Rep. Steve Scalise (R-LA), who’s currently serving as the House Majority Leader, withdrew from the Speaker of the House race Thursday evening. The move was expected, my colleague Matt Funicello wrote , after Rep. Thomas Massie (R-KY) told reporters that Scalise didn’t have the 217 votes needed to prevail, and that at least 20 Republicans wouldn’t be voting for Scalise.
As RedState reported , Scalise was nominated by the GOP conference Wednesday, beating out Rep. Jim Jordan (R-OH). The votes are in, and it appears Rep. Steve Scalise (R-LA) will be the new GOP nominee for Speaker of the House by a count of 113 to 99. The news comes one week after former Speaker Kevin McCarthy (R-CA) was ousted due to an effort led by Rep. Matt Gaetz (R-FL) and a group of eight Republicans and Democrats in the lower chamber.
Scalise faced competition from Rep. Jim […]
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