Newly elected Speaker of the House Mike Johnson is working to unify his splintered majority in hopes of avoiding a government shutdown. Tensions between party hardliners and centrists threaten to undermine Rep. Johnson as he attempts to pass three 2024 spending bills before turning to a stopgap measure.
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