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The U.S. House voted Thursday to approve a bill that would preempt the Biden administration’s move last month to pause new approvals for some liquified natural gas exports.

New House Speaker Mike Johnson, a Congressman from Louisiana, is now second in the line of presidential succession, after the vice president. And the House in January 2025 will have a key role in certifying the winner of next year's presidential election.

If elected House speaker, Louisiana Republican Steve Scalise would be the first top House leader from the South since Newt Gingrich served as speaker more than 20 years ago.

Scalise, the current House majority leader, has represented southeast Louisiana's 1st Congressional district since 2008. Republicans now will seek to assemble their narrow House majority around Scalise in what is certain to be a close vote of the full House.

On Tuesday evening, two leading contenders, Majority Leader Steve Scalise and Judiciary Chairman Jim Jordan are scheduled to address colleagues behind closed doors at a candidate forum. But they appear to be splitting the vote — and the House is stuck in a stalemate that threatens to keep Congress partly shuttered.

House Republicans are meeting Monday evening at the Capitol as the Speaker vacancy severely limits America’s ability to quickly respond to the crisis in Israel. It’s not at all clear if ousted former speaker Kevin McCarthy could seriously make a comeback, or if any other Republicans seeking the gavel — Louisiana's Steve Scalise or Ohio's Jim Jordan — can be elected speaker as their majority dissembles into infighting.

A day after the House of Representatives' vote to oust Rep. Kevin McCarthy as House Speaker, Scalise and several other Republicans have announced bids to replace him.

U.S. Rep. Steve Scalise (R-La.) is among several lawmakers who have announced bids for the Speaker role.

The leading proposal from GOP leadership would maintain the current racial makeup of House districts.

The 116th Congress is beginning its first session today (Thursday 1/3), and Democrats are now in control of the House of Representatives. Watch the first…