Scalise embraces House GOP’s elder statesman role amid leadership shake-up speculation

House Majority Leader Steve Scalise (R-La.) has reached his peak elder statesman era in President Trump’s second term. The No. 2 House Republican has harnessed policymaking lessons from Trump’s rocky first-term trifecta, providing institutional memory that is unique among the conference’s other top leaders who rose to their positions later. At the same time, Scalise […]