Creatures of Capitol Hill
The Dispatch Podcast
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Is Scalise a Consensus Candidate?
Despite their public display of unity, Scalise and McCarthy are not that tight. When McCarthy put out a list of 54 house Republicans who supported his bid for speaker, Steve Scalise was not on the list. And then when Scalise gave a nominating speech for McCarthy earlier in this process, the speech was very heavy on the reasons that Republicans should get together to move beyond this difficult moment.
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