On Wednesday, House Republicans chose their candidate for speaker of the Hosue after a contentious hours-long meeting to decide who would lead their party after the ouster of Rep. Kevin McCarthy (R-CA) from the speakership by Rep. Matt Gaetz (R-FL) and his allies. However, a number of Hosue Republicans are in open revolt.
"I will not be voting for [Steve Scalise] on the floor this afternoon. The House GOP should NOT have called a vote at 300pm after finishing the vote at 130pm in Conference," wrote Rep. Chip Roy (R-TX). "That is unacceptable & purposeful."
"Surprises are for little kids at birthday parties, not Congress," Rep. Thomas Massie (R-KY) explained. "So, I let Scalise know in person that he doesn’t have my vote on the floor, because he has not articulated a viable plan for avoiding an omnibus."
The vote came down to Rep. Jim Jordan (R-FL) and Rep. Steve Scalise (R-LA). Both men were viable candidates for the position, but many GOP moderates saw Jordan as too conservative to advance as the leader of the conference.
Given this, the GOP conference, after taking a secret ballot, decided that Rep. Steve Scalise (R-LA) would be their nominee for speaker of the House after winning a majority of the Republican conference's vote.
The vote was 113 in favor of Scalise and 99 in favor of Jordan. Nine members voted present.
This is a developing story and will be updated accordingly.
"I will not be voting for [Steve Scalise] on the floor this afternoon. The House GOP should NOT have called a vote at 300pm after finishing the vote at 130pm in Conference," wrote Rep. Chip Roy (R-TX). "That is unacceptable & purposeful."
"Surprises are for little kids at birthday parties, not Congress," Rep. Thomas Massie (R-KY) explained. "So, I let Scalise know in person that he doesn’t have my vote on the floor, because he has not articulated a viable plan for avoiding an omnibus."
The vote came down to Rep. Jim Jordan (R-FL) and Rep. Steve Scalise (R-LA). Both men were viable candidates for the position, but many GOP moderates saw Jordan as too conservative to advance as the leader of the conference.
Given this, the GOP conference, after taking a secret ballot, decided that Rep. Steve Scalise (R-LA) would be their nominee for speaker of the House after winning a majority of the Republican conference's vote.
The vote was 113 in favor of Scalise and 99 in favor of Jordan. Nine members voted present.
This is a developing story and will be updated accordingly.
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2023-10-11T15:29-0500 | Comment by: Hubert
Now the rest of the story. US House has well over 60 RINOS who see a balanced budget and putting America First as a thread to their hidden Democrat Party agenda.
2023-10-12T07:25-0500 | Comment by: Ralph
The problem that I have is with the 9 who chose to vote present. If they can't pull the trigger, they should permanently remove themselves from the OK Corral. They were, or should have been, elected to make the hard decisions when the heat is on. Just think, if the nine had voted for Jordan he would have won over Scalise. The only issue I have with him is he is too laid back and too liberal for my liking.