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Vance, Scalise, others defend Trump over White House media ban: 'Totally appropriate'
Vice President JD Vance, House Majority Leader Rep. Steve Scalise, and others are defending President Trump's ban of some media outlets from the White House. Read More
Steve Scalise's top aide is leaving to start a business
WASHINGTON – After nearly a decade as House Majority Leader Steve Scalise’s chief of staff, Megan Bel Miller is stepping down to start her own business. Read More
Need Details, I'd Like to See Welfare Reform, Balanced Budget 'Lowers Costs More Than Anything'
During an interview with NewsNation on Wednesday, House Majority Leader Rep. Steve Scalise (R-LA) said that while he needs to see the details of any | Clips Read More
Letters: Gerrymandering makes citizen feel she doesn’t count
I recently received a new voter registration card, only to discover that I have been gerrymandered out of my Democratic district into Rep. Steve Scalise’s deeply red District 1. Read More
Mike Johnson and Steve Scalise predict GOP win in midterms
WASHINGTON — Speaker of the House Mike Johnson and Majority Leader Steve Scalise — the two top Republicans in the U.S. House, who both want to keep those jobs — Read More
Steve Scalise campaigns for Brinker Harding in Nebraska CD2
U.S. Rep. Steve Scalise, the House Majority Leader, called the race in Nebraska's 2nd Congressional District among the most crucial in the country. Read More
Opinion: Steve Scalise, James Carville agree DSA is a danger
James Carville and Steve Scalise have both recently warned about the rise of the DSA new-wave leftists in the Democratic Party. Columnist Quin Hillyer says they’re correct to do so. Read More
Letters: No ID needed to eat pasta
During a July 21 press conference, Louisiana’s Rep. Steve Scalise, the Republican House Majority Leader, claimed, “You can’t go get pasta at an Olive Garden without a picture ID.” He Read More
Steve Scalise compares Olive Garden pasta pass to federal voter ID
Steve Scalise compares the lack of a federal voter ID law to Olive Garden's photo ID requirement for its unlimited pasta pass, arguing for the SAVE America Act. Read More
Steve Scalise confirms fourth reconciliation bill on fraud, waste
House Majority Leader Steve Scalise confirms a fourth big beautiful reconciliation bill aimed at rooting out government waste and returning money to taxpayers. Read More
House GOP Leader Previews Fourth Budget Bill Aimed at Fraud
House Republicans are discussing a fourth party-line budget reconciliation bill to “go after fraud,” even as leaders struggle to collect votes for their third attempt, House Majority Leader Steve Scalise (R-La.) told Bloomberg Government Tuesday. Read More
End of Jones Act waiver will raise energy prices
Speaker Mike Johnson, Majority Leader Steve Scalise and 50 other House Republicans just signed a letter asking President Donald Trump to allow the ongoing waiver of the Jones Act, a protectionist shipping law, to expire as scheduled on Aug. 16. They are effectively calling for higher energy prices. The Jones Act, passed in 1920, requires […] Read More
How Mike Johnson, Steve Scalise are using Zohran Mamdani’s wins to go after Democrats
WASHINGTON — House Speaker Mike Johnson and House Majority Leader Steve Scalise likened recent democratic socialist primary victories to the revolution that founded the Soviet Union in 1917. Read More
American Tributes - Steve Scalise: America Has a Responsibility to Lead in a Dangerous World
House Majority Leader Steve Scalise (R-LA) said freedom, opportunity, and the American dream remain central to America’s strength ahead of the nation’s 250th birthday. Read More
Congressional fight on college athletics led by LA lawmakers
The SCORE Act, written by Louisiana's Steve Scalise, and the Protect College Sports Act, are the two leading proposals to change college athletics. LA lawmakers are at the center of the fight. Read More
High-Stakes Meeting: US House Speaker and President Tackle Surveillance Law
US House Speaker Mike Johnson and President Donald Trump are in talks to reach an agreement on the reauthorization of an expiring foreign surveillance law. House Majority Leader Steve Scalise confirmed the meeting is intended to finalize terms concerning the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act (FISA). Read More
Letters; GOP politicans sacrificing everything for party
It has never been more obvious. Donald Trump, Steve Scalise, Mike Johnson, Jeff Landry and Liz Murrill are willing to sacrifice everything, including state and country, for their party. Read More
Scalise, GOP lawmakers call Boulder County climate suit a 'war on American energy'
More than 70 House Republicans led by Steve Scalise urged the Supreme Court to reject Boulder County's climate lawsuit against ExxonMobil and Suncor Energy. Read More
Steve Scalise endorses Julia Letlow in Louisiana Senate race
House Majority Leader Steve Scalise endorsed Julia Letlow in the race for U.S. Senate in Louisiana after she ousted Bill Cassidy in Saturday’s election. Read More
Steve Scalise tells Gov Pritzker to look in mirror over violence rhetoric
Rep. Steve Scalise responds to Gov. JB Pritzker's claim that Trump fosters political violence, urging Pritzker to "look at the man in the mirror" and stop inflammatory rhetoric. Read More