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Rep. Steve Scalise is hemorrhaging support after winning the GOP nomination for Speaker with less than half of the votes necessary to win on the House floor.
While I had hoped to support the Republican Conference nominee for Speaker, it has become evident that all the agreements and Rules with the former Speaker are null and void.October 12, 2023 Scalise received 113 votes, three of which came from delegates not permitted to vote on the House floor.designed to prevent another January floor debacle, when McCarthy won the Republican nomination for Speaker but needed fifteen rounds on the House floor to win the gavel.to Breitbart News that Scalise’s handling of that amendment and his use of lobbyists to put pressure on lawmakers turned many potential votes against him.
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