Tag Archives: Steve Scalise

CNN reports: The House will leave on Thursday for August recess without resolving a key spending fight that has exposed divisions among Republicans with the threat of a government shutdown looming in the fall. In a sign of how difficult the road ahead will be, House Republicans were unable to pass an agriculture funding bill this week as hardline conservatives …

Reuters reports: Top House Republicans, who control the chamber by a narrow 222-213 margin, said they would wait for the legal process to play out before taking further action on Santos, who is due to appear later Wednesday at the federal courthouse in Central Islip, New York. Nine House Republicans have so far called on Santos to resign, including six …

The New York Times reports: Mr. McCarthy has told colleagues and allies that he cannot rely on Mr. Scalise, describing the majority leader as ineffective, checked out and reluctant to take a position on anything, according to three Republican lawmakers with direct knowledge of his private comments. Mr. McCarthy was particularly frustrated with Mr. Scalise after a meeting in his …

“The first thing in any kind of tragedy I do is I pray. I pray for the victims. I pray for their families. I really get angry when I see people trying to politicize it for their own personal agenda, especially when we don’t even know the facts. We’ve talked about things that we can do, and it just seems …

“Well, you saw him seated last week, there were no challenges to that. This is something that’s being handled internally. Obviously, there were concerns about what we had heard. And so we’re going to have to sit down and talk to him about it. And that’s something that we’re going to deal with, just like there’s a lot of other …

After the result of the 11th Speaker ballot was announced, Rep. Steve Scalise entered a motion to adjourn. After a thundering chorus of “NO” from House Democrats, the House Clerk ruled that a vote by electronic device on the motion to adjourn was called for. Republicans scoffed loudly. That vote is now underway. UPDATE: The motion to adjourn has passed.

The New York Times reports: If Mr. McCarthy is unable to quickly win election, Republicans would be under immense pressure to coalesce around an alternative, ending a potentially chaotic and divisive fight on the floor that could taint the start of their majority in the House. Mr. Scalise, the No. 2 House Republican, is in some ways Mr. McCarthy’s obvious …

Playbook reports: As Kevin McCarthy struggles to nail down the votes to be House speaker, a group of lawmakers has quietly approached No. 2 leader Steve Scalise about running should McCarthy falter, according to multiple GOP members and aides. Their message? “Steve, just be ready,” according to one member currently backing McCarthy who spoke to us late last night on …

The Hill reports: House Minority Whip Steve Scalise (R-La.) announced a bid to become the next House majority leader on Wednesday as the GOP appears likely to win a narrow majority in the lower chamber. “The American people deserve a House of Representatives that can move the agenda that was promised to them on the campaign trail,” Scalise said in …

The Wrap reports: Ever since the Jan. 6 insurrection on the Capitol in Washington, D.C., the actions of Speaker Nancy Pelosi have especially been brought into question, with former president Donald Trump, Rep. Steve Scalise and others claiming that she should have done more to secure the building while under siege. Those criticisms, however, hit a snag this week when …

“Airplanes were used that day, as the weapon to kill thousands of people and to inflict terror on our country. There wasn’t a conversation about banning airplanes. “There was a conversation about connecting the dots. How can we try to figure out if there are signs we can see to stop the next attack from happening?” :Thank God we have …

Newsweek reports: Rep. Matt Gaetz said that House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy of California and Minority Whip Steve Scalise of Louisiana were “not fitting of leadership” during a Wednesday night appearance on Tucker Carlson Tonight. The previous day, Gaetz accused the leaders of being “weak men” for speaking about him and former President Donald Trump indirectly during “sniveling phone calls” …

Mediaite reports: Rep. Steve Scalise (R-LA) appeared to parade his ignorance on the opioid crisis that afflicts the United States when he blamed it on President Joe Biden’s border policy, unaware that the opioid crisis largely spiked under the leadership of former President Donald Trump. House GOP’s Twitter account shared a video of Scalise’s comments that included the Republican House …

Politico reports: House Minority Whip Steve Scalise (R-La.) on Sunday repeatedly avoided answering whether or not believes the 2020 presidential election was “stolen,” after Fox News’ Chris Wallace pressed him on the matter. Appearing on “Fox News Sunday,” Scalise blasted the Biden administration’s handling of the economy, the COVID-19 pandemic and the two major bills that have stalled in Congress. …

The Insider reports: Former First Lady Melania Trump refused to meet with Republican Rep. Steve Scalise at the White House after he was shot in 2017 at a congressional baseball practice because she’d already visited him once in the hospital, according to a new book. Former White House press secretary Stephanie Grisham, who also served as Melania Trump’s chief of …

The New Orleans Times-Picayune reports: “Soon,” U.S. Rep. Steve Scalise replied at the beginning of April when asked when he would be vaccinated against the coronavirus. “Soon,” he repeated at the beginning of May when asked the same question. Scalise received his first Pfizer vaccination on Sunday at an Ochsner clinic in Jefferson Parish. Why? “Especially with the delta variant …

Axios reports: Top Republicans are turning on Rep. Liz Cheney, the party’s highest-ranking woman in Congress, with one conservative leader suggesting she could be ousted from her GOP post within a month. The comments by Reps. Steve Scalise, the minority whip, and Jim Banks, chairman of the Republican Study Committee, carry weight because of their close relationship with House Minority …

Raw Story reports: Rep. Steve Scalise (R-LA) on Wednesday came out against making Washington D.C. its own state on the basis that the nation’s Capitol can’t keep its residents safe from “criminals.” A memo from Scalise argued that D.C. should not be granted statehood in part because its government “can’t perform basic governmental duties like protecting its residents from criminals.” …

The Washington Post reports: House Minority Whip Steve Scalise (R-La.) on Tuesday defended President Donald Trump’s speech ahead of the Jan. 6 insurrection at the Capitol, saying he advocated peaceful protest, unlike Rep. Maxine Waters (D-Calif.) during her recent appearance at a Minnesota rally. Pressed on why he hadn’t criticized Trump’s Jan. 6 speech — which was central to the …

Via press release from House Speaker Nancy Pelosi: Less than one week after urging House Republicans to block $160 billion in funding for vaccines to tackle the COVID-19 pandemic, Minority Whip Steve Scalise is using his position to elevate Republicans who have publicly urged Americans not to take the COVID-19 vaccine. Scalise is scheduled to lead a CPAC panel with …