House Majority Leader Steve Scalise, R-La., talks to reporters as he broadcasts that he’s ending his marketing campaign to be the following House speaker, after a Republican assembly on the U.S. Capitol on Oct. 12.

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House Majority Leader Steve Scalise, R-La., talks to reporters as he broadcasts that he’s ending his marketing campaign to be the following House speaker, after a Republican assembly on the U.S. Capitol on Oct. 12.

Jose Luis Magana/AP

Rep. Steve Scalise, R-La., has dropped out of the race to turn out to be the brand new House speaker, after failing to secure enough support for his bid to succeed on the ground.

“I was very clear we have to have everybody put their agendas on the side and focus on what this country needs,” Scalise instructed reporters within the Capitol. “This country is counting on us to come back together. This House of Representatives needs a speaker, and we need to open up the House again.”

Scalise knowledgeable House Republicans of his plans throughout a closed-door assembly within the basement of the Capitol.

Scalise, the present Republican majority chief, gained a slim majority of the convention in a closed-door, secret-ballot election on Wednesday. By a vote of 113-99, Scalise defeated House Judiciary Committee Chairman Jim Jordan, R-Ohio, however was far wanting the votes wanted to win a majority of the complete House: 217 if all present members are current and voting.

He spent days assembly with holdouts to attempt to assuage their issues, however his path to 217 remained murky.

With no speaker and no Republican nominee for speaker, the House stays frozen as war rages between Israel and Hamas and a government funding deadline looms on Nov. 17.

The path ahead for selecting one other speaker candidate is much from clear.

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