House Republicans voted behind closed doors to select Rep. Steve Scalise of Louisiana as their nominee for speaker, but it’s unclear if he can lock down the votes needed to win the gavel following Kevin McCarthy’s abrupt ouster.

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    1 year ago

    House republicans nominated Steve Scalise (R Louisiana) 113 to 99 in a closed door meeting.

    Questions now are:

    1. Does he have the votes to win the Speakership?
    2. How many rounds of voting is that going to take?
    3. Will Hamas’s attack on Israel force republicans to rally around Scalise/another candidate faster than they otherwise would?

    I anticipate the answers being #1 “No,” #2 “Several,” and #3 “Probably not.”