Majority Leader Steve Scalise (R-LA) was selected as the Republican conference's House speaker nominee Wednesday when he won a closed-door vote among members, 113 to Rep. Jim Jordan's (R-OH) 99. However, the road to the necessary 217 votes among the Republicans' slim majority could be difficult if former Speaker Kevin McCarthy's 15-ballot series in January is any indication. There are several members who have already expressed their opposition to voting for Scalise when the speaker vote heads to the House floor. Reps. Bob Good (R-VA) and Nancy Mace (R-SC), who were part of the eight members who voted to oust...