{"id":2390804,"date":"2025-01-15T17:56:02","date_gmt":"2025-01-15T22:56:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/rick-scott-elected-to-lead-bloc-of-senate-conservatives-washington-examiner\/"},"modified":"2025-01-15T17:57:40","modified_gmt":"2025-01-15T22:57:40","slug":"rick-scott-elected-to-lead-bloc-of-senate-conservatives-washington-examiner","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/rick-scott-elected-to-lead-bloc-of-senate-conservatives-washington-examiner\/","title":{"rendered":"Rick Scott elected to lead bloc of Senate conservatives &#8211; Washington Examiner"},"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\">24<\/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%2Frick-scott-elected-to-lead-bloc-of-senate-conservatives-washington-examiner%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=2390804&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--><p>The content\u2063 provided seems to be a snippet of\u200b HTML code rather than a thorough article or\u200c text to summarize. 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As chairman, Scott will host weekly lunches attended by most of the Senate Republican Conference. The committee, an ideological caucus akin to the House Freedom Caucus, also helps conservatives strategize over policy and legislative floor tactics.<\/p>\n<p>Lee ran the group for years but stepped down upon taking over the Energy and Natural Resources Committee.<\/p>\n<p>The election consolidates Scott&rsquo;s role <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/senate\/3239728\/rick-scott-post-mcconnell-moment\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">leading the Senate&rsquo;s right flank<\/a>. He lost a run to become majority leader in November but came <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/DISivak\/status\/1856742753314492498\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">close<\/a> to placing second with the support of Steering members.<\/p>\n<p>Scott also <a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3YuVZYV\">hosts weekly meetings<\/a> with Senate conservatives and members of the Freedom Caucus at his home in Washington, D.C.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\"><strong><\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Lee relinquished his Steering role as the Senate began to consider President-elect Donald Trump&rsquo;s Cabinet nominees. 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