House Republicans Nominate Scalise for Speaker, But Vote Likely Not Happening Today
Scalise needs 217 votes. Only 113 of the Republicans voted for him.
The House Republicans nominated Majority Leader Steve Scalise for Speaker.
Scalise won 113 votes. Judiciary Committee Chairman Jim Jordan won 99 votes.
Rep. Matt Gaetz, who led the charge against former Speaker Kevin McCarthy, will vote for Scalise.
Rep. Matt Gaetz (R-FL) after House GOP nominated Scalise for Speaker: "I'm excited for him. I can't wait to go vote for Steve Scalise. Long live Speaker Scalise." pic.twitter.com/MtvyRRywaU
— Craig Caplan (@CraigCaplan) October 11, 2023
Due to the vote count, the House will not hold a Speaker vote today. The winner needs to have at least 217 Republican votes.
House Speaker vote will NOT take place today; sources say Scalise does NOT have the required 217 votes
— Jake Tapper (@jaketapper) October 11, 2023
Jordan offered to nominate Scalise on the House floor.
But Jordan showing support for Scalise is changing few minds. Some House Republicans said they will not vote for Scalise or are unsure.
I will not be voting for @SteveScalise on the floor this afternoon. The House GOP should NOT have called a vote at 300pm after finishing the vote at 130pm in Conference. That is unacceptable & purposeful.
— Chip Roy (@chiproytx) October 11, 2023
Surprises are for little kids at birthday parties, not Congress. 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.
— Thomas Massie (@RepThomasMassie) October 11, 2023
MAX MILLER (R-OH) says even if Scalise wins the nomination, he’ll still vote for Jordan on the floor.
If other members hold that same opinion, we could see multiple voting rounds when this comes to House floor
— Cami Mondeaux (@cami_mondeaux) October 11, 2023
Rep. Barry Moore (R-Ala.), who voted for Jordan, said he was considering voting for Scalise but changed his mind after Freedom Caucus meeting.
He says some conservatives are concerned that Scalise is a “rubber stamp for McCarthy”
He will vote for Jordan on the floor.
— Mica Soellner (@MicaSoellnerDC) October 11, 2023
I just voted for Jim Jordan for Speaker on a private ballot in conference, and I will be voting for Jim Jordan on the House floor.
I like Steve Scalise, and I like him so much that I want to see him defeat cancer more than sacrifice his health in the most difficult position in…
— Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene🇺🇸 (@RepMTG) October 11, 2023
GOP FL Rep Gimenez says he voted for McCarthy in conference, will vote for McCarthy on floor unless McCarthy tells him otherwise
— Chad Pergram (@ChadPergram) October 11, 2023
I will be voting for Jim Jordan to be Speaker of the House on the floor when the vote is called.
In conference, Jordan received 99 votes and Scalise received 113.
We had a chance to unify the party behind closed doors, but the Swamp and K Street lobbyists prevented that.
The…
— Lauren Boebert (@laurenboebert) October 11, 2023
Jordan just met with Scalise — tells us he wants to “unify the conference” and confirms he is no longer in the running for Speaker. https://t.co/cE6L2dXRDg
— Julie Tsirkin (@JulieNBCNews) October 11, 2023
GOP IN Rep Spartz says she voted present in conference on Speaker. Says she is disappointed in the process. Would not commit to voting present on the floor
— Chad Pergram (@ChadPergram) October 11, 2023
🚨 JUST IN: There will most likely be NO VOTE today on the House floor for Speaker
As of now, Steve Scalise does NOT HAVE THE 217 VOTES to be elected Speaker. THIS WILL BE A FIGHT.
Republicans who've PUBLICLY said they're not voting for Scalise include:
– Thomas Massie
-… pic.twitter.com/azhKYsFYeC— Nick Sortor (@nicksortor) October 11, 2023
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As expected.
I wish the RINO’s were heading for extinction from public service.
RINOs are scheming to regain complete control.
I read (here? elsewhere?) that Scalise is the darling of the GOPe, while Jordan is seen as a “dangerous populist.” Now, I’m on board with “dangerous populism,” but without having watched the voting records of these guys over the years, it’s impossible to tell what is misdirection and what is not. If Jordan is truly taking himself out of consideration, it looks like I won’t have to. 🙁
I’ve never thought of Steve Scalise as a RINO. What is it that is making people call him that?
The man was shot by a rabid communist, a Bernie Sanders supporter. If that happened to me I wouldn’t even be able to look at a democrat, but he’s willing to talk to them. I very much doubt he’s willing to fight too hard in light of all of that.
There’s a reason he has been part of the House leadership under McCarthy and Paul Ryan…
Because they want to be rebels without a cause, sticking it to ‘the man’.
These people are suicidal.
And this is why the GOP can’t ever get a damn thing done. This sounds more like a High School Class officer vote than the vote for Speaker of the House.
This is why Dems tend to come out on top one thing they do better than the GOP is unify.
It’s easy to unify behind a random crook, which is all Democrats have to do. Finding principled leadership is actually tough.
It’s much easier to unify when you’re a bunch of mindless lemmings
Ignorance, stupidity, and parochialism – plus, they read it on a website somewhere. I would have preferred Jordan, but I think whoever finally gets elected is going to face the same problems
that McCarthy did – no margin for error.
Let’s get this done now: Motion to Vacate!
No Scalise!
Keep that one vote threshold for a motion to vacate, at least now they won’t be able to say you wouldn’t dare.
Nope. We don’t need to leave the temper tantrum ‘look at meeeeee!” button in reach of these people.
Like it or not the more rowdy, more populist, more willing to rock the boat and take a few risk group of two dozen +/- members hold the power in the HoR right now. They will not be willing to get run over in some stupid and unnecessary rush to select someone, anyone as Speaker b/c the legacy media is calling the GoP names. The committees are still functioning and able to do the day to day work. Take your time and select someone who can work with the disparate groups in the caucus and one who clearly has internalized that the populists hold sway for the moment. Maybe explain to the rest of the GoP members that the days of this populist group being pressured into accepting the lesser evil has been reversed and the more moderate to liberal members gonna have to lean to live with being on the short end of the stick ….at least until they can elect enough additional members to nullify the populists.
Team Gaetz might end up handing the Speakership to the Democrats at this rate
Would that be very much different than what we had before?
Obviously. What a stupid question.
More wishful thinking on your behalf 😂 I doubt even the GOPe is that stupid but hey ho, wouldn’t put it past the morons 😂
Whether it was Scalise or Jordan, it was utterly LUDICROUS to think that there was going to be an actual formal vote for Speaker immediately after the closed-door selection of the candidate.
Whichever one of them won was going to have to give the hard sell to the supporters of the other.
And yes, Scalise is going to have to make promises to Gaetz and his crew, or deal with the Democrats, like McCarthy was stupid enough to try and do.
Yes, Gaetz and company will demand a list of unkeepable promises then throw a tantrum when unkeepable promises aren’t kept.
I just want to put an end to Omnibus budget package deals.
Those “unkeepable” promises seem to me to be more beneficial to Americans as a whole than to the Democratic Party. Probably why people like you refer to them as “unkeepable”, because something benefitting America is bad for the uniparty.
Depending on his prognosis and whether the GOP can retain power in the House in 2024, Mr Scalise’s tenure might only be a one year
So short it’s not even kicking off.
OK, noting ahead of time that I am increasingly dubious that electoral or legislative means will save the country in the absence of a Social Contract; I have to say that my first inclination would be to hope that Scalise becomes Speaker. Why?
He was shot by a Leftist supporter of the Leftists/Democrats in Congress in an attempted mass murder of Republicans in Congress. The Democrats cannot avoid a significant share of the responsibility for the shooting any more than the population of Gaza can avoid the responsibility for the war and terrorism the political movement they created and supported commits.
I have more hope [though noting the GOPe, it is not overwhelming hope] that Scalise’s wounds will remind him to fight back against the Left in the House.
I also acknowledge that what hope I had is shaky as there are unconfirmed reports now [1416 hrs. 10-13-23] that Scalise may have dropped out.
Subotai Bahadur