Steve Scalise
Whoever The Next House Speaker Is, He’s Doomed
A Speaker Scalise or Jordan would face the same sword of Damocles that brought down McCarthy: the motion to vacate and its one-member threshold that triggers a vote on dethroning the speaker.
Listen To This: The Easy Part
A new episode of The Josh Marshall Podcast is live! This week, Josh and Kate discuss Steve Scalise winning the speaker nomination and the many, many obstacles still to come.
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House Republicans Bet On Divine Intervention
INSIDE: George Santos ... Janet Protasiewicz ... Kari Lake
Where Things Stand: Scalise Assures Us Santos Will Get A Stern Talking To, Thank God
This is your TPM evening briefing.
We can all rest easy knowing accountability is in the unassailable hands of the newly minted Republican House leadership.
Scalise’s remarks come the same day that Democratic lawmakers actually did something tangible about the fact that there’s a freshman member of Congress who was just sworn in after admitting he lied about basically everything he’s ever said and done.
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