Steve Scalise withdraws bid for House speaker
Rep. Steve Scalise and Rep. Jim Jordan last week had both announced they were running for the post vacated by Rep. Kevin McCarthy.
Rep. Steve Scalise and Rep. Jim Jordan last week had both announced they were running for the post vacated by Rep. Kevin McCarthy.
House Majority Leader Steve Scalise said Thursday he is withdrawing from the race for speaker. Republicans narrowly voted to nominate him in a closed-door vote Wednesday. CBS News congressional correspondent Scott MacFarlane has more.
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House Majority Leader Steve Scalise, of Louisiana, has won the Republican nomination for House speaker, but he must win an election on the House floor to win the office. And support for Scalise is already waning. CBS News congressional correspondent Scott MacFarlane has more.
Republicans voted Wednesday to nominate House Majority Leader Steve Scalise of Louisiana as the next House speaker after the historic ouster of Rep. Kevin McCarthy last week. But with more than four House Republicans coming out against his candidacy, it is unclear if Scalise will have the 217 votes necessary to win the gavel. CBS News congressional correspondent Scott MacFarlane reports from Capitol Hill.
Following Rep. Kevin McCarthy's historic ouster last week as House speaker, House Republicans on Wednesday nominated House Majority Leader Steve Scalise to replace him. However, Scalise still needs enough votes from the full House to secure the position.
House Majority Leader Steve Scalise, selected by his party to be House speaker, can only afford to lose four Republican votes in the House floor election.
The House has adjourned until noon Thursday after Republicans postponed a floor vote to select the next speaker. House Republicans voted Wednesday to nominate Majority Leader Steve Scalise to fill the speaker seat. CBS News congressional correspondent Nikole Killion has the latest from Capitol Hill.
A bipartisan group of nearly 400 lawmakers introduced a resolution condemning Hamas's deadly attack on Israel, but it cannot move forward until the House elects a new speaker. Texas Republican Rep. Michael McCaul joins "America Decides" to discuss the House speaker race and the Israel-Hamas war.
Republican lawmakers on Wednesday selected Majority Leader Steve Scalise as their nominee for speaker of the House, but a floor vote remains in a state of suspended animation as Scalise works to build support in the divided conference. CBS News congressional correspondent Nikole Killion has more. Plus, CBS News foreign correspondent Imtiaz Tyab discusses the latest on the Israel-Hamas war.
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Republican lawmakers on Wednesday selected Majority Leader Steve Scalise as their nominee for speaker of the House, teeing up the election to fill the seat left vacant after the historic ouster of Rep. Kevin McCarthy last week. Scalise spoke to reporters following the nomination.
Republican lawmakers on Wednesday selected Majority Leader Steve Scalise as their nominee for speaker of the House, setting up an election on the chamber's floor after the historic ouster of Rep. Kevin McCarthy last week. CBS News congressional correspondent Scott MacFarlane has more on how Scalise became the nominee.
House Republicans on Wednesday selected Majority Leader Steve Scalise as their nominee for speaker, setting up an election on the chamber's floor to fill the seat left vacant after the ouster of Rep. Kevin McCarthy. CBS News' Major Garrett and Nikole Killion have more.
Ahead of an expected internal vote Wednesday, Rep. Jim Jordan from Ohio and Majority Leader Steve Scalise of Louisiana made their pitches Tuesday night to their colleagues for why they should be the next speaker of the House. But with House Republicans divided, neither are poised to have the 217 votes needed. CBS News congressional correspondent Scott MacFarlane reports from Capitol Hill.
The House Republican majority has not yet coalesced around a new speaker a week after Rep. Kevin McCarthy was removed.
While war rages in the Middle East, the U.S. House is at a virtual standstill as the Republican conference works to elect a new speaker. CBS News congressional correspondent Nikole Killion has more on the race for speaker.
Reps. Jim Jordan and Steve Scalise are still vying for support among Republican House members as a closed test vote is expected on Wednesday in the race for a new speaker. CBS News congressional correspondent Nikole Killion has more.
House Republicans left their meeting Monday night still unclear on how quickly the chamber could elect a new speaker. Reps. Jim Jordan and Steve Scalise are vying for the position, but some members said they were holding out hope for former House Speaker Kevin McCarthy to be reinstated to his old job after his historic ouster last week. CBS News congressional correspondent Scott MacFarlane has more.
Former House Speaker Kevin McCarthy is not ruling out another bid for the job from which he was ousted just last week, telling reporters Monday, "I'll let the conference see who unites them." CBS News executive director of elections and surveys Anthony Salvanto joins "America Decides" to unpack new polling on what kind of speaker the American public prefers.
Political leaders in the U.S. have vowed to support Israel after the Hamas militant group launched a deadly attack on Saturday, but Congress can't do anything about the situation until a new House speaker is put in place. CBS News congressional correspondent Scott MacFarlane has more.
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