Republican colleagues call Steve Scalise a fighter, but the nominee for House speaker may be in for a brawl
With his walker positioned on the mound, Rep. Steve Scalise threw out the ceremonial first pitch at Washington Nationals ballpark, a breathtaking comeback for the Republican congressman who just months earlier was fighting for his life after a gunman had opened fire on lawmakers at their own charity baseball game practice.
“You have no idea how great this feels to be back here at work in the people’s House,” he said at the time to a chamber packed with lawmakers. Scalise went on to champion Second Amendment rights, despite a series of mass shootings in the U.S. If the Capitol Police officers on his security detail had not been there with guns to counter the shooter, “then there would have been nobody to take him down,” Scalise said around the first anniversary of the shooting.
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Republican Steve Scalise is seen as a fighter, but becoming House speaker might require a brawlRepublican colleagues call Steve Scalise a fighter, but the nominee for House speaker may be in for a brawl. The affable Louisiana congressman was nominated by his colleagues to replace ousted Kevin McCarthy. First elected in 2008, Scalise has climbed the leadership ladder.
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Republican Steve Scalise on path to US House speaker in turbulent timeRepublicans in the U.S. House of Representatives nominated Steve Scalise to be the chamber's next speaker on Wednesday, a challenging role after hard-right members of his party cut short the tenure of the last three holders of the position.
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House Speaker race live updates: Jim Jordan, Steve Scalise to address House Republicans todayThis is additional taxonomy that helps us with analytics
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House speaker race live updates: Jim Jordan and Steve Scalise to address House Republicans todayThis is additional taxonomy that helps us with analytics
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These House Republicans say they won't vote for Steve Scalise as House speakerHouse Majority Leader Steve Scalise, selected by his party to be House speaker, can only afford to lose four Republican votes in the House floor election.
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Steve Scalise and Jim Jordan face a tense and divided GOP in House speaker fightSahil Kapur is a senior national political reporter for NBC News.
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