Today’s notice: The NOTUS newsletter is back with all the news you missed while you were in a food coma. The rubber hits the road tomorrow for Mike Johnson. And even if Republicans can elect a speaker, can they get anything else done?
Republicans Face the Gauntlet
So, where were we?
When Congress left town for the holidays, Mike Johnson had just narrowly threaded the needle to convince most House Republicans, Donald Trump, Elon Musk and every Democrat to back a stopgap funding bill and avert a government shutdown. It was messy, at times embarrassing, but it happened.