Steve Scalise
Steve Scalise ends US House Speaker bid, deepening republican turmoil
He said he wouldn't get involved in choosing an alternative nominee but election of a speaker "needs to happen quickly"
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Nominated to be House speaker, Scalise left searching for votes to win
Republicans nominated Rep. Steve Scalise on Wednesday to be the next House speaker but struggled to quickly unite their deeply divided majority and elect the conservative in a public floor vote after the historic ousting of Rep. Kevin McCarthy from the job. In private balloting at the Capitol, House Republicans narrowly pushed aside Ohio Rep. Jim Jordan, the firebrand Judiciary Committee chairman, in favour of Scalise, the current majority leader. The Louisiana congressman, who is battling blood cancer, is seen as a hero to some after surviving a shooting on lawmakers at a congressional baseball game practice in 2017. We have a lot of work to do, Scalise said afterward. A floor vote of the whole House was expected, but tensions are still running high among Republicans who have brought the House to a standstill with bitter infighting after McCarthy's stunning removal last week. The House was gavelled into a brief session, then broke indefinitely, with next steps uncertain. It's an .
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Hoping 2020 does a 'Rahul Tewatia': Rajasthan Royals changes Twitter bio
Acknowledging the heroics of Rahul Tewatia against Kings XI Punjab in IPL, Rajasthan Royals changed its Twitter bio to pay tribute to the 27-year-old all-rounder.
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Steve Scalise shot during baseball practice session, gunman dead
Steve Scalise, No. 3 in House of Representatives Republican leadership, was shot in the hip
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