WASHINGTON (AP) — The old Congress closed Friday and the new Congress is about to convene with one major task at hand — the election of the House speaker.
But current Speaker Mike Johnson’s weak grip on the gavel threatens not only his own survival but President-elect Donald Trump’s ambitious agenda of tax cuts and mass deportations as Republicans sweep to power in Washington.
With opposition from his own GOP colleagues, Johnson arrived with outward confidence after working late into the night at the Capitol to sway hardline holdouts. A flop by Johnson could throw Monday’s congressional certification of Trump’s 2024 election victory into turmoil without a House speaker. Even
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