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Scalise wins GOP nomination for House speaker, but hardliners hold out

10/11/23 3:15 PM By Philip Brasher
KEYWORDS Don Bacon farm bill Frank Lucas Glenn "GT" Thompson House Agriculture Committee House speakership race Jim Jordan Max Miller Steve Scalise

House Majority Leader Steve Scalise won his colleagues’ nomination to move up to House speaker, but he still has to win over some hardline conservatives loyal to Rep. Jim Jordan, R-Ohio, or risk another protracted election on the House floor.

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