The GOP-led House is expected to vote next week on a bill that would stem the tide of federal judges issuing nationwide injunctions against elements of President Donald Trump&#8217;s second-term agenda.
House Majority Leader Steve Scalise (R-LA) announced plans for the <a href="https://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/house-bill/1526/text" target="_blank" rel="noopener">&#8220;No Rogue Rulings Act,&#8221;</a> legislation from Rep. Darrell Issa (R-CA) that passed out of the House Judiciary Committee earlier this month, in a Monday post on X.
&#8220;Next week the House plans to vote on [Issa&#8217;s] No Rogue Rulings Act to limit the judicial overreach of partisan federal judges issuing political nationwide injunctions to impede President Trump&#8217;s agenda the majority of American voters elected him to carry out,&#8221; Scalise <a href="https://x.com/SteveScalise/status/1904276684964053160" target="_blank" rel="noopener">said</a>.
Federal judges have issued more than a dozen injunctions during the first couple months of the new Trump administration, including orders hindering the DOGE effort and <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/congressman-introduces-articles-of-impeachment-against-judge-blocking-trump-deportations?topStoryPosition=undefined" target="_blank" rel="noopener">blocking</a> the invocation of the Alien Enemies Act to deport alleged members of the Venezuelan gang Tren de Aragua, as legal battles focused on federal government actions play out in court.
While some Republican lawmakers and Trump himself are pushing for some of these judges to be impeached, GOP leadership in the House seems more inclined to go with a legislative response and hearings — at least for the time being.
Democrats have leaned on the judges&#8217; orders as they are stuck in the minority in both chambers of Congress. House Judiciary Ranking Member Jamie Raskin (D-MD) <a href="https://www.cbsnews.com/news/jamie-raskin-face-the-nation-transcript-02-16-2025/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">touted</a> the injunctions during a recent interview on CBS, saying, &#8220;We&#8217;re winning across the board.&#8221;
Issa&#8217;s <a href="https://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/house-bill/1526/text" target="_blank" rel="noopener">legislation</a>, which has been <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/jim-jordan-says-house-may-soon-pass-bill-targeting-nationwide-injunctions" target="_blank" rel="noopener">championed</a> by House Judiciary Chairman Jim Jordan (R-OH), would amend U.S. Code to &#8220;limit the authority of district courts to provide injunctive relief, and for other purposes.&#8221;
Before <a href="https://judiciary.house.gov/committee-activity/markups/markup-hr-1789-hr-1526-hr-1702-and-hr-1605" target="_blank" rel="noopener">passing</a> out the House Judiciary Committee, the bill was <a href="https://issa.house.gov/sites/evo-subsites/issa.house.gov/files/evo-media-document/hr1526-updated-norra.pdf" target="_blank" rel="noopener">amended</a> to allow for an injunction from a panel of three randomly-selected judges when the overarching case is brought by two or more states in multiple circuits and make room for appealing to the Supreme Court.
In the upper chamber, Sen. Josh Hawley (R-MO) <a href="https://x.com/HawleyMO/status/1904223820237439247" target="_blank" rel="noopener">unveiled</a> a <a href="https://www.hawley.senate.gov/wp-content/uploads/2025/03/Hawley-Nationwide-Injunction-Abuse-Prevent-Act-of-2025-2.pdf" target="_blank" rel="noopener">similar bill</a> on Monday &#8220;to STOP liberal judges’ serial abuse of their power by BANNING nationwide injunctions.&#8221;

Rep. Steve Scalise and President Donald Trump

House To Vote On Restraining Nationwide Injunctions, Stop ‘Judicial Overreach’ Against Trump

Congress

Donald Trump

Judges

Politics

Steve Scalise

U.S. House of Representatives

President Donald Trump announced on Monday that South Korean auto manufacturer Hyundai will be investing $21 billion in the United States over the next four years, starting with a steel plant in Louisiana that is expected to create nearly 1,500 jobs.
The new Louisiana plant, Hyundai&#8217;s first steel mill in the United States, will produce next-generation steel for Hyundai&#8217;s electric vehicles that will also be manufactured at two United States auto plants, CNBC <a href="https://www.cnbc.com/2025/03/24/south-korea-hyundai-us-investment.html" target="_blank" rel="noopener">reported</a>. Trump was joined by Hyundai Chairman Euisun Chung, Lousiana Republican Gov. Jeff Landry, Speaker of the House Mike Johnson (R-LA), and House Majority Leader Steve Scalise at the White House for the announcement.
&#8220;This investment is a clear demonstration that tariffs very strongly work,&#8221; Trump said. &#8220;And I hope other things also, but the tariffs are bringing them in at levels that have not been witnessed.&#8221;
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Euisun said the $21 billion investment is the largest ever the company has made in the United States. The four-year investment is expected to create 14,000 jobs in the United States as the company seeks to boost its production to around 1.2 million vehicles per year, Bloomberg <a href="https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2025-03-24/trump-to-highlight-hyundai-plans-for-20-billion-us-investment" target="_blank" rel="noopener">reported</a>.
&#8220;We are especially excited about Hyundai Steel&#8217;s multi-billion dollar investment in a new facility in Louisiana, which will create 1,300 American jobs and serve as the foundation for a more self-reliant and secure automotive supply chain in the U.S.,&#8221; the chairman added.
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Hyundai, which already has two auto plants in the United States &#8212; one in Alabama and another in Georgia &#8212; also revealed on Monday that it will open another auto plant in Georgia. Hyundai announced the major investment in the country as Trump plans to impose reciprocal tariffs on U.S. trade partners on April 2.
Hyundai&#8217;s investment comes after other major foreign companies, such as Taiwanese chip manufacturer TSMC and Japan&#8217;s SoftBank, announced multi-billion-dollar investments in U.S. manufacturing as Trump considers levying reciprocal tariffs on April 2, the day he is referring to as &#8220;Liberation Day in America.&#8221;

‘Tariffs Very Strongly Work’: Trump Announces $21 Billion Hyundai Investment In U.S.

Economy

Hyundai

Jeff Landry

Louisiana

Mike Johnson

Tariffs

Rep. <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/mike-johnson" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Mike Johnson</a> (R-LA) has begun a bullish campaign to stay on as <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/house-speaker" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Speaker of the House</a> with the expectation that Republicans will retain the <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/u-s-house-of-representatives" target="_blank" rel="noopener">House</a> in addition to retaking the Senate and the White House.
He sent a <a href="https://www.speaker.gov/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/Speaker-Johnson-Dear-Colleague-11.6.24.pdf" target="_blank" rel="noopener">letter</a> to GOP colleagues on Wednesday, asking for their support in the House-wide election that will likely take place in January as the next session of Congress gets underway.
“I&#8217;m ready to take the field with all of you, and I am humbly asking for your support to continue leading this Conference as your Speaker,&#8221; Johnson said.
&#8220;It has been the honor of my lifetime to serve with you thus far, and I look forward to playing the biggest offense of our lives. We have a country to save — and we will,&#8221; he added.
The GOP-led House <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/house-elects-mike-johnson-as-speaker" target="_blank" rel="noopener">elected</a> Johnson to be the speaker in October 2023 after then-Rep. Kevin McCarthy (R-CA) was cast out of the role <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/breaking-kevin-mccarthy-elected-next-speaker-of-the-house" target="_blank" rel="noopener">he won</a> earlier that year after multiple rounds of voting.
During his one year in the top leadership position, Johnson had to contend with not just a Democrat-led Senate and President Joe Biden, but also a narrow GOP majority on matters such as <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/house-fails-to-pass-funding-stopgap-linked-to-non-citizen-voting-crackdown" target="_blank" rel="noopener">government spending</a>.
That power dynamic is now set to change as Republicans won back the Senate in the 2024 election, and former President Donald Trump was re-elected to the White House after losing in 2020.
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For the House, the situation is less clear.
Republicans were projected to win 210 races while Democrats had 194 as of Wednesday afternoon, according to <a href="https://election.dailywire.com/?_gl=1*10h8bop*_gcl_au*MjE0Mjc3Mjk2OC4xNzMwMDM5MjE4*_ga*MTEyNTQ2Njg5Ni4xNjgyODYyMjcx*_ga_CZKR9ZYKJP*MTczMDkzOTcyOC4xMTMwLjEuMTczMDk0MDgwOC41OC4wLjA." target="_blank" rel="noopener">Decision Desk HQ</a>. A party needs 218 seats for a majority.
Although Decision Desk HQ <a href="https://x.com/DecisionDeskHQ/status/1854214602638393728" target="_blank" rel="noopener">said</a> Republicans had a 95% chance to stay in control of the House, Democrats were not quite ready to admit defeat.
House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries (D-NY) released a <a href="https://x.com/hakeemjeffries/status/1854229739021439194" target="_blank" rel="noopener">statement</a> insisting the chamber &#8220;remains very much in play,&#8221; citing races that have yet to be called in Arizona, Oregon, Iowa, and California.
&#8220;The party that will hold the majority in the House of Representatives in January 2025 has yet to be determined,&#8221; he added. &#8220;We must count every vote.&#8221;
During his victory speech in Florida, Trump thanked Johnson — who was clapping nearby on the stage.
Johnson has been &#8220;doing a terrific job,&#8221; Trump said.
In his letter to fellow GOP lawmakers, Johnson listed a number of policy priorities in line with Trump&#8217;s &#8220;Make America Great Again&#8221; movement.
&#8220;The mandate that has been delivered shows that a majority of Americans are eager for secure borders, lower costs, peace through strength, and a return to common sense,&#8221; he said.
&#8220;With unified Republican government, if we meet this historic moment together, the next two years can result in the most consequential Congress of the modern era,&#8221; Johnson added.
It was not immediately clear whether any other Republicans will run for the speaker&#8217;s gavel this time around.
House Majority Leader Steve Scalise (R-LA) also sent a <a href="https://punchbowl.news/wp-content/uploads/Steve-Scalise-Dear-Colleague-November-6-2024.pdf" target="_blank" rel="noopener">letter</a> to GOP colleagues seeking their support for another stint in his leadership position.
Scalise laid out a &#8220;First 100-Day Agenda&#8221; that included locking in the &#8220;Trump Tax Cuts,&#8221; as well as plans to &#8220;unleash American energy&#8221; and &#8220;surge resources to the southern border.&#8221;

House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-LA)

Mike Johnson Running Again For Speaker, Readies GOP’s ‘Biggest Offense Of Our Lives’

2024 Election

Hakeem Jeffries

House Republicans

Speaker of the House

House Majority Leader <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/steve-scalise" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Steve Scalise</a> (R-LA) wrapped up his Tuesday evening speech at the Republican National Convention (RNC) with his take on the recent attempt on former President Donald Trump&#8217;s life and a reference to the 2017 shooting that nearly took his.
Scalise began his remarks by laying out a list of things that President Joe Biden and Vice President Kamala Harris had done to destroy American prosperity and success — and explaining what Trump would do in a second term to right the ship.
&#8220;I was born in New Orleans,&#8221; he said, &#8220;So I&#8217;ve seen some crazy things in my time. But New Orleans has nothing on Washington, D.C., these last four years. Joe Biden and Kamala Harris have spent your tax dollars trashing America&#8217;s finances in ways no sane or sober-minded person ever would.&#8221;
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House Majority Leader <a href="https://twitter.com/SteveScalise?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@SteveScalise</a>: &#8220;I was the survivor of a politically motivated shooting in 2017. While I was fighting for my life, Donald Trump was one of the first to come console my family at the hospital. That&#8217;s the kind of leader he is.&#8221;<a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/RNCinMKE?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#RNCinMKE</a> <a href="https://t.co/71qqN1yrul">pic.twitter.com/71qqN1yrul</a>
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After explaining what Trump would do with a second term in office — punctuated by loud cheers from the audience — Scalise turned back to a much more serious topic: politically motivated violence and the shooting at a Pennsylvania rally that left former President Trump and two others injured and killed firefighter Corey Comperatore.
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&#8220;Lastly, I need to say something about Saturday&#8217;s attempt on President Trump&#8217;s life,&#8221; he said. &#8220;Many of you know I was the survivor of a politically motivated shooting in 2017. Not many know that while I was fighting for my life, Donald Trump was one of the first to come console my family at the hospital.&#8221;
&#8220;That&#8217;s the kind of leader he is,&#8221; Scalise said as the crowd applauded. &#8220;Courageous under fire. Compassionate towards others.&#8221;

2024 Republican National Convention: Day 2

‘Courageous Under Fire’: Steve Scalise Wraps RNC Speech With His Take On Trump Assassination Attempt

'Courageous Under Fire': Steve Scalise Wraps RNC Speech With His Take On Trump Assassination Attempt

Republican National Convention

<a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/house-republicans" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Leading House Republicans</a> touted on Tuesday a &#8220;three-pronged&#8221; strategy to push back against the flurry of criminal cases against former President <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/donald-trump" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Donald Trump</a> as he runs another campaign for the White House.
House Speaker <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/mike-johnson" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Mike Johnson</a> (R-LA) talked about the use of investigations, legislation, and power of the purse during a press conference on Capitol Hill days after 12 jurors <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/verdict-trump-found-guilty-on-all-charges-in-hush-money-case" target="_blank" rel="noopener">convicted</a> Trump on felony charges in a New York hush-money case. Trump, who faces the prospect of jail time, has vowed to appeal the verdict.
&#8220;We’re going to do everything we can — everything within our scope of our responsibility in the Congress to address it appropriately,&#8221; Johnson <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IG_OUmxhIwk" target="_blank" rel="noopener">said</a> of the congressional response to the verdict and three other prospective trials that Trump faces in matters that focus on the handling of classified documents and the 2020 election.
Noting the House GOP is &#8220;working on a three-pronged approach,&#8221; Johnson explained, &#8220;We&#8217;re looking at various approaches to what can be done here through the appropriations process, through the legislative process, through bills that will be advancing through our committees and put on the floor for passage and also through oversight.&#8221;
He added, &#8220;All those things will be happening vigorously. Because we must do that, because the stakes are too high and because people are losing faith in our institutions. And that at the end of the day, is something that should concern every single one of us, and I think it does.&#8221;
House Republicans have opened <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/jim-jordan-flashes-subpoena-threat-at-jack-smith" target="_blank" rel="noopener">investigations</a> into key players involved in the Trump cases and have <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/house-republicans-propose-ways-to-stifle-trump-prosecutors" target="_blank" rel="noopener">proposed legislation</a> to restrain the prosecutors who are leading them. Judiciary Chairman Jim Jordan (R-OH) <a href="https://x.com/Jim_Jordan/status/1796563134943010934" target="_blank" rel="noopener">invited</a> prosecutors from the hush-money case to testify and <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/jim-jordan-proposes-defunding-prosecutors-in-trump-cases" target="_blank" rel="noopener">submitted</a> proposals that would leverage the fiscal 2025 appropriations process.
One of the other top House members who appeared at the press conference on Tuesday, Majority Leader Steve Scalise (R-LA), <a href="https://x.com/HouseGOP/status/1798002757703528832" target="_blank" rel="noopener">expounded</a> on efforts already underway to &#8220;look into the weaponization of government&#8221; that Republicans argue is being leveraged against Trump by President Joe Biden and his allies.
&#8220;We have committees &#8230; continuing to get transparency, bringing in witnesses. But we are also bringing legislation,&#8221; Scalise said. &#8220;You&#8217;re going to see in the appropriations process us look at the funding of some of these agencies. You&#8217;re going to also see policies that are going to be coming forward that are going to address the abuses of power that we&#8217;ve seen.&#8221;
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Majority Whip Tom Emmer (R-MN) <a href="https://x.com/HouseGOP/status/1798001759027081457" target="_blank" rel="noopener">spoke</a> about getting &#8220;accountability&#8221; for the American people and noted that he <a href="https://www.yahoo.com/news/doj-urged-immediate-action-prosecute-150004230.html#:~:text=In%20the%20letter%20to%20Garland,on%20Sept.%2019%2C%202023." target="_blank" rel="noopener">pressed</a> the Department of Justice to act on criminal referrals against Michael Cohen, a former Trump lawyer who testified during the hush-money trial, for allegedly making false statements as well as <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/michael-cohen-admits-to-stealing-while-on-stand-at-trumps-nyc-trial" target="_blank" rel="noopener">stealing money</a>.
House GOP Conference Chairwoman Elise Stefanik (R-NY), <a href="https://www.cbsnews.com/news/trumps-potential-vp-picks/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">a contender</a> to be Trump’s vice presidential running mate who has <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/stefanik-files-complaint-over-trump-hush-money-case-questions-whether-judge-selection-was-random" target="_blank" rel="noopener">filed a number of complaints</a> regarding the hush-money case, <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pUWkajHGexo&amp;feature=youtu.be" target="_blank" rel="noopener">said</a> the guilty verdict last week &#8220;shows how corrupt, rigged, and unAmerican the weaponized justice system has become under Joe Biden and Democrats.&#8221;
She added, &#8220;We must work and are committed to working around the clock to ensure President Trump is victorious this November to save America from Biden’s failed Far Left Democrat agenda and this illegal weaponization of the justice system against the American people.&#8221;

Speaker of the House Mike Johnson

Top House Republicans Unpack ‘Three-Pronged’ Response To Prosecutions Against Trump

House Republicans Unpack 'Three-Pronged' Response To Prosecutions Against Trump

Elise Stefanik

U.S.

The office of Majority Leader <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/steve-scalise" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Steve Scalise</a> (R-LA) announced on Thursday that the lawmaker&#8217;s battle against blood cancer is going well and he plans to return to Capitol Hill next week, potentially giving House Republicans the key vote they need to <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/impeachment" target="_blank" rel="noopener">impeach</a> Homeland Security Secretary <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/alejandro-mayorkas" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Alejandro Mayorkas</a> in a second try.
Scalise <a href="https://thehill.com/homenews/house/4391685-scalise-stem-cell-transplant-cancer/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">has been out</a> of Washington and <a href="https://www.axios.com/2024/01/05/scalise-work-remotely-cancer-treatment" target="_blank" rel="noopener">working remotely</a> for several weeks to undergo a stem cell transplant and then recover from the treatment. His absence has effectively made a <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/slim-house-gop-majority-gets-narrower" target="_blank" rel="noopener">slim GOP majority in the House even narrower</a>. But even with Scalise expected to make a comeback, the margin is poised to change again with a special election to fill a vacancy in New York scheduled for next week.
&#8220;Leader Scalise has successfully completed his autologous stem cell treatment and has been medically cleared to resume travel. He is in complete remission and will be returning to Washington next week for votes,&#8221; Scalise&#8217;s office said in a brief <a href="https://www.majorityleader.gov/news/documentsingle.aspx?DocumentID=2040" target="_blank" rel="noopener">statement</a>. &#8220;He is thankful for his positive prognosis, and for the support of his medical team, family, colleagues, and fellow Louisianans.&#8221;
Scalise was the sole missing vote when the GOP-led House held a vote on Tuesday to impeach Mayorkas over his handling of the border crisis. Three GOP lawmakers broke ranks and joined all voting Democrats, resulting in a tie that would have made the effort a failure. But GOP Vice Chairman Blake Moore (R-UT) changed his vote to <a href="https://www.texastribune.org/2024/02/06/mayorkas-impeachment-vote-fail/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">oppose the resolution</a>, <a href="https://news.yahoo.com/congressman-blake-moore-votes-against-171709230.html" target="_blank" rel="noopener">a &#8220;procedural&#8221; move</a> allowing the House to consider it.
Speaker <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/mike-johnson" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Mike Johnson</a> (R-LA) told reporters on Wednesday that House Republicans <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/speaker-johnson-vows-mayorkas-will-be-impeached-despite-setback" target="_blank" rel="noopener">will prevail</a> the next time the chamber considers the articles of impeachment. He also said &#8220;democracy is messy&#8221; and talked about how the &#8220;razor thin margin&#8221; House Republicans have over the Democrats makes for a challenge when considering measures on the floor.
&#8220;Sometimes when you&#8217;re counting votes and people show up when they&#8217;re not expected to be in the building, that changes the equation,&#8221; Johnson said, alluding to Rep. Al Green (D-TX), who <a href="https://www.texastribune.org/2024/02/06/mayorkas-impeachment-vote-fail/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">showed up</a> at the last moment to cast his vote against impeachment while in a wheelchair after being rushed from a hospital where he has been recovering from abdominal surgery.
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The House has not yet scheduled an exact time for a second go at impeaching Mayorkas, but Democrat leadership <a href="https://twitter.com/AndrewSolender/status/1755332805268046129" target="_blank" rel="noopener">urged</a> their members to be ready for the resolution to be brought to the floor again as early as Tuesday, when the first votes of the week are expected.
There are currently <a href="https://pressgallery.house.gov/member-data/party-breakdown" target="_blank" rel="noopener">four vacancies</a> in the House, which has 435 members when at full strength, but that will soon change. With New York expected to hold its special election to replace now-former Rep. George Santos (R-NY) next week, the Democrats <a href="https://www.cnn.com/2024/02/05/politics/george-santos-replacement-seat-suozzi/index.html" target="_blank" rel="noopener">may have</a> another member in their ranks. Other special elections to fill other vacancies will follow in the <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/slim-house-gop-majority-gets-narrower" target="_blank" rel="noopener">coming weeks and months</a>.

House Majority Leader Steve Scalise (R-LA)

Scalise Expects Return Next Week, Could Break Mayorkas Impeachment Standoff

Alejandro Mayorkas

Impeachment

With the exit of another member of <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/congress" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Congress</a>, the GOP&#8217;s narrow majority in the <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/u-s-house-of-representatives" target="_blank" rel="noopener">House</a> got even smaller — a slim margin that has complicated matters for leadership when it comes to key issues.
The House <a href="https://twitter.com/CraigCaplan/status/1749463468720206234" target="_blank" rel="noopener">confirmed</a> on Monday the resignation of Rep. Bill Johnson (R-OH), who left office to <a href="https://www.wfmj.com/story/50294578/bill-johnson-to-begin-serving-as-ysu-president-earlier-than-expected-resigns-from-congress" target="_blank" rel="noopener">become president</a> of Youngstown State University, making the party breakdown 219 Republicans and 213 Democrats.
There are now three vacancies in the 435-member chamber. Lawmakers voted to <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/house-votes-to-expel-george-santos" target="_blank" rel="noopener">expel</a> Rep. George Santos (R-NY) following the release of a <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/george-santos-says-he-wont-seek-re-election-after-release-of-ethics-report" target="_blank" rel="noopener">scathing ethics report</a> in December. After losing the speakership in October, <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/kevin-mccarthy" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Rep. Kevin McCarthy</a> (R-CA) opted to leave Congress at the end of last year.
A special election for the seat vacated by Santos is <a href="https://www.cbsnews.com/newyork/news/george-santos-congress-special-election-long-island-queens/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">set for mid-February</a>. California <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/newsom-announces-dates-for-special-election-to-replace-mccarthy" target="_blank" rel="noopener">has settled on</a> a March 19 primary and general election on May 21 <a href="https://twitter.com/rpyers/status/1744420082577559917" target="_blank" rel="noopener">if no candidate</a> beats the 50% threshold in the primary to replace McCarthy. Ohio is <a href="https://spectrumnews1.com/oh/columbus/news/2024/01/04/special-election-for-ohio-congress-seat" target="_blank" rel="noopener">going with</a> a special election primary for Johnson&#8217;s vacant seat on March 19 and a general election on June 11.
Beyond vacancies, House Republicans are temporarily short a couple of men due to medical reasons. Rep. Hal Rogers (R-KY) is <a href="https://halrogers.house.gov/press-releases?ID=5F7349B9-2573-463F-A600-DB1A11B685BF" target="_blank" rel="noopener">recovering</a> from a back injury he sustained in a motor vehicle collision this month. And Majority Leader Steve Scalise (R-LA) has been away from Washington to <a href="https://thehill.com/homenews/house/4391685-scalise-stem-cell-transplant-cancer/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">undergo a stem cell transplant</a> as he battles <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/rep-steve-scalise-delivers-update-on-cancer-battle" target="_blank" rel="noopener">blood cancer</a>.
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Homeland Security Chairman Mark Green (R-TN) <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/homeland-security-chair-says-we-have-the-votes-to-impeach-mayorkas" target="_blank" rel="noopener">acknowledged</a> in a Fox interview over the weekend that one of the &#8220;challenges&#8221; the GOP faces in its effort to impeach Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas is members being out for &#8220;medical issues,&#8221; but he suggested a House floor vote could happen sometime after early February.
<a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/mike-johnson" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Speaker Mike Johnson</a> (R-LA) recently spoke about the political situation for House Republicans as he <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/house-passes-rule-in-second-attempt-johnson-ducks-gop-revolt-for-now" target="_blank" rel="noopener">faces pushback</a> from a group of conservatives, including members of the Freedom Caucus, amid negotiations on spending and border security with a Senate and White House that are controlled by Democrats.
&#8220;Everyone understands the reality of where we are,&#8221; Johnson <a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2024/01/19/us/politics/mike-johnson-republican-majority.html" target="_blank" rel="noopener">said</a> at a news conference last week. &#8220;The House Republicans have the second-smallest majority in history. We&#8217;re not going to get everything that we want. But we&#8217;re going to stick to our core conservative principles.&#8221;

Slim House GOP Majority Gets Narrower

Kevin McCarthy

Starting the new year, the second-ranked Republican in the <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/u-s-house-of-representatives" target="_blank" rel="noopener">House</a> endorsed former President <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/donald-trump" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Donald Trump</a> in the 2024 election.
House Majority Leader <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/steve-scalise" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Steve Scalise</a> (R-LA) announced his stance on Tuesday, two weeks before Iowa GOP caucuses kick off the primary season, as Trump continues to dominate in the polls.
&#8220;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 [President Joe] Biden’s failed policies,&#8221; Scalise <a href="https://twitter.com/SteveScaliseGOP/status/1742198082576502909" target="_blank" rel="noopener">said in a post to X</a>.
Trump has accrued more than 90 endorsements in the GOP-led House, along with 18 senators and seven governors, <a href="https://thehill.com/homenews/campaign/3942482-2024-gop-primary-endorsements/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">according to The Hill&#8217;s tracker</a> as of the end of last year. The numbers put Trump well ahead of his remaining Republican rivals.
With his pick, Scalise joins other members of leadership in the lower chamber in rallying around Trump, including <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/speaker-johnson-endorses-trump-for-president-in-2024" target="_blank" rel="noopener">House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-LA)</a> and House Republican Conference Chairwoman <a href="https://apnews.com/article/donald-trump-elise-stefanik-a6db4f53af168be7f8483f29495eaba1" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Elise Stefanik (R-NY)</a>. He has supported Trump <a href="https://thehill.com/homenews/campaign/239559-2016-lawmaker-endorsements-for-president/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">dating back to the 2016 election</a>.
Scalise was first elected to the House in 2008 after serving in the Louisiana State Legislature for more than a decade. He was seriously wounded during a shooting at a congressional baseball practice in the summer of 2017 but managed to recover, continue serving in Congress, and even participate in future congressional baseball games.
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Last fall, Scalise ran an <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/scalise-drops-out-of-speaker-race" target="_blank" rel="noopener">unsuccessful bid</a> to become House speaker. At the time, Trump said he liked Scalise as well as Rep. Jim Jordan (R-OH) <a href="https://www.politico.com/live-updates/2023/10/12/congress/scalise-health-worries-gop-house-speaker-00121178" target="_blank" rel="noopener">&#8220;very much,&#8221;</a> but he raised concerns about <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/rep-steve-scalise-delivers-update-on-cancer-battle" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Scalise&#8217;s bout with cancer</a>. &#8220;He&#8217;s got to get better for himself,&#8221; Trump <a href="https://www.nola.com/news/politics/donald-trump-says-steve-scalise-too-sick-to-be-house-speaker/article_3eafb8ee-692a-11ee-927b-fb44f0f9dec4.html" target="_blank" rel="noopener">told Fox News radio host Brian Kilmeade</a>. Trump <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/trump-endorses-jim-jordan-for-speaker-of-the-house" target="_blank" rel="noopener">endorsed Jordan</a>, <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/house-gop-drops-jordan-as-speaker-nominee" target="_blank" rel="noopener">who also failed to achieve victory</a>.
Trump is running for a second presidential term, potentially setting up a 2020 general election rematch against Biden, as he faces a slew of <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/jack-smith-urges-appeals-court-to-reject-trumps-immunity-defense" target="_blank" rel="noopener">criminal cases</a> and <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/maine-kicks-trump-off-2024-primary-ballot" target="_blank" rel="noopener">ballot access issues</a>. National polls show Trump as the <a href="https://projects.fivethirtyeight.com/polls/president-primary-r/2024/national/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">clear frontrunner</a> in a wide but shrinking GOP field.
Other major GOP candidates still in the race for the presidency include Florida Governor Ron DeSantis, former South Carolina Governor and United Nations Ambassador Nikki Haley, former New Jersey Governor Chris Christie, tech entrepreneur Vivek Ramaswamy, and former Arkansas Governor Asa Hutchinson.

Rep. Steve Scalise

No. 2 House Republican Scalise Endorses Trump

2024 Primaries

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Republican Primary

<a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/house-republicans" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Republicans</a> selected House Majority Whip Tom Emmer (R-MN) on Tuesday to be their third nominee for speaker three weeks after <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/kevin-mccarthy" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Rep. Kevin McCarthy</a> (R-CA) was voted out of the role.
Emmer <a href="https://twitter.com/RepStefanik/status/1716851015889170908" target="_blank" rel="noopener">secured</a> the majority in the fifth secret ballot in a face-off against Rep. Mike Johnson (R-LA), who is the vice chairman of the House Republican Conference. A House floor vote for the speakership could happen as early as later on Tuesday. Because Republicans have a narrow majority in the House, Emmer can only afford to lose a handful of GOP votes if all Democrats oppose his bid.
<a href="https://twitter.com/RepStefanik/status/1716813829890507006" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Seven</a> lawmakers faced off across several rounds of voting, including Reps. Emmer, Johnson, Jack Bergman (R-MI), Byron Donalds (R-FL), Kevin Hern (R-OK), Austin Scott (R-GA), and Pete Sessions (R-TX). The candidate with the <a href="https://twitter.com/RepStefanik/status/1716800145906430293" target="_blank" rel="noopener">least amount of votes</a> was dropped following each of the first four ballots. Sessions was <a href="https://twitter.com/RepStefanik/status/1716800145906430293" target="_blank" rel="noopener">dropped</a> after the first round, Bergman after the second, and Scott after the third. Hern came in last and dropped out following the fourth vote while Donalds bowed out, setting up Emmer and Johnson to go head-to-head in ballot No. 5.
Emmer led the field across every ballot but did not clinch the majority until the last one. The final tally showed Emmer with <a href="https://twitter.com/cspan/status/1716855817700356415" target="_blank" rel="noopener">117 votes and Johnson with 97</a>.
A follow-up GOP conference vote to see if Emmer would have enough support in a House floor vote revealed <a href="https://twitter.com/JakeSherman/status/1716863571395502452" target="_blank" rel="noopener">more than two dozen holdouts</a>, signaling that Emmer lacks the 217 votes or a simple majority within his own party to win the speakership, though he could still convince skeptical Republicans to back his candidacy.
Another contender, Rep. Gary Palmer (R-AL), bowed out before the voting got underway on Tuesday, <a href="https://twitter.com/cami_mondeaux/status/1716810842908615060" target="_blank" rel="noopener">saying</a> in a statement, &#8220;If withdrawing my name can help expedite that process even a little, then I will gladly step aside.&#8221; A ninth candidate, Rep. Dan Meuser (R-PA), withdrew from the race during a candidate forum on Monday night.
There had been scrutiny on the voting record of each candidate, including when it came to certifying the results of the 2020 election. Emmer stood out as the only candidate who <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/dem-controlled-house-passes-same-sex-marriage-bill-39-republicans-support" target="_blank" rel="noopener">voted</a> last year to pass a bill that codified same-sex marriage protections. Rep. Rick Allen (R-GA) <a href="https://twitter.com/mkraju/status/1716831128630522054" target="_blank" rel="noopener">told</a> CNN that he was &#8220;very concerned&#8221; about the vote and said there was no way he would vote for Emmer.
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Here&#39;s how all the speaker candidates voted on key votes over the last few years. 
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All the candidates signed a <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/house-republicans-consider-unity-pledge-for-speaker-race" target="_blank" rel="noopener">&#8220;unity pledge&#8221;</a> in which members vowed to support the nominee, according to Rep. Mike Flood (R-NE), though <a href="https://twitter.com/ChadPergram/status/1716590038035619912" target="_blank" rel="noopener">not every lawmaker</a> in the GOP conference supported the idea. Rep. Dan Crenshaw (R-TX) reportedly <a href="https://twitter.com/lindsemcpherson/status/1716839258315469186" target="_blank" rel="noopener">suggested</a> members should consider lowering the House floor vote threshold from a majority to a plurality to win the speakership if a Republican nominee cannot muster enough support to secure the gavel.
The GOP-led House of Representatives has been without a speaker for about 21 days since eight Republicans joined with Democrats to oust McCarthy in a no-confidence vote. The vacuum has left the chamber in limbo with Rep. Patrick McHenry (R-NC) serving as speaker pro tempore and no movement on pressing issues, such as reaching a deal to avert a government shutdown that could happen as early as mid-November.
House Majority Leader <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/steve-scalise" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Steve Scalise</a> (R-LA), who won the GOP nomination in a face-off against Judiciary Chairman <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/jim-jordan" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Jim Jordan</a> (R-OH), ended his candidacy before a House floor vote could happen as he faced opposition from a small group of Republicans. Jordan then won the nomination in a second ballot. However, the GOP conference elected to <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/house-gop-drops-jordan-as-speaker-nominee" target="_blank" rel="noopener">drop</a> Jordan as its nominee last week after he failed to win speakership across three House floor ballots in which he got fewer votes each time.
Democrats nominated Minority Leader <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/hakeem-jeffries" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Hakeem Jeffries</a> (D-NY) for speaker and have so far voted in unison for him in all the speakership votes this month. There could be a shift in strategy, as <a href="https://twitter.com/RepDeanPhillips/status/1716787827713732972" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Punchbowl News reported</a> that House Democrats see Emmer as the least disagreeable candidate and some would sit out of a House floor vote to help him win if they got certain assurances. But the <a href="https://punchbowl.news/article/speaker-candidates-face-major-challenges/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">news outlet noted</a> Emmer has no interest in negotiating with them.
As the majority whip, Emmer is <a href="https://www.house.gov/leadership" target="_blank" rel="noopener">tasked</a> with rallying votes for the party&#8217;s legislative priorities. When it came to the race for speaker, Emmer had the support of McCarthy, who <a href="https://thehill.com/homenews/house/4269413-mccarthy-backs-emmer-for-speaker-he-knows-how-to-do-the-job/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">said</a> the Minnesota Republican &#8220;knows how to do the job.&#8221;
In a <a href="https://twitter.com/GOPMajorityWhip/status/1715744128166760891" target="_blank" rel="noopener">letter</a> to colleagues explaining what he would do as speaker, Emmer pledged to use a &#8220;culture of teamwork, communication, and respect to build on the moments that brought us success, learn from our mistakes, and keep fighting for each and every one of you and our Republican majority.&#8221;
He also said: &#8220;I will also always be honest and direct with all of you, even if we disagree. I will never make a promise I cannot fulfill. I expect to be held accountable, and you can expect that we will also keep you to your word.&#8221;
Former President Donald Trump, the GOP frontrunner in the 2024 presidential race, had endorsed Jordan for speaker. Trump declined to <a href="https://www.cbsnews.com/news/trump-house-speaker-race/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">pick a new favorite</a> among the new slate of candidates.

House Majority Whip Tom Emmer (R-MN)

House GOP Nominates Tom Emmer For Speaker

House GOP Picks Emmer As Third Speaker Nominee In 3 Weeks

House Speaker

Jim Jordan

Rep. <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/jim-jordan" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Jim Jordan</a> (R-OH) won the second GOP nomination vote this week for Speaker of the House of Representatives.
Jordan, who previously came up short against House Majority Leader Steve Scalise (R-LA) earlier this week, won the vote against Rep. Austin Scott (R-GA).
Jordan got approximately 124 votes and Scott got 81, according to reporters on Capitol Hill.
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Jordan got around 124 votes, and Scott got 81
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The vote comes on the heels of House Majority Leader Rep. Steve Scalise (R-LA) dropping out of the Speaker race following Republican members of Congress failing to coalesce around him.
Scalise edged out Judiciary Chairman Jordan <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> nomination 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.
The race for Speaker of the House has suffered several setbacks with Republicans in Congress finding themselves divided following the ouster of Rep. Kevin McCarthy (R-CA) as Speaker after Rep. Matt Gaetz (R-FL) initiated a &#8220;motion to vacate.&#8221;
With Democrats united in nominating Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries (D-NY) for speaker, Republicans can only afford to lose a handful of votes to secure the simple majority needed to secure the Speaker’s gavel unless there is a bipartisan compromise.
Daniel Chaitin contributed to this report.

Jim Jordan Wins GOP Speaker Nomination In New Round Of Voting

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.
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;
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Rep. Steve Scalise (R-LA) announces he is withdrawing from the speaker race. <a href="https://t.co/G9EbSSeGMx">pic.twitter.com/G9EbSSeGMx</a>
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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>nomination 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.
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;
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.
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>
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.
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>
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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: 
Jim Jordan Kevin Hern Lee Zeldin Mark Green
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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.
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;

Scalise Drops Out Of Speaker Race

Several GOP lawmakers raised objections about backing House Majority Leader <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/steve-scalise" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Steve Scalise</a> (R-LA) as the next Speaker of the House after the Louisiana Republican clinched the nomination during a closed-door vote on Wednesday.
House Republicans <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/republicans-nominate-steve-scalise-for-speaker-of-the-house" target="_blank" rel="noopener">voted</a> 113-99 to nominate Scalise over Ohio Rep. Jim Jordan, who first announced his bid to claim the gavel last week following the chamber&#8217;s historic removal of former Speaker Rep. Kevin McCarthy (R-CA). McCarthy told reporters he would support the current GOP nominee and wasn&#8217;t involved in swaying other lawmakers opposition of him.
&#8220;Steve is going to have to talk to them all, see what their concerns are, but I support Steve,&#8221; McCarthy said.
Scalise will need to secure 217 votes on the floor. Still, as it stands, he currently lacks support from a critical bloc of Republicans who mostly favored Jordan after the Ohio Republican received former President Donald Trump&#8217;s endorsement.
&#8220;I think the leader is a really great man, and I&#8217;ve committed publicly to voting for Jim Jordan on the floor,&#8221; Rep. Lauren Boebert (R-CO) told reporters, <a href="https://www.cnn.com/politics/live-news/house-speaker-race-10-11-23/index.html" target="_blank" rel="noopener">according</a> to CNN. &#8220;My main concerns are the way this place is run. I think that there&#8217;s a problem with leadership in our conference.&#8221;
Boebert is one of several Freedom Caucus members holding out on Scalise, who reportedly has some lawmakers skeptical of his leadership. Other members of the group, including Virginia Rep. Bob Good, Alabama&#8217;s Barry Moore, and Texas Reps Michael Cloud and Chip Roy, remain undecided on their support.
&#8220;I talked to Steve,&#8221; Roy reportedly said. &#8220;As I said earlier, I was unhappy with the way things unfolded this morning. We should figure this out behind closed doors as a conference before we started moving towards the floor.&#8221;
POLITICO <a href="https://www.politico.com/live-updates/2023/10/11/congress/217-fails-00120960" target="_blank" rel="noopener">reported</a> earlier Wednesday that House Republicans refused to change a set of internal rules that would require 217 of the 221 GOP lawmakers to agree on the next speakership role before the vote hits the floor, which Roy co-sponsored.
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&#8220;There was an effort after we did not agree to do that to start moving towards the floor today, and some of us said, &#8216;woah woah, let&#8217;s all hold your horses,&#8217; let&#8217;s figure out where we are because we don&#8217;t want to be on the floor until we have 217,&#8221; he said.
Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-GA) told CNN the Freedom Caucus members would support a Jordan speakership despite him telling them to shift their vote toward Scalise. Greene voiced her concerns over Scalise&#8217;s health, who is currently battling blood cancer.
Rep. Nancy Mace of South Carolina told CNN she would not support Scalise after learning about the lawmaker speaking to a white supremacist group founded by former Ku Klux Klan grand wizard David Duke in 2002.
&#8220;I&#8217;m trying to reconcile it, and right now I can&#8217;t,&#8221; Mace said.
The speech happened before he entered Congress while appearing in front of different Louisiana groups as a state representative to build support for legislation he proposed at the time. Scalise later issued a <a href="https://www.politico.com/story/2014/12/steve-scalise-white-supremacy-group-reaction-113872" target="_blank" rel="noopener">statement of regret</a> and rejected the organization’s racist ideology.
Mace later said during a separate interview she would vote for Jordan &#8220;for several rounds&#8221; and not move from that position &#8220;at least initially.&#8221;
Rep. Anna Paulina Luna of Florida reportedly said she felt &#8220;comfortable&#8221; enough to support the Speaker nominee.
&#8220;After talking to Representative Scalise, I feel very confident he&#8217;s going to allow me to aggressively pursue justice for this country and this nation,&#8221; Luna said. &#8220;And so I&#8217;ll be supporting him on the floor.&#8221;
In her personal Instagram story on Wednesday night, Luna posted a text image saying that after speaking with Scalise, she &#8220;feels confident he will be supportive of the following items,&#8221; which include &#8220;Defund[ing]&#8221; DOJ Special Counsel Jack Smith, an impeachment vote, and issuing a subpoena against Hunter Biden.
House lawmakers were told the lower chamber of Congress would not hold a speaker vote Wednesday evening and would reconvene Thursday around noon, Fox News <a href="https://www.foxnews.com/live-news/the-gop-race-for-house-speaker-begins?intcmp=tw_fnc" target="_blank" rel="noopener">reported</a>.

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