House Speaker Mike Johnson's honeymoon period is over. Congress is still bracing for fights.
WASHINGTON — Some of the House's most conservative lawmakers are warning that newly elected House Speaker Mike Johnson, R-La.,'s grace period is over.
As Congress braces for a battle to avoid a government shutdown and approve crucial legislation, such as an annual defense policy bill, Johnson’s initial weeks in office, which some members have likened to a honeymoon, are coming to a close.
Johnson’s relationship with the conference’s hard-right wing is now “like any marriage or any relationship,” Rep. Andy Ogles, R-Tenn., a member of the ultraconservative House Freedom Caucus, told USA TODAY.
“You have to build trust. You have to have expectations set and expectations met. And that’s now the phase we’re going into with the new speaker,” Ogles said, noting Johnson is “a friend” but that there are “high expectations” for him.
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