Tennessee Republican Mark Green completed his final day in Congress on July 20, creating the fourth vacancy in the U.S. House of Representatives.

Within the last few years, House precedents have eroded to the point that a small faction of conservatives controls the floor and holds leadership hostage.

As Texas moves forward with an off-cycle redistricting to shore up Republicans’ narrow House majority, Gov. Gavin Newsom is plotting a Democratic response in California. But the state’s independent redistricting commission is a major obstacle.

While President Trump has managed to push House Republicans across the finish line on his top priorities, he hasn’t yet cracked the code on getting the narrowly divided chamber to overcome its