{"id":7874,"date":"2026-03-09T23:39:17","date_gmt":"2026-03-09T23:39:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/flamenet.io\/2026\/03\/09\/rep-kevin-kiley-leaves-gop-further-shrinking-speaker-johnsons-majority-the-washington-post\/"},"modified":"2026-03-09T23:39:17","modified_gmt":"2026-03-09T23:39:17","slug":"rep-kevin-kiley-leaves-gop-further-shrinking-speaker-johnsons-majority-the-washington-post","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/flamenet.io\/2026\/03\/09\/rep-kevin-kiley-leaves-gop-further-shrinking-speaker-johnsons-majority-the-washington-post\/","title":{"rendered":"Rep. Kevin Kiley leaves GOP, further shrinking Speaker Johnson\u2019s majority &#8211; The Washington Post"},"content":{"rendered":"<ol>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMiiAFBVV95cUxNeEFoQTZKbW9FRnI4TlRxRk5FQzZiYk9DYk9GUUNkVWhsUVlSUmRXNTNCV0swV1BHM20tUkd5YkxFTVdtS2RXaXo4dDFaLTZSTWlVNUhwb1dIaGpmRFNJUC1SWDFYdFgtTjAwZGZNRjNSQVgwWXpkUTJSQ1RZSUh6LXpYc1dzVGha?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\">Rep. Kevin Kiley leaves GOP, further shrinking Speaker Johnson\u2019s majority<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;<font color=\"#6f6f6f\">The Washington Post<\/font><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMif0FVX3lxTFBhUU9XUVh4RTU2ZzREVjZDZFYwZVpWNVhMQlFlT0dqQlBlcWJxQ2M1Y09rZk4zTXM0alE4TlAtcXpwWGYwOUxkSE9fanlnSEM2VktYaHFSYWFBNlRMSFB6cVp0aDRVMGVxUlBsZHJ4RVRWY1Q2MXl3VVJFeE5ZY3M?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\">California congressman is leaving the Republican Party to become an independent amid tough reelection race<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;<font color=\"#6f6f6f\">CNN<\/font><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMipwFBVV95cUxQeUdaN1ZqRnJTSTJQVTY1aHdfcy1iWEVGbU82UEZCckhxSC1kNVJfMFJXdHVKV205Q2xybVBLUFlsN1M5dGNIcDZUemRyZk9hYi1wSXdwcW5qTXEyMVFKSmNmelBGLVNGYkpxRVVzVFhhZUs0ZzF3WTBJbUJNUS1NanFXSmhmWi0xSWg5aFZpNGhYbHhiMUNqVlVOY2VrM183QkY1SWVaVQ?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\">Rep. Kevin Kiley switches party affiliation to independent<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;<font color=\"#6f6f6f\">Politico<\/font><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMibEFVX3lxTE9JNjRyWHZrTG9FRmRUdkNfdDhGRXd1RXhtTWhmbmlfSGpaVWtaZ0VLbm4wUWZTZTdBSm1kMnNtZk41N2VaeXNVYTBOQ3l0UXJ1VGpseHpWb3hPZjIxYmxuSGNyUDlGa2tYTHR2Tg?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\">Rep. Kevin Kiley to become sole independent member in the U. S. House<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;<font color=\"#6f6f6f\">Sacramento Bee<\/font><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMigwFBVV95cUxNZ3J4UmxiX3pyWlFBOVoxZVJSNWZHdURzMHBIR0ItQW4xQTJtdmdKVDNFTnBpNmh0alZnODVlNjhUZVlkdUtJU01uN0ZGQnF2cjY0OGdzeTBUWlhmYUJSVmVhMDlObnViRVlaa3o2a0E4X2ItcXR2alNIa2cxSzBMQnFLQQ?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\">Republican Rep. Kiley leaves GOP, tightening Johnson&#8217;s margins<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;<font color=\"#6f6f6f\">Axios<\/font><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Rep. Kevin Kiley leaves GOP, further shrinking Speaker Johnson\u2019s majority&nbsp;&nbsp;The Washington Post California congressman is leaving the Republican Party to become an independent amid tough&#8230; <a href=\"https:\/\/flamenet.io\/2026\/03\/09\/rep-kevin-kiley-leaves-gop-further-shrinking-speaker-johnsons-majority-the-washington-post\/\" class=\"read-more\">[more]<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[70],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-7874","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/flamenet.io\/api\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7874","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/flamenet.io\/api\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/flamenet.io\/api\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/flamenet.io\/api\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/flamenet.io\/api\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=7874"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/flamenet.io\/api\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7874\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/flamenet.io\/api\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=7874"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/flamenet.io\/api\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=7874"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/flamenet.io\/api\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=7874"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}