Welcome to Washington: Mike Johnson Gets a Taste of the Hell That Awaits Him in January 

A narrow House majority and a flurry of online posts from billionaire Elon Musk help put the Speaker’s political career on life support.

AP/J. Scott Applewhite
Speaker Johnson. AP/J. Scott Applewhite

After a difficult first year on the job that included intraparty fighting on everything from government funding to foreign military aid to tax reform, Speaker Johnson is getting his first real taste of the hell that awaits him in January. His long-negotiated bipartisan government funding deal is dead thanks to the narrow House majority he holds and the outside agitation of one of the Trump campaign’s biggest donors.

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