The brief period of Republican unity that followed President-elect Donald Trump’s win in November is being brought to a close by conservative discontent with a short-term spending bill and congressional infighting.
Trump’s point men on the new Department of Government Efficiency are leading the charge against a continuing resolution aimed at averting a government shutdown ahead of the former president’s return to power. Republican lawmakers are publicly sowing dissension against House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-LA) in the lead-up to January. The House Ethics Committee is poised to release its report on former Rep. Matt Gaetz, the combative Florida Republican who helped topple the last GOP House speaker.
Just this week, Trump was enjoying the closest thing he has ever had to a honeymoon since he
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