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House Republicans plan to huddle behind closed doors Thursday to work toward the election of a new House speaker after Steve Scalise narrowly won the party's nomination. House Republicans plan to huddle behind closed doors Thursday afternoon to work toward the election of a new House speaker after Majority Leader Steve Scalise narrowly won the party's nomination in a private ballot at the Capitol Wednesday. During the closer-door session Thursday, Scalise will address the conference, sources told ABC News' Senior Congressional Correspondent Rachel Scott. The House adjourned Wednesday night with no scheduled floor vote for a new speaker, further complicating Scalise's path to the gavel. On Wednesday, House Republicans narrowly elected Scalise -- pushing aside Rep. Jim Jordan, R-Ohio, a firebrand and chairman of the House Judiciary Committee. MORE: Steve Scalise wins House GOP speaker nomination With all Democrats supporting Rep. Hakeem Jeffries, D-N.Y., Scalise can o...

Rep. Mike Turner accused House Republican renegades of "voting with Nancy Pelosi" as they continue to rebuff Kevin McCarthy in his efforts to avoid a government shutdown. Rep. Mike Turner, R-Ohio, on Sunday accused House Republican renegades of " voting with Nancy Pelosi" as a handful of conservatives in the chamber continue to rebuff Speaker Kevin McCarthy's approach to the government budget in his efforts to avoid a shutdown at month's end. "The holdouts keep saying to Kevin McCarthy, 'Don’t bring bipartisan bills to the floor, we don't want to use Democrat votes to try to avert a shutdown ,' but they're using Democrat votes to try to cause a shutdown . And these individuals, these Republican holdouts , are voting with Nancy Pelosi against Republican bills that have been brought to the floor that will -- could trigger a shutdown ," Turner told ABC "This Week" co-anchor Martha Raddatz, invoking the name of the sp...

Some Republicans who had held out against voting for Kevin McCarthy scoffed at claims that former President Donald Trump swayed the outcome of last week's speaker vote. Moments after clinching the House speakership, Kevin McCarthy headed to the cameras to "especially thank" one person he said helped him get the gig: Donald Trump. "I do want to especially thank President Trump," McCarthy told reporters. "I don't think anybody should doubt his influence. He was with me from the beginning … he was all in." The former president, coming off of weeks of negative headlines from having dinner with a white supremacist to having his tax returns released, was also quick to take credit for McCarthy's eventual victory after publicly and privately pressuring members to back him. "The Fake News Media was, believe it or not, very gracious in their reporting that I greatly helped Kevin McCarthy attain the position of Speaker of the House. Thank you, I di...