The Republican speaker, who has mostly wielded power by relying on the threat of retribution from President Trump, has chosen an institutional fight it’s not clear he can win.

Speaker Mike Johnson showed no signs of backing away from a fight with fellow Republicans that has frozen legislative business.

Several months later, an aggressive attempt from House Republican leadership to prevent this from getting a vote backfired, prompting an irritated Speaker Mike Johnson to send House members home for the week—on a Tuesday afternoon!