Masthead Maine Article RatingHouse speaker nominee Scalise tries to sway skeptical Republican colleagues
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| "Asked if it was still possible for Scalise, R-La., to find enough support, McCarthy said: It's possible -- it's a big hill, though.The House is entering its second week without a speaker and is essentially unable to function, so the pressure is on Republicans to reverse course, reassert majority control and govern.Action is needed to fund the government or face the threat of a federal shutdown in a month." | Positive | 2% Conservative |
| "We need to come together and support Steve, Jordan told reporters before the closed session." | Positive | 46% Conservative |
| "We need to come together and support Steve, Jordan told reporters before the closed session." | Positive | 46% Conservative |
| "Well, I like Steve." | Positive | 40% Conservative |
| "Trump, the front-ruer to 2024 GOP presidential nomination, repeatedly discussed Scalise's health during a radio interview that aired Thursday." | Positive | 22% Conservative |
| "Trump, the front-ruer to 2024 GOP presidential nomination, repeatedly discussed Scalise's health during a radio interview that aired Thursday." | Positive | 22% Conservative |
| "Time is of the essence, McCarthy said when he arrived at the Capitol." | Positive | 18% Conservative |
| "With a Press Herald subscription, you can gift 5 articles each month.House Majority Leader Steve Scalise, R-La., is trailed by reporters as he arrives to meet with the House Republican Conference at the Capitol in Washington, Thursday, Oct. 12, 2023." | Positive | 12% Conservative |
| "Rep. Troy Nehls, R-Texas, reaffirmed his support for Trump as speaker; the position does not need to go to a member of Congress." | Positive | 4% Conservative |
| "Rep. Troy Nehls, R-Texas, reaffirmed his support for Trump as speaker; the position does not need to go to a member of Congress." | Positive | 4% Conservative |
| "Asked if it was still possible for Scalise, R-La., to find enough support, McCarthy said: It's possible -- it's a big hill, though.The House is entering its second week without a speaker and is essentially unable to function, so the pressure is on Republicans to reverse course, reassert majority control and govern.Action is needed to fund the government or face the threat of a federal shutdown in a month." | Positive | 2% Conservative |
| "Asked if it was still possible for Scalise, R-La., to find enough support, McCarthy said: It's possible -- it's a big hill, though.The House is entering its second week without a speaker and is essentially unable to function, so the pressure is on Republicans to reverse course, reassert majority control and govern.Action is needed to fund the government or face the threat of a federal shutdown in a month." | Positive | 2% Conservative |
| "It was the most vocal endorsement yet from Jordan who had earlier offered to give his rival a nominating speech on the floor, and privately was telling lawmakers he would vote Scalise is encouraging his colleagues to do the same." | Positive | 2% Conservative |
| "The chamber is narrowly split 221-212, meaning Scalise can lose just a few Republicans in the face of opposition from Democrats who will most certainly back their own leader, New York Rep, Hakeem Jeffries." | Negative | -12% Liberal |
| "McCarthy, R-Calif., noted that Scalise, a longtime rival, had indicated he would have 150 votes behind closed doors, but missed that mark." | Negative | -12% Liberal |
| "McCarthy, R-Calif., noted that Scalise, a longtime rival, had indicated he would have 150 votes behind closed doors, but missed that mark." | Negative | -12% Liberal |
| "AdvertisementJordan, a founding member of the House Freedom Caucus who was backed by Donald Trump in the speaker's race, said he did not plan to continue ruing for the leadership position." | Negative | -14% Liberal |
| "I think it's going to be very hard, maybe in either case, for somebody to get, Trump said." | Negative | -16% Liberal |
| "AdvertisementExasperated Democrats, who have been watching and waiting for the Republican majority to recover from McCarthy's ouster, urged them to figure it out." | Negative | -16% Liberal |
| "But it was unclear whether enough whether lawmakers who backed Jordan will throw their support to Scalise." | Negative | -18% Liberal |
| "The House Republicans need to end the GOP Civil War, now, Jeffries said." | Negative | -18% Liberal |
| "Scalise must peel off more than 100 votes, mostly from those who backed his chief rival, Rep. Jim Jordan, the Judiciary Committee chairman favored by hard-liners, as lawmakers dig in for a fight to replace Rep. Kevin McCarthy after his historic ouster from the job." | Negative | -22% Liberal |
| "Scalise must peel off more than 100 votes, mostly from those who backed his chief rival, Rep. Jim Jordan, the Judiciary Committee chairman favored by hard-liners, as lawmakers dig in for a fight to replace Rep. Kevin McCarthy after his historic ouster from the job." | Negative | -22% Liberal |
| "A steady stream of some of the more hard-line Republicans filed into Scalise's office late into the evening, bringing their complaints, criticisms and demands as he worked to shore up support." | Negative | -22% Liberal |
| "The situation is not fully different from the start of the year, when McCarthy faced a similar backlash from a different group of far-right holdouts who ultimately gave their votes to elect him speaker, then engineered his historic downfall." | Negative | -24% Liberal |
| "Handfuls of hard-liners aounced they were sticking with Jordan, McCarthy or someone other than Scalise." | Negative | -26% Liberal |
| "Many Republicans want to prevent the spectacle of a messy House floor fight like the grueling January brawl when McCarthy became speaker." | Negative | -28% Liberal |
| "PreviousNew indictment charges Sen. Bob Menendez with being unregistered agent of the Egyptian government filed under:" | Negative | -28% Liberal |
| "Nominated to be House speaker, Rep. Steve Scalise is heading straight into a familiar Republican problem: Skeptical GOP colleagues are reluctant to give their support, denying him the majority vote needed to win the gavel." | Negative | -34% Liberal |
| "Veteran lawmakers said Scalise was not deal-making, as McCarthy did, to win votes." | Negative | -38% Liberal |
| "Veteran lawmakers said Scalise was not deal-making, as McCarthy did, to win votes." | Negative | -38% Liberal |
| "AdvertisementTrump is expected to take a hands-off approach to the internal GOP fight now that Scalise, rather than his choice of Jordan, is the nominee, according to one person familiar with Trump's thinking who spoke on condition of anonymity." | Negative | -42% Liberal |
| "AdvertisementTrump is expected to take a hands-off approach to the internal GOP fight now that Scalise, rather than his choice of Jordan, is the nominee, according to one person familiar with Trump's thinking who spoke on condition of anonymity." | Negative | -42% Liberal |
| "But the problem, you know, Steve is a man that is in serious trouble, from the standpoint of his cancer, Trump said on Fox News host Brian Kilmeade's radio show." | Negative | -58% Liberal |
| "But the problem, you know, Steve is a man that is in serious trouble, from the standpoint of his cancer, Trump said on Fox News host Brian Kilmeade's radio show." | Negative | -58% Liberal |
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51% : Asked if it was still possible for Scalise, R-La., to find enough support, McCarthy said: "It's possible -- it's a big hill, though."The House is entering its second week without a speaker and is essentially unable to function, so the pressure is on Republicans to reverse course, reassert majority control and govern.Action is needed to fund the government or face the threat of a federal shutdown in a month.*Our bias meter rating uses data science including sentiment analysis, machine learning and our proprietary algorithm for determining biases in news articles. Bias scores are on a scale of -100% to 100% with higher negative scores being more liberal and higher positive scores being more conservative, and 0% being neutral. The rating is an independent analysis and is not affiliated nor sponsored by the news source or any other organization.