Steve Scalise Denies There Is Any Attempt To Oust Boehner as Speaker

‘We’ve had the vote already and we’re moving forward’

WALLACE: "There's a lot of talk that the so-called freedom caucus that's about 50 of the more hard-lined, more conservative Republican members are talking about going after John Boehner's job as speaker. How seriously do you take that talk about a revolt?"
SCALISE: "Well, Chris, we had this vote just a few weeks ago, and that vote is over. We are moving forward --" [crosstalk]
WALLACE: "The vote -- you're talking about the vote to make him speaker?"
SCALISE: "That's correct, yes. And obviously he's speaker. He's going forward. And he's working hard to get our agenda moved through the House and we've already seen some good action. We've moved the Keystone pipeline bill. The president vetoed it, but he's finally had bills like that on his desk. We've also passed other bills to get our economy moving again and we're working on a budget right now where we can finally get control over Washington's spending and get a balanced federal budget. We're not slowing down, we're moving forward with the strong agenda to get our country moving."

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