Biden sig­nals desire to work with new speak­er while cam­paign under­cuts him as ‘extreme’

Pres­i­dent Joe Biden has a blank slate with new House Speak­er Mike John­son (R‑LA) and is using it to make bipar­ti­san over­tures, while his aides por­tray him as extreme.
The uneasy dynam­ic will be test­ed next month as the fed­er­al gov­ern­ment faces the prospect of anoth­er shut­down on Nov. 17.
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After three weeks of dys­func­tion, as House Repub­li­cans decid­ed who would replace for­mer Speak­er Kevin McCarthy (R‑CA), the GOP is under “a lot of pres­sure” to demon­strate it can gov­ern, accord­ing to par­ty strate­gist Alex Conant.
“Speak­er John­son has every incen­tive to start pass­ing leg­is­la­tion and show that House Repub­li­cans can work with the Sen­ate and White House,” the Fire­house Strate­gies found­ing part­ner said. “If Repub­li­cans can’t be effec­tive in the major­i­ty, they’ll quick­ly find them­selves back in the mino …