MikeJohnson is trying to avoid the mistakes ... of side deals with conservative Republicans that ultimately cost KevinMcCarthy his own political future. But that’s a hard tightrope to cross.
Johnson's face turned grim ... when it took Republicans nearly a week and 15 rounds of voting to elect KevinMcCarthy as speaker in 2023, a spectacle otherwise unseen in modern times.
That plan blew up in Johnson’s face and he wound up doing what he and McCarthy did for most of that Congress: do a clean continuing resolution spending bill with the help of the Democrats ...