House to adjourn for ninth day without speaker as party infighting continues

Republicans emerged from hours of meetings without a consensus on who to elect as their next House speaker, leaving lawmakers without a clear path forward as they prepare to adjourn for a ninth day with the key position unfilled.
After briefly gaveling into session on Thursday morning before immediately going into recess, GOP lawmakers met for two and a half hours behind closed doors as Majority Leader Steve Scalise (R-LA) sought to shore up support among some of the holdout members of his party who say they will not back him for speaker. However, it doesn’t appear much movement has been made as more than a dozen Republicans have come out in opposition to a Scalise speakership — putting him far below the 217 votes needed to win the position.
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