Rebecca Shabad is a politics reporter for NBC News based in Washington.
WASHINGTON — Rep. Zach Nunn, R-Iowa, expressed frustration on Thursday that the failure by House Republicans to coalesce around a candidate for speaker is taking away from time that could be spent addressing the Israel-Hamas war. The first-term lawmaker spoke to reporters after a closed-door House Republican Conference meeting as members grapple with trying to find a candidate who could be elected speaker in a floor vote.
, as speaker, House Republicans have been struggling to pick a successor who would have enough support to be elected during a formal floor vote. On Wednesday, House Majority Leader Steve Scalise, R-La., won an internal election for speaker in a 113-99 vote, but he will need 217 votes to win on the House floor. After House Republicans huddled in the basement of the Capitol on Thursday, it was evident that they still had no clear path ahead. 'While there are a lot of people in D.C.
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