House Speaker election live updates: GOP fight playing out like a ‘bad episode of VEEP’ says BK, SI Rep. Nicole Malliotakis
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Oct. 12, 2023, 2:02 p.m. ET
The House of Representatives is set to elect a new Speaker of the House after ousting Kevin McCarthy last week. Frontrunner nominees are House Majority Leader Steve Scalise (R-La.) and Rep. Jim Jordan (R-Ohio). Republicans tapped Scalise as their pick during a closed-door vote Wednesday.
An expected floor vote Wednesday afternoon was put off after at least seven lawmakers confirmed they would not lend their support on the first ballot.
A day earlier, McCarthy (R-Calif.) had told colleagues in a closed-door meeting not to re-nominate him for the job he lost — even after several of his allies indicated dozens of Republicans would back him over either Scalise (R-La.) or Jordan.
On Oct. 3, McCarthy became the first House speaker in U.S. history to be ousted by a floor vote.
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