<p>House Majority Leader <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/steve-scalise" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Steve Scalise</a> (R-LA) announced on Thursday evening that he is ending his bid for speaker after failing to muster enough support to win the gavel.</p>
<p>In confirming the decision to reporters, after making his intentions known to fellow Republicans in a <a href="https://twitter.com/JakeSherman/status/1712603643382297048">members-only discussion</a>, Scalise <a href="https://twitter.com/HowardMortman/status/1712619385880301626">said</a>, &#8220;There are still schisms that have to be resolved.&#8221;</p>
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<p lang="en" dir="ltr">Rep. Steve Scalise (R-LA) announces he is withdrawing from the speaker race. <a href="https://t.co/G9EbSSeGMx">pic.twitter.com/G9EbSSeGMx</a></p>
<p>&mdash; CSPAN (@cspan) <a href="https://twitter.com/cspan/status/1712624836768321686?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">October 13, 2023</a></p></blockquote>
<p>Scalise edged out Judiciary Chairman <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/jim-jordan">Jim Jordan</a> (R-OH) <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/republicans-nominate-steve-scalise-for-speaker-of-the-house">113-99 in a secret ballot vote for the GOP </a><span style="color: #0000ee;"><span style="caret-color: #0000ee;"><u>nomination</u></span></span> on Wednesday, but more than 24 hours later <a href="https://twitter.com/haleytalbotcnn/status/1712568436117721235">a couple dozen</a> GOP members either opposed him or were undecided.</p>
<p>Once he withdrew from the contest for speaker, Scalise <a href="https://twitter.com/JakeSherman/status/1712618605995499652">said</a> he intends to remain as majority leader and indicated that he would push for the speaker vacuum to be filled &#8220;as quickly as it has to happen.&#8221;</p>
<p>With Democrats united in nominating Minority Leader <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/hakeem-jeffries" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Hakeem Jeffries</a> (D-NY) for speaker, Republicans can only afford to lose a handful of votes to secure the simple majority needed to secure the speaker&#8217;s gavel unless there is a bipartisan compromise.</p>
<p>The House has been without a speaker for more than a week after Rep. Kevin McCarthy (R-CA) was voted out of the role on Tuesday. Eight Republicans <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/mccarthy-ousted-from-speakership-after-democrats-side-with-matt-gaetz">joined</a> with Democrats, citing objections to McCarthy&#8217;s leadership, in securing McCarthy&#8217;s ouster after Rep. Matt Gaetz (R-FL) got the process underway with a <a href="https://www.foxnews.com/politics/motion-vacate-lightning-rod-stormy-house-speakers-race" target="_blank" rel="noopener">&#8220;motion to vacate.&#8221;</a></p>
<p>Leading up to and after Scalise&#8217;s exit from the race, some members suggested Jordan would ultimately be a more viable candidate. Jordan had the backing of former President Donald Trump, the GOP frontrunner in the 2024 presidential race, during the nomination contest.</p>
<p>Rep. Anna Paulina Luna (R-FL) listed Jordan along with some other names as possibilities in a <a href="https://twitter.com/realannapaulina/status/1712621838885408998">post</a> to X on Thursday evening. Among the additional recommendations were Rep. Kevin Hern (R-OK), who had <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/likely-house-speaker-candidate-bows-out-the-need-for-unity-comes-first">previously bowed out</a> of the race for speaker; Rep. Mark Green (R-TN); and former Rep. Lee Zeldin (R-NY). Luna later added Rep. Byron Donalds (R-FL) as <a href="https://twitter.com/realannapaulina/status/1712624652831367180">&#8220;another good option.&#8221;</a></p>
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<p lang="en" dir="ltr">I am asking members of the GOP to return to Washington so that we can nominate a Speaker. Scalise is a statesman and acted in true selfless fashion by stepping aside. This needs to happen. Here are some options: </p>
<p>Jim Jordan<br />Kevin Hern<br />Lee Zeldin <br />Mark Green</p>
<p>&mdash; Anna Paulina Luna (@realannapaulina) <a href="https://twitter.com/realannapaulina/status/1712621838885408998?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">October 13, 2023</a></p></blockquote>
<p>There is a sense of urgency as Rep. Patrick McHenry (R-NC), who is serving as speaker pro tempore, is limited in what he can do in the temporary role at a time when Israel goes to war with Hamas after a terrorist attack over the weekend and a government shutdown possible by mid-November.</p>
<p>Some have proposed <a href="https://twitter.com/TheMessenger/status/1712610521705271671">empowering</a> McHenry in the short term to get legislative business in motion. Others are <a href="https://twitter.com/RepCarlos/status/1712655352754262328">pulling for</a> a McCarthy comeback. Democrats have floated the idea of entering talks to find a &#8220;bipartisan path forward,&#8221; which Jeffries <a href="https://twitter.com/jordainc/status/1712463079294808411">reportedly</a> suggested would include tweaks to the rules &#8220;enacted in January that empower their most extreme members.&#8221;</p>

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