Photo: Mariam Zuhaib/Associated PressWith Mike Johnson as House speaker, Republicans can return to legislating.
Chief among their priorities should be tackling the nation’s dire fiscal state.
That includes trillion-dollar annual deficits, entitlement programs hurtling toward insolvency, and $33 trillion in national debt.
Mr. Johnson says he intends to create a bipartisan commission to study the latter issue.
Republicans will soon face a familiar quandary: Reducing deficits will require cutting popular social programs, raising taxes, or both.
Persons:
Mariam Zuhaib, Mike Johnson, Johnson
Organizations:
U.S, Capitol, Associated, Republicans
Locations:
Washington, legislating