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  • Scalise in ‘complete remission’ and will return to House for Mayorkas impeachment

    02/12/2024 10:23:36 AM PST · by cotton1706 · 11 replies
    Washington Examiner ^ | 2/12/24 | Cami Mondeaux
    House Majority Leader Steve Scalise (R-LA) is in remission after completing cancer treatment and is expected to return to the House this week as lawmakers prepare for their second attempt to impeach Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas. Scalise is in “complete remission” nearly six months after being diagnosed with multiple myeloma, a form of blood cancer, in August. The majority leader has been absent from the House over the last month to continue receiving treatment but announced last week he would be returning to Capitol Hill. “Leader Scalise has successfully completed his autologous stem cell treatment and has been medically...
  • House Majority Leader Steve Scalise Endorses Donald Trump

    01/05/2024 5:06:12 PM PST · by SoConPubbie · 8 replies
    House Majority Leader Steve Scalise, a Louisiana Republican, has formally endorsed former president Donald Trump for the presidential race of 2024. Scalise joins Speaker Mike Johnson and GOP Conference Chair Elise Stefanik, making him the latest top-ranking Republican to offer his public support to Trump, who is widely anticipated to be the Republican nominee.“I am proud to endorse Donald Trump for president in 2024, and I look forward to working with President Trump and a Republican House and Senate to fight for those families who are struggling under the weight of Biden’s failed policies,” Scalise wrote on X.I am proud...
  • House GOP Leaders Rally: Steve Scalise Endorses Trump for President

    01/02/2024 9:17:58 AM PST · by ChicagoConservative27 · 8 replies
    Breitbart ^ | 01/02/2024 | HANNAH BLEAU KNUDSEN
    Republican House leaders are rallying behind former President Donald Trump, as House Majority Leader Steve Scalise (R-LA) stands as the latest individual to formally offer his presidential endorsement. Scalise said in a statement, first reported by Fox News Digital, that American workers and families were “thriving” when Trump was at the helm. “The economy was strong and interest rates were low — grocery costs were affordable, and families could afford to buy a house and provide for their children,” Scalise said, also pointing to the security of the border and decreased crime during Trump’s first term.
  • Scalise Trying to Undermine Jordan Speakership Bid Ahead of 2nd Ballot

    10/17/2023 5:35:38 PM PDT · by NoLibZone · 71 replies
    breitbart ^ | NICK GILBERTSON
    House Majority Leader Steve Scalise (R-LA) is attempting to undermine Judiciary Committee Chairman Jim Jordan’s (R-OH) bid for the Speakership gavel after voting for him on the first ballot, sources familiar with the matter have confirmed to Breitbart News. CNN’s Annie Grayer noted on X that the majority leader would not commit to helping Jordan secure the 17 outstanding votes he needs for the top House job. This is despite Jordan requesting his aid, as the House has not had a Speaker since now-former Speaker Kevin McCarthy was removed on October 3. Sources on Capitol Hill have confirmed Grayer’s reporting...
  • Jamie Raskin disagrees with GOP dumping Steve Scalise as speaker over cancer

    10/13/2023 5:59:28 PM PDT · by conservative98 · 19 replies
    Washington Examiner ^ | October 13, 2023 08:24 PM | by Jenny Goldsberry, Social Media Producer
    Rep. Jamie Raskin (D-MD) blasted Republican members of Congress for rejecting House Majority Leader Steve Scalise (R-LA) as speaker. Scalise was initially the party's nomination for speaker of the House but has since been replaced by Rep. Jim Jordan (R-OH) as their nominee. The Louisiana representative was diagnosed with multiple myeloma, a relatively uncommon but treatable blood cancer, per his announcement in August. This diagnosis was cited as a reason to remove him from the running. "I’m dumbfounded that GOP Members (& Trump!) used Steve Scalise’s cancer as a reason to abandon him on the House floor—after nominating him for...
  • How Steve Scalise's bid for speaker disintegrated so quickly

    10/13/2023 9:09:06 AM PDT · by Texas Fossil · 32 replies
    CBS News via You Tube ^ | Oct 13, 2023 | CBS news
    In a surprise move Thursday, House Majority Leader Steve Scalise announced that he is withdrawing his name from the race for the vacant House speaker role. CBS News congressional correspondent Scott MacFarlane reports on how Scalise lost support and what the Republicans will do now.
  • House Republicans are getting "DESPERATE" ...

    10/13/2023 3:50:37 AM PDT · by RandFan · 32 replies
    Twitter/X ^ | Oct 13 | Chad Pergram
    @ChadPergram 1) The Hitchhiker’s Guide To Where We Stand With the Speaker’s Election House Republicans restart their process of trying to elect a House Speaker today after House Majority Leader Steve Scalise (R-LA) dramatically dropped his name from consideration. 2) Scalise withdrew just 36 hours after he secured the formal Republican bid to be Speaker. 3) So Republicans are now looking at the man who lost the secret ballot to Scalise, House Judiciary Committee Chairman Jim Jordan (R-OH). Jordan has not officially launched another bid - yet. But Fox was told he began making phone calls to members late last...
  • Steve Scalise has ended his bid to become House speaker

    10/12/2023 5:09:52 PM PDT · by janetjanet998 · 112 replies
    BREAKING: Republican Steve Scalise has ended his bid to become House speaker after failing to secure the votes to win the gavel
  • Greene lashes out at Mace’s ‘quite frankly disgusting’ Scalise criticism

    10/12/2023 12:30:57 PM PDT · by ChicagoConservative27 · 34 replies
    The Hill ^ | 10/12/2023 | LAUREN SFORZA
    Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-Ga.) took aim at Rep. Nancy Mace (R-S.C.) for her criticism of Majority Leader Steve Scalise (R-La.), calling it a “disgusting attack.” Mace on Wednesday said she couldn’t vote for Scalise as the next House Speaker because he “attended a white supremacist conference and compared himself to David Duke.” Greene, like Mace, said she was supporting House Judiciary Chairman Jim Jordan (R-Ohio) to replace former Speaker Kevin McCarthy (R-Calif.) after he was ousted last week from the role. However, she claimed the South Carolina Republican’s comments about Scalise — who won the nomination for the top...
  • The Hitchhiker's Guide to why Scalise's speaker math may never work and the push to resurrect McCarthy

    10/12/2023 11:58:11 AM PDT · by conservative98 · 3 replies
    Fox News ^ | October 12, 2023 | Chad Pergram
    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 [cut] 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...
  • Report: Donald Trump Not Expected to Support Steve Scalise in Speakership Race

    10/12/2023 9:02:43 AM PDT · by ChicagoConservative27 · 44 replies
    Breitbart ^ | 10/12/2023 | WENDELL HUSEBØ
    Former President Donald Trump is reportedly not expected to support House Majority Leader Steve Scalise (R-LA) in the speakership race against House Judiciary Chair Jim Jordan (R-OH). Trump, whose 2024 campaign Scalise did not endorse, is unlikely to help Scalise whip the votes to become speaker because “loyalty is a two-way street,” three sources close to the president told the Messenger on Wednesday. One person “familiar with the former president’s thinking” explained it this way: “Trump personally likes Steve. There’s no real animosity,” said one of the sources. “But the fact is, loyalty is a two-way street and Steve had...
  • Scalise Blocked, Expected to Step Aside

    10/12/2023 7:56:23 AM PDT · by SoConPubbie · 215 replies
    NewsMax ^ | Thursday, 12 October 2023 10:29 AM EDT | John Gizzi
    House Majority Leader Steve Scalise will not secure the 217 votes needed to become the chamber’s speaker, according to sources.The House conference has been delaying bringing the nomination to the floor for a full vote, as several members tell me Scalise cannot win.“There are as many as 20 members opposing Scalise,” one source said, noting almost all are “Jordan and McCarthy supporters,” referring to Jim Jordan, R-Ohio, who lost to Scalise on a secret ballot for nomination to replace ousted Speaker Kevin McCarthy, R-Calif.Publicly, Jordan is supporting Scalise, but privately he has told others he will enter the race as...
  • BREAKING: Scalise wins Speaker nomination, 113-99; UPDATE: Matt Gaetz will support Scalise; Jim Jordan lines up behind Scalise

    10/11/2023 5:53:42 PM PDT · by SeekAndFind · 43 replies
    Hotair ^ | 10/11/2023 | Ed Morrissey
    The House GOP’s long and embarrassing nightmare is over. Or has it just taken a pause? After more than a week of leadership battles and a moribund House, the Republican caucus nominated Steve Scalise as the next Speaker of the House. It was not by acclamation, needless to say:House Majority Leader Steve Scalise is the GOP’s next pick for speaker.The Louisiana Republican defeated Judiciary Chair Jim Jordan (R-Ohio) in a secret-ballot vote on Wednesday, securing a simple majority of the GOP conference.The 113-99 vote count came from Rep. Darrell Issa, although it is not yet official. The split raises the...
  • Adam Kinzinger: ‘Best Option for Ukraine’ in Speaker Election Is Scalise

    10/11/2023 1:35:21 PM PDT · by ChicagoConservative27 · 32 replies
    Breitbart ^ | 10/11/2023 | WENDELL HUSEBØ
    Former congressman Adam Kinzinger (R-IL) posted Wednesday on X that House Majority Leader Steve Scalise (R-LA), who is a Republican candidate for House Speaker, is the “best option for Ukraine.” Kinzinger is a strong advocate of defending Ukraine’s eastern border with $113 billion of American taxpayers’ dollars, while illegal aliens invade the U.S. southern border. Best option for Ukraine https://t.co/SsILrH2IdL — Adam Kinzinger (Slava Ukraini) 🇺🇸🇺 (@AdamKinzinger) October 11, 2023 “With the rank and file of my party losing faith in the fight for democracy, I see yet another example of how the conservatism I once knew, and that America...
  • Gaetz on Speaker vote: ‘Long live Speaker Scalise’

    10/11/2023 12:17:32 PM PDT · by ChicagoConservative27 · 66 replies
    The Hill ^ | 10/11/2023 | TARA SUTER
    Rep. Matt Gaetz (R-Fla.) celebrated the House GOP’s nomination of Majority Leader Steve Scalise (R-La.) for Speaker on Wednesday. “I’m excited for him,” Gaetz said in a video clip posted to C-SPAN’s account on X, formerly known as Twitter. “I can’t wait to go vote for Steve Scalise. Long live Speaker Scalise.” Gaetz previously said he would be pleased with either Scalise or House Judicial Chairman Jim Jordan (R-Ohio) as the nominee for Speaker. However, he didn’t officially endorse either contender. “I want to hear both of their specific plans on spending and on single-subject appropriations bills,” Gaetz said Sunday...
  • House Republicans choose Scalise as their candidate for speaker after McCarthy's ouster

    10/11/2023 10:15:55 AM PDT · by conservative98 · 108 replies
    Fox News ^ | October 11, 2023 1:06pm EDT | Elizabeth Elkind
    House Republicans have chosen Majority Leader Steve Scalise, R-La., as their nominee for speaker after huddling behind closed doors for over two hours on Wednesday. GOP lawmakers voted via secret ballot for who they will put up as speaker in a House floor vote, which will likely come sometime this week. It comes after former Speaker Kevin McCarthy, R-Calif., was ousted in a vote by eight members of his own party and all House Democrats last week. That moment marked the first time in history the U.S. House of Representatives voted to remove its own leader. The contest to replace...
  • HOUSE FINISHES SECRET BALLET, SCALISE WINS (NEWSMAX)

    10/11/2023 9:47:42 AM PDT · by PrinceOfCups · 223 replies
    LUCIANNE.COM ^ | NewsMax
    HOUSE FINISHES SECRET BALLET, SCALISE WINS (NEWSMAX)
  • High stakes House speaker election underway between Jordan and Scalise

    10/11/2023 9:00:03 AM PDT · by Signalman · 8 replies
    Just the News ^ | 10/11/2023 | Nicholas Ballasy
    While war in Ukraine rages on and Israel continues its war against Hamas, House Majority Leader Steve Scalise (R-La.) and Rep. Jim Jordan (R-Ohio) are competing for the speakership on Wednesday in a high stakes election before the House GOP conference following the House vote to remove of former House Speaker Kevin McCarthy (R-Calif.). The closed-door meeting where the secret ballot election will take place is now underway on Capitol Hill. Jordan, chairman of the House Judiciary Committee, and Scalise made their pitches and took questions at a candidate forum on Tuesday evening, which multiple GOP lawmakers said didn't yield...
  • Here’s Where The House GOP Speaker Candidates Stand On Ukraine Funding

    10/09/2023 1:40:41 PM PDT · by SoConPubbie · 25 replies
    DC Enquirer ^ | 10.09.2023 | Jake Smith
    There are a number of confirmed and potential candidates lined up to replace Kevin McCarthy for speaker of the House, as an election for the role is set to take place Wednesday.The confirmed and possible candidates have had differing voting records on U.S. aid to Ukraine, with some supporting further funding and others voting against it.“I’ve been clear all along. Why should we be sending American tax dollars to Ukraine?” Jordan said during an interview with Fox News on Thursday. “We don’t even know what the goal is. No one can tell me what the objective is.”The confirmed and possible...
  • DeSantis says Jordan and Scalise are 'both good guys'

    10/04/2023 4:51:03 PM PDT · by Reno89519 · 31 replies
    NBC News ^ | October 4, 2023 | Emma Barnett and Zoë Richards
    Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis had positive things to say today about Scalise and Jordan when asked about their respective speaker bids, but he stopped short of saying who he would prefer to see in the top House post. "I know both of those guys," DeSantis, a Republican presidential candidate, said of his former House colleagues. "They’re both good guys." In his remarks to reporters at an event in Greenville, South Carolina, DeSantis spoke in broad terms about what the next speaker needs to do. "You can’t just say, continue business as usual. You got to be somebody that understands we...