Rep. Alcee Hastings dies, narrowing
Democratic House majority to just 7
Posted By: NorthernDog, 4/6/2021 2:17:06 PM
Rep. Alcee Hastings, D-Fla., died Tuesday after a more than two-year bout with pancreatic cancer, NBC News confirmed. Hastings, who served in the House for nearly three decades, was 84. Throughout his career, he held several key committee assignments and leadership positions, most recently as vice chairman of the rules committee. He had also been Florida’s first Black federal trial judge, appointed to the bench in 1979 by President Jimmy Carter. (Snip) Democrats now hold a narrower advantage in the House, 218-211, giving the party a smaller margin of error in passing legislation. Six seats are vacant, four of which
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May he rest in peace. A reminder that Dems' majorities are razor thin.