Reese Gorman

Not only is Dunleavy close with Trump, but he’s also close with Trump transition co-chair Linda McMahon, whom he spent the Madison Square Garden rally with in a private box.

“Every single vote will count, because if someone gets ill or has a car accident or a late flight on their plane, then it affects the votes on the floor,” Johnson said Tuesday.

Hiring a retiring lawmaker would be one way to get more House Republicans into Trump’s administration while not damaging the GOP’s voting margins.

Gaetz has been under an ethics investigation in the House.

“We cannot have an attorney general who’s got an ethics report hanging out there over his head. That’s got to become public, or he’s going to be compromised as attorney general,” Rep. John Duarte said.

Sources told NOTUS that Scott is tapping Mike Pence’s former campaign manager to be executive director of the Senate GOP’s campaign arm.

The speaker said he doesn’t want to open a “Pandora’s box” by breaking protocol.

“Matt Gaetz is toxic among House Republicans. Among Senate Republicans, he is radioactive,” one source familiar with the conversations told NOTUS.

“Let the chips fall where they may,” Rep. Mark Alford told NOTUS.

Members cannot withdraw their resignations from Congress, one expert told NOTUS.