Lindsey Graham Is Mike Johnson’s Latest Challenge

“Speaker Mike Johnson already has to worry about a clutch of hard-line conservative ideologues inside the House Republican ranks as he tries to pass the heart of President Donald Trump’s legislative agenda,” Politico reports.

“He also needs to keep an eye on one garrulous, shape-shifting, veteran Republican from the other side of the Capitol.”

“South Carolina Sen. Lindsey Graham has been back-channeling with some members of the hard-right House Freedom Caucus — picking their brains and giving them advice on trillions of dollars in overall spending cuts — as he prepares in his role as Budget Committee chair to pave the way for a party-line border, energy and defense bill.”