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Biden may time confirmation votes to protect House majority

by Lisa Mascaro
| December 19, 2020 12:06 AM

WASHINGTON (AP) — President-elect Joe Biden’s decision to tap several House Democrats for administrative positions is putting Speaker Nancy Pelosi in a politically tough spot, having chiseled away at the party’s already slimming majority and leaving her potentially without enough votes to pass his legislative agenda.

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