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Scalise Bows Out of Speaker Race, Slams Reps. With 'Own Agendas'

www.rollingstone.com Scalise Bows Out of Speaker Race, Slams Reps. With 'Own Agendas'

The move comes just a day after House Republicans voted to nominate him for the role in a closed-door meeting

Scalise Bows Out of Speaker Race, Slams Reps. With 'Own Agendas'

Republicans voted by a narrow margin on Wednesday to nominate Scalise to replace McCarthy, but several lawmakers said after the closed-door meeting that they would not vote for him on the House floor. The number of hold-outs grew over the next 24 hours, making it clear that Scalise was nowhere close to securing the 217 votes he needed to secure the gavel.

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