Race For US House Speaker In Chaos As Republican Nominee Drops Out
Desk Report
Published: 13 Oct 2023, 04:58 pm
House Majority Leader Steve Scalise (R-LA), the Republican nominee to lead the US House of Representatives, arrives for a House Republican Conference meeting at the Capitol in Washington, DC, October 12, 2023 ||Photo: Reuters
The Republican nominee to lead the US House of
Representatives announced he was dropping out Thursday after failing to find
enough support to win the election, plunging the paralyzed lower chamber of
Congress deeper into crisis.
Louisiana congressman Steve Scalise narrowly won a secret
internal Republican ballot Wednesday to replace ousted speaker Kevin McCarthy.
But it quickly became clear that he couldn't get the 217
lawmakers needed in a vote of the full House as opponents in his own party
lined up to announce they would not support him.