GOP lawmakers did select Steve Scalise as their nominee for the job that is second in the line of presidential succession on Wednesday.
The worsening debacle in the House follows the ouster of former Speaker Kevin McCarthy last week by eight Republicans voting with Democrats.
But some GOP leaders are irritated that the jockeying is distracting from the imperative to find a speaker.
He was still well short of the 217 votes – a majority of the current House – needed to claim the speakership on the floor.
“He has no path to 217,” one top House Republican said on condition of anonymity.
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