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 Luca Cacciatore | Newsmax 

Rep. Ben Cline, R-Va., told Newsmax on Wednesday a new, private House Republican conference meeting likely will have to be held before a vote on the next speaker reaches the floor.

Cline told "The Record with Greta Van Susteren" a floor vote scheduled for later in the day was put off because of at least seven conference holdouts.

Majority Leader Steve Scalise of Louisiana defeated Judiciary Committee Chair Jim Jordan of Ohio for the conference's backing in a secret ballot vote, 113-99.

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