Republicans Nominate Steve Scalise to Be US House Speaker
October 11, 2023
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as posted by the channelRepublicans voted to nominate Steve Scalise of Louisiana to be the next US House speaker, succeeding Kevin McCarthy who was deposed by party hardliners last week.
Scalise garnered the support of a slim majority, 113 of the 221 House Republicans. It is not yet clear whether he can win the 217 votes he needs on the House floor to win the speakership.
“Obviously we still have work to do,” Scalise said. “We are going to have to go upstairs on the House floor and resolve this.”
But Scalise’s rival for the post, conservative firebrand Jim Jordan, offered to formally nominate him on the House floor, a sign of movement toward unity.
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