With Senate negotiators expected to unveil a bipartisan border deal any
day now, the chatter on Capitol Hill has turned to one elephantine
obstacle: How to get this thing past the GOP-led House. The answer may
just be… Democratic votes. And that could be a problem for Speaker Mike
Johnson, especially as Donald Trump and the party’s right flank aren’t
eager to support a border compromise — potentially dooming Johnson’s
speakership. But now, a new scenario is gaining steam: If that happens,
might Democrats actually help keep the gavel in the Louisianan’s hands?
Playbook co-author Rachael Bade walks through the possibilities.