Sahil Kapur is a senior national political reporter for NBC News.
WASHINGTON — More than 24 hours after Republicans nominated Rep. Steve Scalise to be the next House speaker, they remained mired in divisions and no closer to electing him as deep angst persisted after an hours-long meeting. Exiting the meeting before it ended, Rep. Mike Rogers, R-Ala., openly fretted that his party’s narrow majority may never find the 217 votes necessary to elect a speaker.
“I think individually, people have had questions, and I felt it would be much better if we did it in full view — where it’s not individually, where people don’t think that there are side deals going on, where everybody can see, as Republicans talking amongst ourselves, what those issues are. The good news is our support continues to grow. We’re continuing to work to narrow the gap. And that’s going on. And we’re going to continue the meetings.
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