Posted on 10/12/2023 11:58:11 AM PDT by conservative98
Senior House leadership sources were utterly shocked and dismayed Wednesday night at the resistance by rank-and-file Republicans to potentially electing Scalise as speaker
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But look at where Scalise’s support came from. He scored the votes of the three non-voting delegates to Congress who are part of the Republican conference but can not vote for speaker on the floor: Dels. Amata Radewagen of American Samoa, James Moylan of Guam and Resident Commissioner Jenniffer Gonzalez-Colon of Puerto Rico.
Fox News was told that the fact that Scalise "won" because of the support of the three delegates infuriated some House Republicans. Those members are eligible to vote in the conference, but they lack a floor vote because they are not full members.
As it stands now, there's more opposition to Scalise's speakership than there was opposition to McCarthy. In essence, the House appears in a worse position than it was.
Fox News was told that the House may be in a stasis for days unless Scalise begins to capture support quickly.
Moreover, Fox News was told that there is no way to "undo" the speaker vote in conference for Scalise. There are major parliamentary hurdles within the conference that just aren’t mathematically realistic.
"He’s the speaker-designee," said one knowledgeable source. "He’s there until he decides he’s not."
So what can Republicans do now?
Fox News has also learned there are a few Republicans exploring ways to potentially empower House Speaker Pro Tempore Patrick McHenry, R-N.C., with temporary powers through mid-November. Such a scenario would get the House operational for the time being, prospectively avert a government shutdown and buy the GOP time to elect a new speaker.
The other option?
"Resurrect McCarthy," said one GOP source.
Although how to do that is unclear.
(Excerpt) Read more at foxnews.com ...
Good grief, NO! Rep Andy Biggs will make a good Speaker!
Getting Kevin back is no different than putting Scalise in and it was all for nothing.
“... the push to resurrect McCarthy” Dream on Faux news, dream on but that ship has sailed and neither Scalise nor McCarthy was on its deck.
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