Rep. Steve Scalise on Thursday ended his bid to become House speaker after failing to secure the votes to win the gavel.
from the job. They argued that Scalise was no better choice and that he should be focusing on his health as he battles cancer.Sign up for NBC San Diego newsletters. on Thursday ran straight into a familiar, intensifying Republican problem: Skeptical GOP colleagues are refusing to give their support, denying him the
Action is needed to fund the government or face the threat of a federal shutdown in a month. Lawmakers also want Congress to deliver a strong statement of support, but a bipartisan resolution has been sidelined by the stalemate in the House. The White House is expected to soon ask for money for Israel, Ukraine and the backfill of the U.S. weapons stockpile.
Scalise now needs 217 votes to reach a majority that likely will be needed in a floor battle with Democrats. The chamber is narrowly split 221-212, with two vacancies, meaning Scalise can lose just a few Republicans in the face of opposition from Democrats who will most certainly back their own leader, New York Rep, Hakeem Jeffries. Absences heading into the weekend could lower the majority threshold needed.
Rep. Dan Crenshaw, R-Texas, said the meeting so far had been marked by “emotional” objections to voting for Scalise.Some Republicans simply took their Chick-fil-A lunches to go. Trump, the front-runner to 2024 GOP presidential nomination, repeatedly discussed Scalise's health during a radio interview that aired Thursday.
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