WASHINGTON ‒ House Speaker Mike Johnson says he's doing the impossible on Capitol Hill.
Over the last few weeks, he's been hard at work skillfully negotiating with House Republicans and his Senate counterparts to enact President Donald Trump's legislative agenda in a critical midterm election year, despite a historically small voting margin.
That's one way of looking at it.
Another perspective, as Sen. John Kennedy, a Republican from Johnson's home state of Louisiana, put it: "Mike's having a tough time."
"He's good," the often-frank lawmaker said last month in the halls of the Capitol. "But he can't work miracles."
