WATCH LIVE: House convenes as Scalise struggles to win over Republican votes for speaker

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The speaker’s dais is seen in the House of Representatives of the Capitol in Washington, Monday, Feb. 28, 2022. After House Speaker Kevin McCarthy was voted out of the job by a contingent of hard-right conservatives this week, House GOP leaders are now grappling to find a new speaker. With no speaker of the House, a constitutional officer second in line to the presidency, the Congress cannot fully function — to pass laws, fund the government, and otherwise serve as the branch of government closest to the people — during a time of simmering uncertainty at home and abroad. J. Scott Applewhite/AP

WATCH LIVE: House convenes as Scalise struggles to win over Republican votes for speaker

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The House of Representatives is set to convene as the lower chamber of Congress remains without a speaker and the GOP’s nominee encounters pushback from within his own conference.

The House is set to convene at 12 p.m. EDT, but it is unknown if a vote on the speaker will occur on Thursday.

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House Majority Leader Steve Scalise (R-LA) won the vote of the House Republican conference on Wednesday over Rep. Jim Jordan (R-OH), but several Republicans have said they will not support Scalise for speaker in a vote on the House floor.

The lower chamber of Congress has been without a speaker since last week, when Rep. Kevin McCarthy (R-CA) was ousted from the speakership in a vote that saw eight Republicans join all Democrats in voting against him. Until a new speaker is elected, the House is unable to carry out any legislative activity.

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