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House Republicans are rushing to elect a new speaker after GOP Rep. Kevin McCarthy was dramatically ousted from his position on Tuesday in an unprecedented move. (For the record, he was the first speaker to ever be removed with a vote.) ... Majority Leader Steve Scalise As the new top-ranking House Republican, Steve Scalise is the most obvious choice to replace McCarthy, and he has already officially thrown his hat into the ring. ... Ohio Rep. Jim Jordan Jim Jordan was one of the House Republicans who defended McCarthy both ahead of and during the vote that ultimately ousted him....

House Majority Leader Steve Scalise (R-La.) formally threw his hat into the ring to replace ousted Speaker Kevin McCarthy (R-Calif.), pushing the need for unity in a letter to colleagues. “Our strength as a Conference comes from our unity, and we have seen when we unite as a Conference, we can deliver wins for the American people. Now we need to take those unified positions and work to extract conservative wins from the Democrat Senate and White House by leveraging upcoming deadlines,” he wrote. “While we need to be realistic about what can be achieved, if we stay united, we...

House Majority Leader Steve Scalise (R-LA) revealed on Tuesday morning that he was recently diagnosed with Multiple Myeloma, what he calls "a very treatable blood cancer." "After a few days of not feeling like myself this past week, I had some blood work done," Scalise posted on X (formerly Twitter) on Tuesday morning. "The results uncovered some irregularities and after undergoing additional tests, I was diagnosed with Multiple Myeloma, a very treatable blood cancer." Scalise says he has "now begun treatment, which will continue for the next several months." While undergoing treatment, he said that he expects to continue working...

House Majority Leader Steve Scalise (R-LA) has issued a statement revealing that he’s been diagnosed with myeloma, a blood cancer. Scalise revealed his diagnosis in a statement to Punchbowl News. The Republican congressman told the outlet: “After a few days of not feeling like myself this past week, I had some blood work done. “The results uncovered some irregularities and after undergoing additional tests, I was diagnosed with Multiple Myeloma, a very treatable blood cancer. “I have now begun treatment, which will continue for the next several months. “I expect to work through this period and intend to return to...

Bannon just said there was breaking news on Scalise's health and that whatever the issue, it was critical and he Bannon) was sending his prayers. I cannot find anything in the news regarding this so if someone has news, please share.

Top Republican Steve Scalise is vowing to uncover all information related to the Biden family's 'web of corruption,' including alleged phone recordings linking Joe and Hunter to a $5 million bribe from a Ukranian energy company executive. Scalise told DailyMail.com Tuesday on the sidelines of practice for the annual Congressional Baseball Game this week that the American people are beginning to see the 'whole Biden family web of corruption' that's been laid out by the House Oversight Committee led by Chairman James Comer, R-Ky. Republican Senator Chuck Grassley revealed on Monday that the Burisma Holdings Limited executive who allegedly paid...

House Majority Leader Steve Scalise (R-Lou.) on Sunday shot down notions of any tension with Speaker Kevin McCarthy (R-Calif.), following recent reporting of a sharp rift between the two Republican leaders. “We have a very strong, open relationship,” Scalise said of the dynamic between himself and McCarthy on ABC’s “This Week.” “We don’t always agree on everything, but we have a very candid relationship.”

NBC host Chuck Todd said Sunday on KNBC’s “Today in LA Weekend” that he believed Rep. Steve Scalise (R-LA) would end up being the Speaker of the House. Anchor Conan Nolan asked, “We have a Southern California in the leadership of the Democratic Party on the House, Pete Aguilar from San Bernardino. The other House member with clout is Kevin McCarthy. Do you believe he’s going to be the next speaker?” Todd said, “I don’t know. I have to say I wouldn’t put my house payment on it. I wouldn’t put my mortgage on it. I think he’s going to...

Rep. Steve Scalise (R-LA) said on Monday’s edition of SiriusXM’s Breitbart News Daily with host Alex Marlow that House Republicans’ priorities for the incoming 118th United States Congress include investigations of “the origins of COVID,” “the Afghanistan withdrawal,” and “the laptop scandal” involving President Joe Biden’s second son, Hunter Biden. Scalise, who was elected as the next majority leader in the U.S. House of Representatives, said Rep. James Comer (R-KY) would investigate the above-mentioned items as the next chair of the House Committee on Oversight and Reform.

House Republicans elected Rep. Tom Emmer (R-Minn.), the chief of their campaign team,to be House majority whip in a closed-door conference vote on Tuesday, ending a closely-fought race with Reps. Jim Banks (R-Ind.) and Drew Ferguson (R-Ga.). The conference separately voted to elect Rep. Steve Scalise (R-La.) as majority leader by voice vote. Scalise had been serving as minority whip. Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy (R-Calif.) was elected Speaker-designate. A vote on the House floor will eventually determine the Speakership.

House Minority Whip Steve Scalise (R-La.) announced a bid to become the next House majority leader on Wednesday as the GOP appears likely to win a narrow majority in the lower chamber. “The American people deserve a House of Representatives that can move the agenda that was promised to them on the campaign trail,” Scalise said in a letter addressed to his GOP colleagues in the House.

'Failure will have serious consequences' Left-wing activists are threatening to shut down the Congressional Baseball Game five years after a far-left gunman shot up the bipartisan event, almost killing House Republican Whip Steve Scalise. A climate activist group called Now or Never on Wednesday unveiled a three-part plan that starts with shutting down the annual game to force action from Democratic leaders, who the group says are guilty of refusing "to act boldly" on issues like climate change, abortion, and voting rights "for fear it will be too ‘polarizing.'" Now or Never's parent organization, the Action Network, is located at...

For all of its reputation as the “conservative” voice among the major news channels, Fox News has a funny way of showing it. Fox News Sunday host John Roberts asked his guest, House Minority Whip Steve Scalise (R-La.), if his Republican Party is “out of step” with America in opposing gun control. Scalise, a Louisiana Republican, opened the interview by suggesting that Democrats want to “take away guns” in response to recent mass shootings, such as the one in Uvalde, Texas, that caused the deaths of 19 fourth-graders and two teachers. “When you have a shooting,” Scalise told Roberts, “instead...

Gaetz blasted McCarthy and Scalise in a statement he tweeted Tuesday night, saying in part that "Rep. McCarthy and Rep. Scalise held views about President Trump and me that they shared on sniveling calls with Liz Cheney, not us. This is the behavior of weak men, not leaders." Brooks, in response to the report, told CNN in a statement that "Kevin McCarthy spoke before knowing the facts." (CNN)New audio of House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy, obtained and reported on by The New York Times on Tuesday, reveals he expressed concern about far-right House Republicans inciting violence against other lawmakers in...

Scalise says GOP memo on closed-door Birx testimony confirms world was 'misled' on COVID ... The memo ... provides "key takeaways" from Birx’s recent committee testimony to Congress on Oct. 12/13 and gives fresh insight into the origins of the virus as well as the U.S. government’s pandemic response. "President Biden and Democrats have politicized Covid from the start and refused to acknowledge its origins from China," Scalise told Fox News in a statement. "Republicans have been sounding the alarm on these issues for well over year, and Dr. Birx’s closed-door testimony confirms that the world was misled." "Perhaps most...

House Minority Whip Steve Scalise, R-La., shot back after former White House Press Secretary Stephanie Grisham claimed that Melania Trump refused to visit Scalise in the hospital after he had gotten shot at a practice for the Congressional Baseball Game in 2017. ...In her book "I'll Take Your Questions Now: What I Saw at the Trump White House," Grisham wrote that the first lady's staff asked her if she wanted to visit the Scalises, who had gathered in the Blue Room at the White House, and she declined... Scalise condemned the claim in no uncertain terms. "This is how the...

Former President Donald Trump lashed out at President Joe Biden on Tuesday for 'surrendering to terrorists' ...'"Now we are learning that out of the 26,000 people who have been evacuated, only 4,000 are Americans." The 4,000 figure references reporting from Politico journalist Alex Ward. Ward wrote on Twitter that a total of 4,407 Americans have been evacuated from Kabul since the operation began. 'Total = 6,916 Total manifested since op began: 4,407 AMCITS, 21,533 Afghans, 642 TCNs. Total = 26,582,' Ward reported. He added that 128 evacuation flights were planned for the next 48 hours and that around 13,000 people...

The House Republican whip urged educating people, not shaming them to counter vaccine hesitancy. Rep. Steve Scalise (R-La.) on Sunday criticized the strategy of shaming those who have not gotten the COVID-19 vaccination, saying that it is divisive. “Well first of all, you’ve still got probably two-thirds of our state unvaccinated. What we need to do is be encouraging people to get vaccinated, not trying to shame people that are unvaccinated,” said Scalise. Scalise made the comments during a Sunday interview on CBS News’ “Face The Nation.” The Republican congressman said he got vaccinated recently because of the surge in...

The Capitol Police say this is the same rule that was previously in place and there's "no reason" a situation should have to escalate to an arrest. "Regarding the House rules about masks, there is no reason it should ever come to someone being arrested," the USCP said in a statement to Fox News. "Anyone who does not follow the rules will be asked to wear a mask or leave the premises. The Department’s requirement for officers to wear masks is for their health and safety." Pelosi's office said she did not order police to begin arresting people because it's...

Let's start by refreshing your memory on a few facts. Andrew McCabe, the former Deputy Director of the FBI, was fired from his job after a nonpartisan Inspector General determined that he'd lied under oath to federal investigators on multiple occasions. McCabe then started a GoFundMe, playing the victim as he manipulated 'Resistance' voters into sending him hundreds of thousands of their dollars. CNN, the self-professed "facts first" network proceeded to hire him as an analyst -- this man who'd been sacked for not telling the truth, under penalty of perjury. McCabe has used that platform to assail his critics,...