Tag Archives: Steve Scalise

ABC News reports: No women will lead a House committee for the first time in two decades after House Republicans revealed their list of committee leaders for the 119th Congress on Thursday. The 17 standing committees, whose leaders were selected by the House Republican Steering Committee, will be dominated by white men when the new Congress is seated on Jan. …

NPR reports: The House of Representatives is shifting its schedule for the coming week to consider legislation supporting Israel in the aftermath of Iran launching drones toward Israel on Saturday, marking a significant escalation in the Middle East conflict. “In light of Iran’s unjustified attack on Israel, the House will move from its previously announced legislative schedule next week to …

Politico reports: House Majority Leader Steve Scalise said Sunday that Republicans will move forward with a vote to hold Hunter Biden in contempt, unless they reach a deal with his team for an interview. Scalise’s comments — made during a call with the House GOP conference — come after Biden’s legal team made a U-turn on Friday and said that …

CNN reports: House Majority Leader Steve Scalise will undergo a stem cell transplant, his office announced on Friday, which is expected to keep him out of Washington and working remotely until February. In April 2023, the Louisiana Republican announced that he had been diagnosed with a form of blood cancer and had started treatment. “Last month, Leader Scalise successfully completed …

Fox News reports: Fox News Digital has learned that House Majority Leader Steve Scalise, R-La., is endorsing Trump, the leading GOP candidate, for president. “When Donald Trump was President, American workers and families were thriving,” Scalise said in a statement obtained by Fox News Digital. “In Joe Biden’s America, our communities aren’t safe,” Scalise said. Scalise said, “American families and …

Via press release from the White House: Election denial is a dangerous conspiracy theory that has done unprecedented harm to the country and has been comprehensively debunked by over 80 federal judges, as well as the Trump Administration’s national security officials. Like President Biden said when House Republicans won their majority, when Speaker McCarthy was elected, and when Speaker Johnson …

Mediaite reports: “Can you say unequivocally the 2020 election was not stolen?” That was the question ABC’s George Stephanopoulos put to House Majority Leader Steve Scalise (R-LA) during a contentious interview on This Week. And he asked the question again and again and again. And he got no answer again and again and again. Five different times in a three-minute …

Politico reports: House Republicans will meet again at 10 a.m. this morning to take another shot at choosing a new speaker after House Majority Leader Steve Scalise abruptly withdrew from the race last night. Just as the overthrow of McCarthy embittered McCarthy’s supporters and cost Scalise, the defenestration of Scalise has infuriated Scalise allies who are hardening their opposition to …

NPR reports: Rep. Steve Scalise, R-La., has dropped out of the race to become the new House speaker, after failing to secure enough support for his bid to succeed on the floor. “I was very clear we have to have everybody put their agendas on the side and focus on what this country needs,” Scalise told reporters in the Capitol. …

“He is in serious trouble from the standpoint of his cancer. He’s got to get better for himself. I’m not talking about even the country now. “I’m saying he’s got to get better. And this is tremendous stress. All of the things that you hear about and, you know, things that you don’t want to get involved in from the …

The Washington Post reports: The Republican-led House remains in limbo Thursday as Rep. Steve Scalise (R-La.) struggles to secure the majority of votes needed to be elected by the full chamber. On Wednesday, Scalise narrowly topped Rep. Jim Jordan (R-Ohio) in a conference-wide vote, winning the majority by 113-99, with nearly a dozen Republicans voting present or for someone else …

The Messenger reports: House Majority Leader Steve Scalise should not expect any help from Donald Trump in his bid to become speaker of the House, sources tell The Messenger. Scalise hasn’t been loyal enough to the former president and 2024 presidential frontrunner, so he shouldn’t count on Trump to help woo enough GOP holdouts — who include Trump allies — …

“I plan on voting for Jim Jordan on the floor. I’ve been very vocal about this for the last couple of days. I personally cannot, in good conscience vote for someone who attended a white supremacist conference and compared himself to David Duke. I would be doing an enormous disservice to the voters that I represent in South Carolina if …

The Insider reports: Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene is vowing to oppose her party’s nominee for speaker of the House when it comes to a vote on the floor — because he has cancer. House Majority Leader Steve Scalise narrowly clinched the nomination for speaker during a closed-door meeting on Wednesday, defeating Rep. Jim Jordan of Ohio in a narrow 113-99 …

CNN reports: The House of Representatives will not vote on a new speaker today, just hours after Republicans voted behind closed doors to select Rep. Steve Scalise as their nominee for speaker. The final vote tally was 113 for Scalise and 99 for Rep. Jim Jordan. The vote came after the conference rejected a proposal to raise the threshold required …

NBC News reports: House Majority Leader Steve Scalise has won the Republican nomination to be speaker, Rep. Darrell Issa said as he left the room. The vote was 113-99, Issa said. There was a burst of applause heard inside the meeting room just now. Rep. Troy Nehls, R-Texas, says he’s not sure Republicans will unify behind their speaker nominee, or …

Axios reports: Multiple members emerged from the House GOP’s speaker forum on Tuesday saying they don’t see either candidate being any closer to having the votes needed to secure the gavel on the floor. “No one is close to 217,” Rep. Kat Cammack (R-Fla.) said after Majority Leader Steve Scalise (R-La) and Judiciary Chair Jim Jordan (R-Ohio) pitched members on …

Politico reports: House Republicans huddled Monday for an emotional venting session over the party’s leadership crisis. But two days before a planned vote, they appear nowhere near uniting behind a new speaker. Multiple GOP lawmakers described it as a mostly civil, yet cathartic, meeting ahead of an intense week in which House Republicans are slated to crown their next GOP …

Bloomberg reports: The speaker election took on new urgency this weekend after Hamas militants attacked Israel, killing at least 600 people and prompting calls for more US assistance. Without a speaker, the House cannot conduct legislative business even with bipartisan support for Israel in the chamber. The contenders for House speaker were reduced to two over the weekend after Oklahoma …

NBC News reports: Majority Leader Steve Scalise, who became a national figure after he survived a brutal assassination attempt during a congressional baseball practice, announced Wednesday he will seek to be the next House speaker. On Wednesday morning, he was making calls seeking to shore up support for a bid to succeed ousted Speaker Kevin McCarthy, according to two lawmakers …