Can Any Republican Win Enough Votes to Become Speaker? ...Middle East

Representative Steve Scalise narrowly won the GOP nomination for speaker of the House of Representatives on Wednesday, but a slew of Republicans still have their doubts.The party’s razor thin majority requires a nearly unanimous vote to win the speakership but so far 13 Republicans, including Representatives Nancy Mace and George Santos, have publicly stated that they plan to vote against Scalise whenever ballots are cast. That’s more than enough to prevent the Louisiana representative from ever grasping the gavel. In order to win, the Majority Leader will need to earn 217 votes—slightly less than usual, since the house holds two vacancies; as of now, Scalise has only 208 Republicans backing

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