Partisan Gridlock Looms as New Congress Faces Shutdown Fights, Foreign Aid Deals, and Pressure Over Impeachment Probe
• New year brings new challenges - lawmakers must tackle crises at home and abroad as 2024 elections stoke partisan divisions • Government shutdown deadlines in January and February, efforts to strike deals on border security and foreign aid • Consensus increasingly difficult as 2024 election dominates; immigration a divisive issue • Narrow GOP House majority faces shutdown fight and pressure over Biden impeachment probe • Johnson vows "rule of law" on impeachment but faces growing pressure within Republican party