House Speaker Mike Johnson will have to work the phones over the holidays in a bid to avoid losing the gavel in January after some hard-right lawmakers denounced his handling of recent spending negotiations.

House Democratic Leader Hakeem Jeffries (D-N.Y.) said on Sunday that Democrats will not save Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.) if he fails to get enough support from his own party to retain his gavel. Jeffries pointed to the collapse of the bipartisan government funding agreement as a key reason Johnson would not get support from Democrats,

House Democrats are sending an early warning signal to Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.) that he shouldn't count on them to rescue him again. Why it matters: Johnson will have the barest of majorities next year — and he's staring down growing unrest within the Republican conference.