Speaker Mike Johnson said Thursday he supported delaying House elections in his home state of Louisiana after the Supreme Court invalidated the state’s congressional map Wednesday.

“The governor has no choice but to suspend it,” Johnson said. “The court has ruled our map unconstitutional.”

He spoke as GOP Gov. Jeff Landry announced that Louisiana could not carry out elections under the current map and would be working “to develop a path forward.” Any new map is likely to threaten the seats of Democratic Reps. Troy Carter and Cleo Fields, who are both Black.

The Supreme Court ruling narrowed the impact of the 1965 Voting Rights Act on the longstanding practice of requiring line-drawers to protect racial minorities’ voting power.

The exact timing of the rescheduled elections is “not my decision,” Johnson added, but said “the way it was typically done” was to hold an all-party “jungle” primary in November, with a runoff in December, and “it looks like it may be that way again.”

“But again, my fingerprints aren’t on it,” Johnson added. “It’s a decision of the state Legislature.”

He also encouraged other states with VRA-mandated minority districts to act quickly and potentially redraw their maps before November, even though many have their election processes well underway already.

“All states that have unconstitutional maps should look at that very carefully, and I think they should do it before the midterms,” he said.

Top Republicans are growing increasingly anxious that the Senate, once seen as a lock for the party to hold in the midterms, is at risk of flipping as Democrats continue to hammer President Donald Trump for the cost of living and foreign intervention in Iran.

That fear is laid out in a new memo, shared exclusively with POLITICO, from the powerful GOP and Koch-aligned super PAC Americans for Prosperity Action, whose leaders are calling on the GOP to lock in on the cost of living or risk losing power in Washington.

“As it stands today, our view is that the Republican Senate majority is at risk,” AFP senior adviser Emily Seidel and Executive Director Nathan Nascimento write. “Our internal polling in several battleground states and one-on-one conversations with voters show that for the first time, Democrats are more trusted on the economy and inflation.”

Their warning comes with a clear plea for the GOP: Figure out how to message on cost living, and fast.

“The window to act is now,” they said.

In their view, there’s a clear path forward, but it requires a coherent message and “relentless focus on driving costs down and keeping them low.”

“Every policy fight, every floor speech, every campaign event should answer one question—what are you doing to lower the cost of living for working families?” they write.

The memo comes as polling shows Trump’s approval rating continue to slip on economic issues: A Reuters/Ipsos survey released this week found just 22 percent of Americans approved of his handling of cost-of-living issues.

Speaker Mike Johnson may have squeezed out a pair of legislative wins Wednesday, but his headaches are far from over as the legislative deals made now face snarls in the Senate.

After a chaotic, all-day vote series on the House floor, lawmakers approved a budget framework setting up a path to fund immigration enforcement at the Department of Homeland Security, which has been shut down for more than two months. They also passed a three-year extension of government spy powers known as Section 702 of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act.

Here’s where those measures now stand, as well as the farm bill that still remains on the House’s agenda as lawmakers try to wrap up before a weeklong recess:

— DHS FUNDING: House Republicans unlocked the first step to a party-line process to fund immigration enforcement after a debate-saturated five-hour long vote late Wednesday.

The question now is whether GOP leaders will attempt to clear a Senate-passed bill funding the rest of DHS Thursday under expedited procedure, as the measure is expected to pass with bipartisan support. GOP leaders earlier this week set up the procedural path that would allow the fast-tracked method of voting Thursday, but their plan is still unclear.

“I don’t trust anything right now. I have no idea what’s gonna pass. It’s so weird,” Republican Rep. Mike Simpson said about the Senate-passed DHS funding bill.

— FISA FIGHT AHEAD: After weeks of infighting, House members finally passed a three-year FISA reauthorization coupled with language to permanently ban the Federal Reserve from issuing a digital currency. Senate Majority Leader John Thune has already publicly warned Johnson that that currency provision garnered the measure “dead on arrival” across the Capitol.

Thune said Wednesday night Senate GOP leaders were preparing their own 45 day punt of the spy law, which is due to expire Thursday night, putting the new deadline in mid-June. But that plan faces some Democratic opposition, and Thune will need buy-in from all 100 senators to schedule an immediate vote and send the measure back to the House with just hours before the law expires.

— FARM BILL FIASCO: GOP leaders aim to vote on the farm bill and amendments to the measure Thursday after starting debate late Wednesday night.

Much of Wednesday was consumed by intraparty battles over the Johnson-backed plan to attach language to the bill allowing for the year-round sale of E15 ethanol-gasoline blend. But after hours of debate, a side agreement emerged that would involve decoupling the ethanol provision from the farm bill when the House returns from recess in May — and holding a standalone vote allowing E15 year-round sales, six people tell Blue Light News.

Notably, Johnson and GOP leaders told Republican hard-liners Wednesday their protests against the bill were unnecessary, as the House version of the farm bill is expected to stall in the Senate, according to four other people involved in the talks.

What else we’re watching: 

—MAXWELL’S EX-BOYFRIEND ON Blue Light News: Ted Waitt, the businessman and philanthropist who brought Ghislaine Maxwell to Chelsea Clinton’s wedding, is set to appear before the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee Thursday. He could provide key details about the only convicted co-conspirator in Jeffrey Epstein’s sex trafficking scheme, Maxwell, who was also once Waitt’s romantic partner.

— TILLIS NOT DONE WITH TRUMP NOMINEES: Sen. Thom Tillis is urging those around the president to take his latest ultimatum seriously — that he won’t confirm for attorney general anyone who excuses the events of Jan. 6, 2021. Tillis has major leverage as a member of the Judiciary Committee, where Republicans have a one-vote advantage and he can exercise an effective veto.

Meredith Lee Hill, Jordain Carney and Hailey Fuchs contributed to this report.