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The House Republican caucus slowly inched toward something resembling stability Tuesday, nominating Majority Leader Steve Scalise, R-La., for speaker by a vote of 113-99 over Rep. Jim Jordan, R-Ohio. But even if Scalise manages to get the requisite 217 votes to actually land the job, the odds look long for him to create the stable governing majority his predecessor Rep. Kevin McCarthy, R-Calif., couldn’t. Yes, McCarthy had particular flaws that made his speakership so tumultuous.
Those two factors combined helped them have one of the largest majorities the party has ever held — 247 seats to just 188 held by Democrats — after the 2014 midterms. But many of the newcomers in the 114th Congress were products of the prevailing political climate.
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