The House was marred by complete self inflicted paralysis in 2023, the GOP hopes to end that in 2024. (NY Times)

The GOP is facing a major hurdle in the few first weeks of 2024 and that is showing competent governance to allow the government to remain open. The leaders in Congress came to broad agreement to keep the Feds open until after the election later this year but the devil may be in the details. The far right extremists in the GOP are not happy with the agreement and could easily throw a wrench in the works with precious little time remaining.