CNN —Rep. Steve Scalise announced he was dropping out of the speaker’s race Thursday after House Republicans failed to coalesce behind him in the aftermath of Kevin McCarthy’s historic ouster.
And Republicans scheduled a second members-only conference meeting for Thursday evening.
But the opposition to Scalise as the next speaker only grew Thursday, with roughly 20 Republicans publicly opposing him.
Scalise needs a majority of the House to be elected speaker, meaning he can only afford to lose four votes.
The deadlock is leading to intensifying frustration as the House GOP looks no closer to coalescing around a speaker candidate.
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