The U.S. House of Representatives has been without a Speaker for a week, and GOP lawmakers are anxious that there won’t be another any time soon. Rep. Steve Scalise (R.-La.) clinched the Republican nomination yesterday, but has been unable to sway enough holdouts to be elected on the floor, where he can only lose four GOP votes. “I don’t know who can get there,” Rep. Rich McCormick (R-Ga.) says.
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