Jennifer Shutt, Louisiana Illuminator Louisiana Republican Rep. Steve Scalise withdrew from the race for U.S. House speaker on Thursday evening, just one day after his colleagues nominated him for the role. “Our conference still has to come together and it’s not there,” Scalise told reporters. “I was very clear we …
Read More »Scalise Nominated By House GOP As Speaker In Closed-Door Meeting
Jennifer Shutt, West Virginia Watch U.S. House Republicans elected Louisiana Rep. Steve Scalise as their nominee for speaker Wednesday following a secret ballot vote in a closed-door conference, according to Republicans leaving the meeting. “We need to make sure we’re sending a message to people all throughout the world, and …
Read More »Louisiana’s Steve Scalise And Ohio’s Jim Jordan Jump Into Race For House Speaker
Ashley Murray, Kentucky Lantern Majority Leader Steve Scalise of Louisiana and Rep. Jim Jordan of Ohio announced Wednesday they will seek the U.S. House speaker’s gavel after Kevin McCarthy’s unprecedented ouster brought the lower chamber into uncharted territory. Eight dissident Republicans joined Democrats to unseat McCarthy Tuesday, leaving a vacuum …
Read More »Steve Scalise Announces He’s Undergoing Treatment For Cancer
Greg LaRose, Louisiana Illuminator U.S. House Majority Leader Steve Scalise announced on social media Tuesday morning that he is currently undergoing treatment for cancer. He told followers on the platform formerly known as Twitter that he was diagnosed with multiple myeloma after undergoing tests. “After a few days of not …
Read More »Republicans Are Finally Urging Americans To Get Vaccinated
Republicans are finally urging Americans to get vaccinated as the COVID-19 infection rates go up across the United States. “These shots need to get in everybody’s arm as rapidly as possible, or we’re going to be back in a situation in the fall that we don’t yearn for, that we …
Read More »Republicans Condemn Marjorie Taylor Greene’s Holocaust Comparisons
Republicans are speaking out against Representative Marjorie Taylor Greene’s comparisons of mask-wearing and vaccination logos to the Holocaust. “Marjorie is wrong, and her intentional decision to compare the horrors of the Holocaust with wearing masks is appalling,” House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy said. “The fact that this needs to be …
Read More »House Dismiss GOP Efforts To Censure Rep. Waters
The House dismissed a resolution to censure Representative Maxine Waters for her comments about Derek Chauvin’s murder trial. Republicans believe that Representative Waters incited violence for saying telling a crowd of protestors in Minneapolis to “stay on the street” and “get more confrontational.” Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy introduced the resolution …
Read More »Liz Cheney Says Republicans Need ‘To Make Clear We Aren’t The Party Of White Supremacy’
Liz Cheney, the third-ranking GOP member in the House, on Tuesday called on the Republican party to “make clear we aren’t the party of white supremacy.” Cheney’s remarks came during an event hosted by the Reagan Institute. “It’s very important for us to ignore the temptation to look away,” Cheney …
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