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Washington, D.C.-House Majority Leader Steve Scalise of Louisiana narrowly won the Republican conference's nomination for speaker but remained short of the 217 votes needed ultimately to win the gavel. That left the House paralyzed and unable to act on legislation, including a major energy and water spending bill that stalled after the unprecedented vote to oust Kevin McCarthy (R-Calif.) as speaker. In a closed-door meeting of the House Republican Conference, Scalise defeated Rep. Jim Jordan of Ohio in their race to succeed McCarthy by a reported vote of 113 to 99. |