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The House of Representatives is paralyzed over issues that have practically nothing to do with government spending.

Party divisions forced Republicans to abandon two of their own spending measures this week as they toiled to agree on a stopgap spending bill to avert a shutdown next Saturday.

Republicans want to avoid another public spectacle like January, when hardline conservatives forced Kevin McCarthy to endure 15 floor votes over four days before winning the gavel.

Steve Scalise, the Republican nominee to lead the U.S. House of Representatives, faced a test on Thursday of whether he could gain enough support from his splintered party conference to be elected speaker on the chamber floor. A day after he bested House Judiciary Chairman Jim Jordan for the nomination in a secret party ballot, the Louisiana Republican had not yet proven whether he could muster the 217 Republican votes needed to overcome Democratic opposition and be elected to the role second in line to the presidency, after the vice president. "When we go to the floor, there'll be...

Republicans want to avoid another public spectacle like January, when hardline conservatives forced Kevin McCarthy to endure 15 floor votes over four days before winning the gavel.