Mike Johnson avoided a shutdown but could get squeezed out of the speakership for it

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may have yet again avoided a government shutdown, his speakership may be on the line with some Republicans already refusing to commit to supporting him come January 2025.

Republican leadership in the 118th Congress began on rocky terms with 15 votes being required to confirm former Speaker Kevin McCarthy to the role. After McCarthy was ousted by a few hard-line members of the GOP, Johnson’s confirmation took four votes and required Democrats to help. “There will be no Democrats available to save him, or the extreme MAGA Republicans, from themselves, based on the breaching of a bipartisan agreement that reflected priorities that were good for the American people,” Democratic Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries said on MSNBC’sPart of President-elect Donald Trump and Vice President-elect J.D. Vance’s pushback against the bipartisan deal came from the pair wanting an increase or suspension entirely of theRep.

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