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- Rep. Steve Scalise, the GOP nominee to the next speaker of the House, has a rare blood cancer.
- It could derail his speakership bid, with Marjorie Taylor Greene and Trump raising concerns.
- Scalise moved to address those concerns during a closed-door meeting on Thursday.
Less than a day after House Majority Leader Steve Scalise narrowly secured his party's nomination to be the next speaker of the House, the Louisiana Republican is moving to address concerns about his health.
"I guess it's the elephant in the room," said Rep. Tim Burchett of Tennessee, who supports Scalise's speakership bid. "And everybody wants to go around it."