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Mike Johnson Avoided a Shutdown. He Couldn’t Avoid the Conservative Wrath.

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Speaker Mike Johnson may get away with this latest stopgap spending bill. But he’s got a real problem on his hands going forward.

Illustration of Mike Johnson with his hand on his forehead and sweat coming off his brow.
Illustration by Elizabeth Brockway/The Daily Beast

Speaker Mike Johnson avoided a shutdown. He won’t avoid the conservative blowback.

After House Republicans ousted former Speaker Kevin McCarthy (R-CA) in early October because he put a stopgap government funding bill on the House floor, Johnson isn’t at risk of losing his new job for doing the same thing.

But that...

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