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Mike Johnson’s magic debt ceiling promise

House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.) relied on an unclear, unrealistic and unenforceable promise on the debt ceiling to convince President-elect Trump and House conservatives to keep the government open. It worked. Why it matters: Trump killed Johnson’s Plan A because it didn’t include anything on the debt ceiling. Democrats and 38 Republicans killed Johnson’s Plan B because it did. Don’t ask about Plan C: It lived a short, unhappy life, mostly…