Ex-lawmaker: GOP in for 'miserable' first day as they wrangle over speakership

House Republicans are in for a "miserable" first day of the next term of Congress, as they struggle to muster up the votes to get House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-LA) re-installed with the gavel, members both current and former are acknowledging, reported The Daily Beast on Tuesday.

The key problem they immediately face is that it's unclear, despite President-elect Donald Trump tossing an endorsement his way, that Johnson will have the votes in the razor-thin House majority. Hardline anti-government renegades...