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House Majority Whip Steve Scalise of La., right, with House Majority Leader Kevin McCarthy of Calif., left, and Rep. Cathy McMorris Rodgers, R-Wash., speaks to reporters on Capitol Hill in Washington, following a House GOP caucus meeting. Scalise acknowledged that he once addressed a gathering of white supremacists. Scalise served in the Louisiana Legislature when he appeared at a 2002 convention of the European-American Unity and Rights Organization. Now he is the third-highest ranked House Republican in Washington. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite, File)

David Duke, ex-KKKer, warns GOP: Back Steve Scalise, or I’ll name names

By Cheryl K. Chumley - The Washington Times

Louisiana state Sen. Elbert L. Guillory (YouTube)

‘Steve Scalise is a leader,’ says Elbert Guillory, black Louisiana Republican

By Jessica Chasmar - The Washington Times

House Majority Whip Steve Scalise of La., right, with House Majority Leader Kevin McCarthy of Calif., left, and Rep. Cathy McMorris Rodgers, R-Wash., speaks to reporters on Capitol Hill in Washington, following a House GOP caucus meeting. Scalise acknowledged that he once addressed a gathering of white supremacists. Scalise served in the Louisiana Legislature when he appeared at a 2002 convention of the European-American Unity and Rights Organization. Now he is the third-highest ranked House Republican in Washington. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite, File)

John Boehner: Steve Scalise has my ‘full confidence’

By David Sherfinski - The Washington Times

Rep. Steve Scalise, R-La., who leads a conservative faction of lawmakers in the Republican Study Committee, speaks with reporters on Capitol Hill in Washington, Thursday, June 19, 2014, after the House Republican Conference elected him to be the new House majority whip, replacing current whip Rep. Kevin McCarthy, R-Calif., who was elevated to majority leader. Scalise was in a three-way race with Rep. Peter Roskam, R-Ill., and Rep. Marlin Stutzman, R-Ind. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite) **FILE**

JUDSON PHILLIPS: Steve Scalise and the ignorance defense

By Judson Phillips

Rep. Michael Grimm speaks to the media outside Federal court in Brooklyn after pleading guilty to a federal tax evasion charge rather than go to trial, Tuesday, Dec. 23, 2014, in New York. Grimm had been set to go to trial in February on charges of evading taxes by hiding more than $1 million in sales and wages while running a Manhattan health-food restaurant. (AP Photo/John Minchillo)

Rep. Michael Grimm to resign seat

By David Sherfinski - The Washington Times

House Majority Whip Steve Scalise of La., right, with House Majority Leader Kevin McCarthy of Calif., left, and Rep. Cathy McMorris Rodgers, R-Wash., speaks to reporters on Capitol Hill in Washington, following a House GOP caucus meeting. Scalise acknowledged that he once addressed a gathering of white supremacists. Scalise served in the Louisiana Legislature when he appeared at a 2002 convention of the European-American Unity and Rights Organization. Now he is the third-highest ranked House Republican in Washington. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite, File)

Steve Scalise spoke at white nationalist event

By Jennifer Pompi - The Washington Times

President Obama speaks on the phone in the Oval Office of the White House in Washington, June 2, 2014. (Associated Press) ** FILE **

GOP to Obama: ‘Put down your pen and phone’ on ‘opportunity agenda’ push

By Dave Boyer - The Washington Times

Incoming House Majority Whip Rep. Steve Scalise, Louisiana Republican (left), talks with Majority Leader-elect Rep. Kevin McCarthy, California Republican. Mr. Scalise was seen as the choice of conservatives eager to install a voice of their own in the upper ranks of leadership. (Associated Press)

Scalise takes conservative stances on spending issues, hawkish on energy

By David Sherfinski - The Washington Times

Scalise appoints North Carolina Rep. McHenry as chief deputy whip

By David Sherfinski - The Washington Times

House Majority Whip Kevin McCarthy of Calif., arrives for GOP leadership elections, on Capitol Hill in Washington, Thursday, June 19, 2014. House Republicans elected McCarthy as majority leader, party's No. 2 post. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

Kevin McCarthy elected House majority leader; Scalise picked as whip

By David Sherfinski - The Washington Times

FILE - This June 11, 2014, file photo shows Rep. Steve Scalise, R-La., walking through a staircase at the Capitol in Washington. The contest for the No. 3 spot in the House GOP has turned into tea party conservatives’ last, best shot at congressional leadership after getting shut out of the top two jobs in the shakeup following Majority Leader Eric Cantor’s surprise primary defeat. All three _ Scalise of Louisiana, Peter Roskam of Illinois, and Marlin Stutzman _ are to make their case to GOP rank-and-file lawmakers Wednesday ahead of votes on Thursday. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

Two emerge as frontrunners in GOP leadership race

By David Sherfinski - The Washington Times

In 2016, Texas Democrats couldn't find a serious challenger to take on Republican Rep. Pete Sessions in the Dallas suburbs. This year, Democrats are fielding a much more robust set of candidates, with nine already looking to take on Mr. Sessions. (Associated Press)

House Whip contest heats up amid acrimony, calls for unity

By David Sherfinski - The Washington Times

Rep. Raul Labrador suffered a setback over the weekend in his challenge against Rep. Kevin McCarthy to become the House Majority Leader when he presided over a chaotic state party convention in which Idaho Republicans failed to elect a chairman or adopt a platform. (associated press photographs)

Conservatives seek geographic diversity in next House whip

By David Sherfinski - The Washington Times

Louisiana editorial roundup

By The Associated Press - Associated Press

** FILE ** Tea Party Patriots co-founder Jenny Beth Martin pauses while organizing the start of an Election Day demonstration on the lawn of the Capitol in Washington on Nov. 2, 2010. (Associated Press)

Tea Party Patriots call key GOP firing a declaration of war

By Cheryl K. Chumley - The Washington Times

Stephen Mansfield addresses the virtues, habits and disciplines of a vital breed — the "manly man." (Stephen Mansfield)

Inside the Beltway: Obamacare ‘fix’ now in a fix

By Jennifer Harper - The Washington Times

**FILE** Rep. Steve Scalise, Louisiana Republican, speaks at the 40th annual Conservative Political Action Conference in National Harbor, Md., on March 15, 2013. (Associated Press)

House Republicans file, promote an alternative to Obamacare

By Tom Howell Jr. - The Washington Times

**FILE** Rep. Jim Jordan, Ohio Republican (Associated Press)

GOP duo: Compromising principles not necessary to win

By David Sherfinski - The Washington Times

** FILE ** Jim DeMint resigned from his U.S. Senate seat representing South Carolina to take leadership at the Heritage Foundation, a conservative Washington-based think tank. (Associated Press)

MILLER: Conservatives’ next step

By Emily Miller - The Washington Times

BP, feds in talks over spill fines

By Dina Cappiello and Harry R. Weber - Associated Press