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U.S. House one step closer to electing speaker

House Republicans narrowly pushed aside Ohio Rep. Jim Jordan, the firebrand Judiciary Committee chairman, in favor of Majority Leader Steve Scalise.

By Associated Press

Oct. 11, 2023

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Former House Speaker, Rep. Kevin McCarthy, D-Calif., arrives for a House Republican closed-door caucus to decide who to nominate for speaker of the House, on Capitol Hill, Wednesday, Oct. 11, in Washington.
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Rep. Jim Jordan, R-Ohio, chairman of the House Judiciary Committee and a staunch ally of former President Donald Trump, arrives as House Republicans hold a closed-door meeting to vote by secret ballot on their candidate for speaker of the House, at the Capitol in Washington, Wednesday, Oct. 11.
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Majority Leader Steve Scalise, R-La., leaves after a closed-door meeting of House Republicans during which he was chosen as their candidate for Speaker of the House on Capitol Hill, Wednesday, Oct. 11, in Washington.
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House Majority Leader Steve Scalise, R-La., speaks to reporters after a closed-door meeting of House Republicans where he was chosen as the GOP candidate for Speaker of the House on Capitol Hill, Wednesday, Oct. 11, in Washington.
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Majority Leader Steve Scalise, R-La., speaks to reporters after a closed-door meeting of House Republicans during which he was nominated as their candidate for Speaker of the House, on Capitol Hill, Wednesday, Oct. 11, in Washington.
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Majority Leader Steve Scalise, R-La., speaks after a closed-door meeting of House Republicans during which he was chosen as candidate for Speaker of the House on Capitol Hill, Wednesday, Oct. 11, in Washington.
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Rep. Michael McCaul, R-Texas, speaks following a closed-door meeting of House Republicans during which Majority Leader Steve Scalise, R-La., was nominated as candidate for Speaker of the House, on Capitol Hill, Wednesday, Oct. 11, in Washington.
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Rep. Jodey Arrington, R-Texas., speaks with reporters after a meeting where House Republicans voted to nominate House Majority Leader Steve Scalise of La., to be the next Speaker of the House, on Capitol Hill, Wednesday, Oct. 11, in Washington.
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Reps. Ralph Norman, R-S.C., speaks following a closed-door meeting of House Republicans during which Majority Leader Steve Scalise, R-La., was nominated as candidate for Speaker of the House, on Capitol Hill, Wednesday, Oct. 11, in Washington.
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Rep. Patrick McHenry, R-N.C., leaves a meeting where House Republicans voted to nominate House Majority Leader Steve Scalise of La., to be the next Speaker of the House, on Capitol Hill, Wednesday, Oct. 11, in Washington.
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Rep. Matt Gaetz, R-Fla., leaves a meeting where House Republicans voted for House Majority Leader Steve Scalise of La., to be the next Speaker of the House on Capitol Hill, Wednesday, Oct. 11, in Washington.
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U.S. Capitol staff remove a portrait of President Abraham Lincoln out of the office of the Speaker of the House, Wednesday, Oct. 11, at the Capitol in Washington.
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U.S. Capitol staff move boxes out of the Speaker of the House office, Wednesday, Oct. 11, at the Capitol in Washington.

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