majority that the GOP struggled to manage in this Congress.

House Republicans are headed into next year with an even slimmer majority that will temporarily shrink to a zero-seat advantage in the early months of President-elect Donald Trump’s presidency, imperiling his ambitious agenda.

House Republicans pulled off what some members feared they couldn’t and defended their majority in the 2024 elections — but that slim control appears poised to winnow down to a one-seat majority at the start of next year,