House Majority Leader Steve Scalise (R-LA) won the first round in his bid to win the speaker’s gavel, but he isn’t any closer to holding power over the chamber.
While Scalise won the Republican nomination through a secret ballot, 113-99, he still needs to secure 217 votes to become speaker when the full House convenes to hold any real power. Until then, he has been designated the speaker-designee, and the gavel will remain in the hands of Speaker Pro Tempore Patrick McHenry (R-NC).
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