House speaker Mike Johnson (R-LA) is presiding over an extremely narrow Republican majority, with a seven-seat advantage and four vacancies. Rep. Brian Higgins (D-NY) resigned last week, following the resignations of Rep. Bill Johnson (R-OH) last month and former speaker Kevin McCarthy (R-CA) at the end of last year and the expulsion of former Rep. George Santos (R-NY) in December, and Johnson has resorted to a procedural gambit to get bills onto the floor, reported CNN. “The ever-shrinking margin has forced Johnson to put some bills directly onto the floor under a procedural move known as sus…