Republican Congressman LaMalfa Dies, Shrinking GOP Majority (2)

Republican Representative Doug LaMalfa has died, further shrinking the narrow GOP House majority, according to party leaders.

The California Republican’s death after 13 years in Congress was announced as House Republicans headed into a party retreat at Washington’s Kennedy Center to begin a messy midterm election campaign year fractured by infighting and behind in the polls.

President Donald Trump, who said LaMalfa died Monday, praised the lawmaker as a reliable ally in a speech to lawmakers at the retreat.

“He was with us all the way,” Trump said.

Georgia’s Marjorie Taylor Greene resigned as of this week following bitter ...