As the vote draws nigh, threats to the speakership grow.
As the 119th Congress gets started today, January 3, House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-LA) prepares to run the gavel gauntlet again. In the days leading up to the vote, threats to his speakership seemed to multiply – and a new proposed rule drives the wedge deeper between Johnson and congressional Democrats, all but guaranteeing they won’t come to his rescue. Can the Louisiana lawmaker grasp the gavel once again, or will his seat atop the conference be usurped?
Johnson Imperiled
Mike Johnson almost immediately earned the ire of certain Freedom Caucus Republicans in the House for working across the aisle with Democrats on legislation to keep the government funded – the very same offense that led to McCarthy’s ouster. To them, these compromise bills gave away too…
