Mike Johnson's wrangling to prevent a government shutdown angered Democrats to his left and Republicans to his right, putting his gavel in peril.

There are 11 days to go before the House chooses its speaker for the 119th Congress, and by all accounts, incumbent Mike Johnson is far from a shoo-in. The messy end to the 118th, with multiple false starts on a year-end spending deal,

Republicans members of Congress said in Sunday show interviews that House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.) could have a difficult battle ahead to keep his gavel. Why it matters: Johnson can spare precious few defections on Jan.