The Latest Breaking News from Steve Scalise

Full chamber vote for Speaker of the House scheduled for 3pm ET today

House Republicans picked the current majority leader for speaker: He won a majority of the Republicans' 221 votes in a closed-door, secret-ballot election. Timing for a floor vote remains unclear.

‘Scalise won,’ Republicans said as they emerged from a closed door meeting to select nominee for next House speaker

Whoever is ultimately selected, the new speaker will have the same sword hanging over his head that McCarthy had

Republicans scramble to find a replacement for the ousted Kevin McCarthy as world events demand the attention of the US Congress

While appearing to rule himself out, Mr McCarthy said he would not give his endorsement to Steve Scalise or Jim Jordan

House Republicans selected Majority Leader Steve Scalise, R-La., as the party’s nominee for speaker behind closed doors Wednesday morning.

In the wake of the Hamas surprise attacks on Israel, and that country’s resulting heavy military response, calls for Republicans in the U.S. House of Representatives to pick a new speaker quickly have grown, including from GOP members themselves. The absence of a speaker may slow or limit any aid…

Republicans voted down a rule change on Wednesday morning that would have raised the threshold for sending a speaker candidate to the full House, paving the way for a floor vote potentially later in the day.