Bud­get and inter­na­tion­al headaches already com­pound­ing for even­tu­al House speak­er

The next House speak­er, who­ev­er it ends up being, won’t get much of a leg­isla­tive hon­ey­moon.
House Major­i­ty Leader Steve Scalise (R‑LA) seemed to have the best shot at tak­ing over the open role, which is sec­ond in line of pres­i­den­tial suc­ces­sion behind Vice Pres­i­dent Kamala Har­ris. Scalise on Oct. 11 secured sup­port from a major­i­ty of House Repub­li­cans. In a 113–99 secret bal­lot vote, the House Repub­li­can Con­fer­ence reject­ed Rep. Jim Jor­dan (R‑OH), who was endorsed by for­mer Pres­i­dent Don­ald Trump.
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But Scalise’s rea­sons for opti­mism were short-lived. House Repub­li­cans delayed a vote by the full House, sig­nal­ing that Scalise was still work­ing to win the sup­port of Jor­dan backe …