Against all odds and expectations, Speaker Mike Johnson keeps managing to fund the government, inflame the far right of his party — and hold on to his job.Catie Edmondson, a congressional correspondent for The Times, explains why it might be Democrats who come to his rescue.Guest: <a href="https://www.nytimes.com/by/catie-edmondson">Catie Edmondson</a>, a congressional correspondent for The New York Times.Background reading: <ul><li>Ultraconservatives<a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2024/03/23/us/congress-spending-bill-johnson-far-right.html"> immediately turned on Mr. Johnson</a> after Congress passed spending legislation.</li><li>Enraged over the spending bill, Representative Marjorie Taylor Greene began the process of<a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2024/03/22/us/politics/greene-oust-johnson-spending-bill.html"> calling for a vote to oust the speaker</a>.</li></ul>For more information on today’s episode, visit <a href="http://nytimes.com/thedaily?smid=pc-thedaily">nytimes.com/thedaily</a>. Transcripts of each episode will be made available by the next workday.

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