WASHINGTON (AP) — Mike Johnson was reelected as House speaker on a single vote. But there’s a difficult year ahead. Johnson faces many of the same demands from hard-line conservatives that led to the ouster of his predecessor as speaker, Kevin McCarthy. But the stakes are far higher now as Republicans try to deliver on President-elect Donald Trump’s agenda. The scale of the conflict to come was apparent as Congress began its new session Friday. House Republicans took shots at each other on TV and argued on the House floor. Johnson looked distraught. And even after Johnson’s victory, some GOP lawmakers openly discussed what might trigger his removal as speaker.
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