House remains without speaker as Republican holdouts block Scalise
by Joan E Greve and Lauren Gambino in Washington from US news | The Guardian on (#6FGK6)
Congressional business at a standstill as House majority leader drops out of speaker race on Thursday
The House of Representatives remained without a speaker on Thursday, as the fractious Republican majority refused to unite behind their party's chosen nominee, congressman Steve Scalise of Louisiana.
A day after narrowly becoming House Republicans' candidate for speaker in a secret ballot vote, Scalise moved no closer to overcoming the entrenched divisions on Thursday.
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