{"id":1782839,"date":"2022-12-21T12:38:16","date_gmt":"2022-12-21T17:38:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1782839"},"modified":"2022-12-21T12:48:54","modified_gmt":"2022-12-21T17:48:54","slug":"report-group-of-gop-lawmakers-approached-steve-scalise-about-running-for-house-speaker","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/report-group-of-gop-lawmakers-approached-steve-scalise-about-running-for-house-speaker\/","title":{"rendered":"Report: Group of GOP Lawmakers Approached Steve Scalise About Running for House Speaker"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">26<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Freport-group-of-gop-lawmakers-approached-steve-scalise-about-running-for-house-speaker%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1782839&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><div class=\"RichTextArticleBody\">\n<div class=\"RichTextArticleBody-body\">\n<div class=\"Enhancement\">\n<div class=\"Enhancement-item\"><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><span class=\"ArticlePage-articleBody-firstLetter\">A<\/span>s House Minority Leader <a class=\"Link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/kevin-mccarthy\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Kevin McCarthy<\/a> <a class=\"Link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/house\/kevin-mccarthy-speaker-republican-saboteurs-freedom-caucus\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">seeks to fend off intraparty <\/a>opposition to his bid to become the next House speaker, several <a class=\"Link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/republicans\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Republicans<\/a> are reportedly huddling behind another top member of their party for a possible leadership challenge. <\/p>\n<p>A group of lawmakers has approached <a class=\"Link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/house\/scalise-wins-majority-leader\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">No. 2 Republican Rep. Steve Scalise<\/a> (LA) about running for House speaker in the next Congress should McCarthy\u2019s bid fail, telling him to \u201cjust be ready,\u201d <a class=\"Link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.politico.com\/playbook\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">sources familiar told<\/a> <i>Politico. <\/i>Scalise could offer a more agreeable alternative to McCarthy, as the House minority leader has faced opposition from a handful of Republicans that has threatened to derail his speakership bid. <\/p>\n<p>However, the closed-door conversations could put Scalise in a difficult position. Publicly, the <a class=\"Link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/louisiana\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Louisiana<\/a> Republican has declined to comment on the matter, instead pointing to previous statements he made endorsing McCarthy and maintaining he would not run against him. <\/p>\n<p><b><a class=\"Link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/house\/scalise-wins-majority-leader\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">HOUSE REPUBLICANS UNANIMOUSLY BACK STEVE SCALISE FOR MAJORITY LEADER<\/a><\/b> <\/p>\n<div class=\"Enhancement\">\n<div class=\"Enhancement-item\">\n<figure class=\"Figure mb-1 mb-sm-3 mb-md-1 article-lead-photo data_invisible\" data-align=\"center\" data-image-size=\"fixed\" itemscope itemtype=\"http:\/\/schema.org\/ImageObject\">\n<div class=\"Figure-container\"><source media=\"(max-width: 768px)\" type=\"image\/webp\" data-image-size=\"1060x600_md\" \/><source media=\"(max-width: 768px)\" data-image-size=\"1060x600_md\" \/><source media=\"(max-width: 1440px)\" type=\"image\/webp\" data-image-size=\"1060x600_xl\" \/><source media=\"(max-width: 1440px)\" data-image-size=\"1060x600_xl\" \/><source type=\"image\/webp\" data-image-size=\"1060x600\" \/><source data-image-size=\"1060x600\" \/><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"image\" data-image-size=\"1060x600\" alt=\"Kevin McCarthy and Steve Scalise\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/100-10-70 1x, https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/100-10-71 2x\" width=\"1060\" height=\"612\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/100-10-70\"   style=\"display:none\"><figcaption class=\"Figure-caption\" itemprop=\"caption\">\n                In this Tuesday, Dec. 12, 2017, photo, House Majority Leader Kevin McCarthy speaks with House Majority Whip Steve Scalise during a news conference on the tax bill on Capitol Hill in Washington.<br \/>\n               <\/figcaption><div class=\"Figure-credit\" itemprop=\"author\">\n                (J. Scott Applewhite\/AP)\n               <\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/figure><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p>Instead, Scalise launched a bid for House majority leader, being <a class=\"Link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/house\/scalise-wins-majority-leader\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">elected to the No. 2 position<\/a> in November after running uncontested. Meanwhile, Scalise has kept a low profile while McCarthy fights off intraparty opposition. <\/p>\n<p>\u201cDoes he want to be speaker? Absolutely. But is he going to screw Kevin? Absolutely not,\u201d one person close to Scalise told the outlet. <\/p>\n<p>Scalise has not been organizing support or making calls related to a possible speakership bid, according to <i>Politico. <\/i>Some conservatives have hinted they would back the Louisiana Republican should he run but maintained there\u2019s a list of other possible contenders they may consider. <\/p>\n<p>\u201cSome of those candidates have expressed interest to us \u2014 or that they would be interested once it\u2019s clear Kevin McCarthy won\u2019t be speaker,\u201d Rep. Bob Good (R-VA) told <i>Politico. <\/i>However, he added that it\u2019s difficult to name names without risking the ire of McCarthy and his allies. <\/p>\n<p>To secure the gavel, McCarthy needs a majority of voting members \u2014 in this case, 218 lawmakers \u2014 to vote for him when his nomination goes before the entire House floor in January. The GOP will hold a 222-213 advantage in the House for the next two years, giving McCarthy little room for error. <\/p>\n<p>At least five GOP lawmakers have publicly said they won\u2019t back his speakership bid, and McCarthy can\u2019t afford to lose more than four votes, or else he risks sinking his chances when the House meets to vote on Jan. 3. That list includes Good, Andy Biggs (AZ), Matt Gaetz (FL), Ralph Norman (SC), and Matt Rosendale (MT). <\/p>\n<p><b><a class=\"Link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">CLICK HERE TO READ MORE FROM THE WASHINGTON EXAMINER<\/a><\/b> <\/p>\n<p>It\u2019s not clear who Republicans would present as an alternative nominee to McCarthy, although Biggs has <a class=\"Link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/politics\/andy-biggs-jumps-race-house-speaker-against-mccarthy\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">already announced a challenge<\/a> to the minority leader\u2019s bid. <\/p>\n<p>If no candidate wins a majority of the votes cast during the roll call vote at the beginning of the Congress, the House will repeat the roll call until a speaker is elected. Congress has not had to repeat a roll call vote to elect a House speaker since 1923. McCarthy has vowed not to back down, noting he would go through several rounds of ballots until he wins the speaker position.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>As House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy seeks to fend off intraparty opposition to his bid to become the next House speaker, several Republicans<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1782842,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[547],"tags":[9369,6962,4432,10923,5458,6203,3670,3653,3673,3819,6495,5025,5654,5022],"class_list":["post-1782839","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-the-bongino-report","tag-for","tag-the","tag-about","tag-approached","tag-bongino","tag-gop","tag-group","tag-house","tag-lawmakers","tag-report","tag-running","tag-scalise","tag-speaker","tag-steve"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1782839","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1782839"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1782839\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1782842"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1782839"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1782839"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1782839"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}