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Selecting a new House Speaker was reset again late Thursday as Majority Leader Steve Scalise ended his bid.
That leaves House Republicans scrambling to find a leader. With Florida accounting for 20 members of the 221-member caucus, the state has an outsized role by math alone.
Rep. Matt Gaetz, the Fort Walton Beach Republican who spearheaded the ouster of ex-Speaker Kevin McCarthy, posted on X late Thursday, “It’s Jim Jordan Time!”
With Steve Scalise out, the Speaker’s race takes a hard reset. T
hat’s an unsurprising endorsement for Jordan, an Ohio Republican and House Judiciary Chair. Gaetz pushed for
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