GOP in tumult after McCarthy’s withdrawal from speaker race
Jolted by political lighting for the second time in two weeks, House Republicans are staring at turmoil and uncertainty after Majority Leader Kevin McCarthy’s astonishing decision to abandon his campaign to become the chamber’s next speaker.
McCarthy’s pledge: ‘I’m not John Boehner’
House Majority Leader Kevin McCarthy is promising conservative GOP lawmakers “I’m not John Boehner” as he seeks their support to replace Boehner as speaker.
Democrats: McCarthy comments on Clinton are shameful
Democrats criticized House Majority Leader Kevin McCarthy Wednesday after he suggested that the House’s Benghazi investigation committee can take credit for Hillary Rodham Clinton’s diminished public standing.
Next in line? McCarthy is realist with conservative appeal
Rep. Kevin McCarthy has risen to the upper reaches of House leadership mostly on the basis of his people skills and political smarts rather than his policy chops.