Rep. Steve Scalise

House Majority Leader Steve Scalise emerges from a House GOP conference meeting on Wednesday after his colleagues chose him to be their nominee for speaker.

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Scalise says he's a unifier. The current state of the GOP will test that skill

8:17pm October 12, 2023

by Molly Ryan

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.

House Majority Leader Steve Scalise of Louisiana speaks at a House Republican Conference news conference in Washington on May 23.

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Steve Scalise says he has been diagnosed with a 'very treatable blood cancer'

1:25pm August 29, 2023

by Washington Desk

House Majority Leader Steve Scalise said he's begun treatment for multiple myeloma. He said he expects to return to Washington to continue work while he undergoes treatment.

House Majority PAC has unveiled a campaign ad taking aim at top House Republican leaders.

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Democrats Unveil Ad Attacking House GOP Leaders

5:47pm August 17, 2018

by Kelsey Snell

An outside group supporting House Democrats is running a digital ad that uses a strategy the party used in 2006 to challenge Republican control of the House — focusing on personal scandals.

Rep. Steve Scalise (center) is helped off the field by Rep. Cedric Richmond (right) and Rep. Bran Wenstroup (left) after playing second base during the Congressional Baseball Game on Thursday in Washington, D.C.

Scalise Returns to Baseball Field One Year After Shooting Left Him Seriously Injured

9:44pm June 14, 2018

by Kelsey Snell

One year after being attacked at a GOP baseball practice, Louisiana GOP Rep. Steve Scalise talks to NPR about serving as the top vote counter and his relationship with President Trump.

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House Majority Whip Steve Scalise listens as five officers are presented with medals during a ceremony in November. The officers were honored for risking their lives to save others when a gunman opened fire on the GOP congressional baseball team's practic

Rep. Scalise To Undergo Another Surgery As Part Of Shooting Recovery

1:10pm January 10, 2018

by Doreen McCallister

Scalise was wounded in June when a gunman opened fire on Republican lawmakers practicing in a Washington, D.C., suburb for a charity baseball game.

Rep. Steve Scalise, R-La., walks through Statuary Hall at the U.S. Capitol as he returns to work Thursday after being injured in a shooting at the Republican Congressional baseball team practice on June 14.

Rep. Scalise Returns To House After Shooting: 'You Have No Idea How Great This Feels'

12:59pm September 28, 2017

by Brian Naylor

The Republican lawmaker was seriously wounded at a June 14 charity baseball practice. Upon his return, House Speaker Paul Ryan said, "Our prayers have been answered."

House Republican whip Steve Scalise was the most seriously wounded of the four people hit by gunfire in the attack at a baseball field in Alexandria, Va., in June.

Rep. Scalise Released From Hospital 6 Weeks After Shooting

3:09pm July 26, 2017

by Merrit Kennedy

Steve Scalise, who was critically wounded by a gunman who fired on a congressional baseball practice in June, has left a Washington, D.C., hospital to begin a period of intensive rehabilitation.

In May, House Majority Whip Steve Scalise, R-La., speaks with the media on Capitol Hill in Washington, D.C.

House Majority Whip Steve Scalise Readmitted To Intensive Care Unit

12:24pm July 06, 2017

by Doreen McCallister

The Louisiana congressman, wounded when a gunman opened fire on a Republican baseball practice, is back in intensive care because of concerns about infection, according to MedStar Washington Center.

Sarah Palin Sues 'New York Times,' Says Editorial Defamed Her

10:55am June 28, 2017

by Doreen McCallister

The Times editorial, which was corrected later, linked one of Palin's political action committee ads to the mass shooting in January 2011 that severely wounded then-Arizona Rep. Gabby Giffords.

Louisiana Rep. Steve Scalise addresses the media on December 6, 2016. On Wednesday, his condition was upgraded to fair a week after he was shot on a Virginia baseball field.

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Rep. Steve Scalise's Condition Upgraded To 'Fair' After Baseball Field Shooting

8:23pm June 21, 2017

by Amy Held

The hospital treating the 51-year-old Louisiana congressman says he is beginning an extended period of healing, a week after being shot during a baseball practice in Virginia.