House Majority Leader Steve Scalise, R-La., talks to reporters as he leaves Republicans closed-door forum to hear from the candidates for speaker of the House, at the Capitol in Washington, Tuesday, Oct. 10, 2023. House business and most congressional action has come to a standstill after Rep. Kevin McCarthy, R-Calif., was ousted as speaker by conservatives in his own party (AP Photo/Jose Luis Magana)
Steve Scalise
Washington, DC – A floor vote to elect a new Speaker of the House has been postponed. Republicans voted in a closed door meeting Wednesday afternoon in appointing Majority Leader Steve Scalise as the GOP’s nominee. Scalise still must win a majority vote from the full House to win the Speakership. This follows Kevin McCarthy’s historic removal from the Speaker’s Post last week by conservative republicans.
