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WASHINGTON, D.C. — With time running short, Congress has warned that failure to pass a massive spending bill could result in the U.S. surviving a bit longer. While millions of Americans including Elon Musk leveled heavy criticism at the bill, members of Congress sounded the alarm that the bill's failure could slow their efforts to wreck the nation. "Without this funding, it might take us much longer to completely destroy America," House Speaker Mike Johnson warned. "I cannot overstate how important it is for us to push this bill through if we want to make the type of progress we...

House Majority Leader Steve Scalise (R-LA) said he will open an investigation into a report that the Federal Emergency Management Agency blocked disaster relief from supporters of President-elect Donald Trump. Scalise’s announcement Thursday evening came after the Daily Wire reported that a FEMA official ordered employees to “avoid” Florida homes “advertising Trump” after Hurricane Milton hit the state.

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On Saturday following the attempted assassination of former President Trump in Butler, Pennsylvania, CBS was out of control in demanding Republicans be the ones to lower the proverbial temperature and alter their rhetoric to soothe our collective body politic. Of course, as our Alex Christy wrote about earlier, they even expressed concern about the well-being of…themselves. The worst moment came when Face the Nation moderator Margaret Brennan had the gall to lecture House Majority Leader Steve Scalise (R-LA) about rhetoric even though Scalise himself was nearly assassinated in June 2017 by a far-left kook.

WASHINGTON, DC — Following former President Donald Trump's conviction on 34 felony counts, House Republicans are threatening to deploy the most powerful tool in their arsenal: The Strongliest Worded Letter of All Time. According to political analysts, the ultimatum is a serious escalation of an already shaky political situation and comes after several Strongly Worded Letters and even a few Stronglier Worded Letters. "That's it - we're not gonna take it anymore!" cried Steve Scalise, Republican and House Majority Leader. "We let you Democrats get away with the covid lockdowns, pride month, and hundreds of thousands of baby-murdering abortions a...

House Majority Leader Steve Scalise (R-LA) is in remission after completing cancer treatment and is expected to return to the House this week as lawmakers prepare for their second attempt to impeach Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas. Scalise is in “complete remission” nearly six months after being diagnosed with multiple myeloma, a form of blood cancer, in August. The majority leader has been absent from the House over the last month to continue receiving treatment but announced last week he would be returning to Capitol Hill. “Leader Scalise has successfully completed his autologous stem cell treatment and has been medically...

House Majority Leader Steve Scalise, a Louisiana Republican, has formally endorsed former president Donald Trump for the presidential race of 2024. Scalise joins Speaker Mike Johnson and GOP Conference Chair Elise Stefanik, making him the latest top-ranking Republican to offer his public support to Trump, who is widely anticipated to be the Republican nominee.“I am proud to endorse Donald Trump for president in 2024, and I look forward to working with President Trump and a Republican House and Senate to fight for those families who are struggling under the weight of Biden’s failed policies,” Scalise wrote on X.I am proud...

Republican House leaders are rallying behind former President Donald Trump, as House Majority Leader Steve Scalise (R-LA) stands as the latest individual to formally offer his presidential endorsement. Scalise said in a statement, first reported by Fox News Digital, that American workers and families were “thriving” when Trump was at the helm. “The economy was strong and interest rates were low — grocery costs were affordable, and families could afford to buy a house and provide for their children,” Scalise said, also pointing to the security of the border and decreased crime during Trump’s first term.

House Majority Leader Steve Scalise (R-LA) is attempting to undermine Judiciary Committee Chairman Jim Jordan’s (R-OH) bid for the Speakership gavel after voting for him on the first ballot, sources familiar with the matter have confirmed to Breitbart News. CNN’s Annie Grayer noted on X that the majority leader would not commit to helping Jordan secure the 17 outstanding votes he needs for the top House job. This is despite Jordan requesting his aid, as the House has not had a Speaker since now-former Speaker Kevin McCarthy was removed on October 3. Sources on Capitol Hill have confirmed Grayer’s reporting...

Rep. Jamie Raskin (D-MD) blasted Republican members of Congress for rejecting House Majority Leader Steve Scalise (R-LA) as speaker. Scalise was initially the party's nomination for speaker of the House but has since been replaced by Rep. Jim Jordan (R-OH) as their nominee. The Louisiana representative was diagnosed with multiple myeloma, a relatively uncommon but treatable blood cancer, per his announcement in August. This diagnosis was cited as a reason to remove him from the running. "I’m dumbfounded that GOP Members (& Trump!) used Steve Scalise’s cancer as a reason to abandon him on the House floor—after nominating him for...

In a surprise move Thursday, House Majority Leader Steve Scalise announced that he is withdrawing his name from the race for the vacant House speaker role. CBS News congressional correspondent Scott MacFarlane reports on how Scalise lost support and what the Republicans will do now.

@ChadPergram 1) The Hitchhiker’s Guide To Where We Stand With the Speaker’s Election House Republicans restart their process of trying to elect a House Speaker today after House Majority Leader Steve Scalise (R-LA) dramatically dropped his name from consideration. 2) Scalise withdrew just 36 hours after he secured the formal Republican bid to be Speaker. 3) So Republicans are now looking at the man who lost the secret ballot to Scalise, House Judiciary Committee Chairman Jim Jordan (R-OH). Jordan has not officially launched another bid - yet. But Fox was told he began making phone calls to members late last...

BREAKING: Republican Steve Scalise has ended his bid to become House speaker after failing to secure the votes to win the gavel

Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-Ga.) took aim at Rep. Nancy Mace (R-S.C.) for her criticism of Majority Leader Steve Scalise (R-La.), calling it a “disgusting attack.” Mace on Wednesday said she couldn’t vote for Scalise as the next House Speaker because he “attended a white supremacist conference and compared himself to David Duke.” Greene, like Mace, said she was supporting House Judiciary Chairman Jim Jordan (R-Ohio) to replace former Speaker Kevin McCarthy (R-Calif.) after he was ousted last week from the role. However, she claimed the South Carolina Republican’s comments about Scalise — who won the nomination for the top...

Senior House leadership sources were utterly shocked and dismayed Wednesday night at the resistance by rank-and-file Republicans to potentially electing Scalise as speaker [cut] But look at where Scalise’s support came from. He scored the votes of the three non-voting delegates to Congress who are part of the Republican conference but can not vote for speaker on the floor: Dels. Amata Radewagen of American Samoa, James Moylan of Guam and Resident Commissioner Jenniffer Gonzalez-Colon of Puerto Rico. Fox News was told that the fact that Scalise "won" because of the support of the three delegates infuriated some House Republicans. Those...

Former President Donald Trump is reportedly not expected to support House Majority Leader Steve Scalise (R-LA) in the speakership race against House Judiciary Chair Jim Jordan (R-OH). Trump, whose 2024 campaign Scalise did not endorse, is unlikely to help Scalise whip the votes to become speaker because “loyalty is a two-way street,” three sources close to the president told the Messenger on Wednesday. One person “familiar with the former president’s thinking” explained it this way: “Trump personally likes Steve. There’s no real animosity,” said one of the sources. “But the fact is, loyalty is a two-way street and Steve had...

House Majority Leader Steve Scalise will not secure the 217 votes needed to become the chamber’s speaker, according to sources.The House conference has been delaying bringing the nomination to the floor for a full vote, as several members tell me Scalise cannot win.“There are as many as 20 members opposing Scalise,” one source said, noting almost all are “Jordan and McCarthy supporters,” referring to Jim Jordan, R-Ohio, who lost to Scalise on a secret ballot for nomination to replace ousted Speaker Kevin McCarthy, R-Calif.Publicly, Jordan is supporting Scalise, but privately he has told others he will enter the race as...

The House GOP’s long and embarrassing nightmare is over. Or has it just taken a pause? After more than a week of leadership battles and a moribund House, the Republican caucus nominated Steve Scalise as the next Speaker of the House. It was not by acclamation, needless to say:House Majority Leader Steve Scalise is the GOP’s next pick for speaker.The Louisiana Republican defeated Judiciary Chair Jim Jordan (R-Ohio) in a secret-ballot vote on Wednesday, securing a simple majority of the GOP conference.The 113-99 vote count came from Rep. Darrell Issa, although it is not yet official. The split raises the...

Former congressman Adam Kinzinger (R-IL) posted Wednesday on X that House Majority Leader Steve Scalise (R-LA), who is a Republican candidate for House Speaker, is the “best option for Ukraine.” Kinzinger is a strong advocate of defending Ukraine’s eastern border with $113 billion of American taxpayers’ dollars, while illegal aliens invade the U.S. southern border. Best option for Ukraine https://t.co/SsILrH2IdL — Adam Kinzinger (Slava Ukraini) 🇺🇸🇺 (@AdamKinzinger) October 11, 2023 “With the rank and file of my party losing faith in the fight for democracy, I see yet another example of how the conservatism I once knew, and that America...

Rep. Matt Gaetz (R-Fla.) celebrated the House GOP’s nomination of Majority Leader Steve Scalise (R-La.) for Speaker on Wednesday. “I’m excited for him,” Gaetz said in a video clip posted to C-SPAN’s account on X, formerly known as Twitter. “I can’t wait to go vote for Steve Scalise. Long live Speaker Scalise.” Gaetz previously said he would be pleased with either Scalise or House Judicial Chairman Jim Jordan (R-Ohio) as the nominee for Speaker. However, he didn’t officially endorse either contender. “I want to hear both of their specific plans on spending and on single-subject appropriations bills,” Gaetz said Sunday...