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...Mike Johnson, the new Speaker of the House of Representatives, displayed singular backroom skill to emerge as the consensus candidate for the Republican party on Wednesday, after Steve Scalise, Jim Jordan...
...Steve Scalise, the House majority leader and representative from Louisiana, has announced his candidacy to replace Kevin McCarthy as Speaker, following Jim Jordan earlier on Wednesday....
...Jordan is expected to be challenged by Steve Scalise, the House majority leader and representative from Louisiana, who was understood to be making calls to allies on Wednesday morning to shore up support...
...Steve Scalise, the House majority leader, and Jim Jordan, who chairs the judiciary committee, made their cases to colleagues in a private forum on Tuesday evening....
...Scalise, the House majority leader, bested Jim Jordan, who chairs the judiciary committee, in a vote among party members on Wednesday, according to two people familiar with the matter....
...“House Republicans rejected McCarthy, House Republicans rejected [Steve] Scalise, House Republicans rejected Jordan. House Republicans have apparently rejected McHenry.”...
...Steve Scalise narrowly won the Republican nomination to serve as the next House of Representatives Speaker, as the party struggles to determine who will lead the lower chamber of Congress and address pressing...
...Another seven voted for Steve Scalise, the House majority leader, while three voted for Lee Zeldin, the former Republican congressman and one-time candidate for governor of New York....
...Earlier this week, Republicans selected Steve Scalise, a Republican from Louisiana and the House majority leader, as their pick to succeed McCarthy....
...But several of his allies had rallied around Jordan’s candidacy in recent days. It remained unclear on Thursday night whether Jordan would once again pursue the Speakership....
...Jordan could now emerge again as a possible candidate. Read more on Scalise here...
...You saw what they are paying for footballers — we want to be the Steve Gerrard, Neymar and Jordan Henderson of Saudi global comms. WhatsApp to Stephen: OK maybe not Jordan Henderson....
...While Steve Scalise, the House majority leader, initially beat Jordan in a secret ballot among Republicans in the chamber, he withdrew his candidacy hours after Trump told a Fox News interviewer that he...
...The conference has already floated several names, including current leadership members such as Steve Scalise, Tom Emmer and Elise Stefanik....
...The conference has already floated a bunch of names, including current leadership members such as Steve Scalise, Tom Emmer and Elise Stefanik....
...Two candidates — Jim Jordan of Ohio and Steve Scalise of Louisiana — have declared they are running, while others consider jumping into the race, including Kevin Hern of Oklahoma....
...Republicans will elect a new leader in the coming weeks, with House majority leader Steve Scalise and Jim Jordan, a fierce defender of former president Donald Trump, among those battling to succeed McCarthy...
...Jim Jordan is far too close to the radicals to be an acceptable choice. His main rival, Steve Scalise, has — unlike Jordan — taken a responsible stance on Ukraine....
...Jordan backers....
...House majority leader Steve Scalise, House judiciary committee chair Jim Jordan and House majority whip Tom Emmer all failed to rally enough support from their own party to seize the Speaker’s gavel....
...Jim Jordan lost three ballots last week, with more than 20 Republicans voting against him. Steve Scalise, the first nominee, withdrew before reaching a floor vote....
..., Jim Jordan and Tom Emmer....
...They then blocked Steve Scalise, McCarthy’s number two, as insufficiently firebrand....
...In a letter asking colleagues for their support, Jordan said Congress was at a “critical crossroad in our nation’s history”....
...One is Steve Scalise, a diehard Louisiana conservative who was badly wounded in a shooter incident six years ago and is now being treated for blood cancer....
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