Another tough hurdle for Mike Johnson. Photo: Nathan Howard/Reuters It would be a vast understatement to say that a lot is going on in Washington this month. The 119th Congress, featuring a Republican majority in both houses, is due to begin on January 3. On January 6, a joint session of Congress is supposed to confirm the results of the 2024 presidential election (a mere quadrennial housekeeping duty until it became the occasion of an attempted insurrection four years ago ). On January 20,