Jun 13 Tea party challenger enters race for majority leader By Quinn Bowman House Whip Kevin McCarthy, R-Calif., is no longer the lone Republican vying for the majority leader position Rep. Eric Cantor, R-Va., vacated earlier this week. Idaho’s Raul Labrador, first elected in 2010 when the tea party wave swept Republicans into… Continue reading
Jun 13 Playing whack-a-mole: Hit or miss on politics and policy By Gwen Ifill Had a bad week? One that made you cry? One where you got smacked sideways by a setback you never saw coming? John Boehner has some advice for you: change the subject. That’s the option the speaker of the House… Continue reading
Jun 12 As rivals drop out, McCarthy lone candidate for majority leader By Quinn Bowman Rep. Pete Sessions dropped out of the race for Majority Leader Thursday evening, leaving Rep. Kevin McCarthy as the lone remaining candidate for the second most powerful post in the House of Representatives. Continue reading
Jun 12 Republicans move quickly to fill leadership vacuum left by ousted Cantor By Domenico Montanaro, Terence Burlij, Rachel Wellford, Simone Pathe Today in the Morning Line: McCarthy makes his move to replace Cantor in leadership Cantor, a ‘victim of his own ambitions’ Cantor doesn’t likely change 2014, but 2016 is a different story A warning about volatility in campaigns New… Continue reading
Jun 11 Watch Brat topples Cantor in show of grassroots enthusiasm over GOP establishment By PBS News Hour The defeat of House Majority Leader Eric Cantor by David Brat shakes the stability of a more fragile GOP establishment. Gwen Ifill is joined by former Rep. Tom Davis, R-Va., Adam Brandon of FreedomWorks and Ed O'Keefe of The Washington… Continue watching
Jun 11 Watch House GOP’s second-in-command to step down after primary upset By PBS News Hour Rep. Eric Cantor, R-Va., announced his decision to step down from his leadership post less than 24 hours after he became the first House majority leader to be defeated in a primary. Cantor was ousted by David Brat, a virtually… Continue watching
Jun 11 Cantor to resign House leadership after primary loss By David Espo, Associated Press WASHINGTON — Officials say House Majority Leader Eric Cantor intends to resign his leadership post this summer after losing a primary election Tuesday night in a major upset. Continue reading
Jun 11 Cantor loss sends jolt through political world By Domenico Montanaro, Terence Burlij, Rachel Wellford, Simone Pathe Today in the Morning Line: Cantor falls in stunning upset to Brat Defeat highlights difficulty for GOP on dealing with immigration reform Plenty of questions about Cantor’s campaign strategy House Republicans now without heir apparent to Boehner Obama weighs… Continue reading
Jun 11 Tea party supporters rejoice in Eric Cantor’s defeat By David Espo, Associated Press Republican tea party forces are rejoicing and the party establishment is somber or altogether silent in the wake of House Majority Leader Eric Cantor's primary defeat at the hands of political neophyte David Brat, an unflinching foe of loosening immigration… Continue reading
Jun 10 House Majority Leader Eric Cantor defeated in Virginia primary By Alan Suderman, Associated Press House Majority Leader Eric Cantor was defeated Tuesday by a little-known economics professor in Virginia's Republican primary, a stunning upset and major victory for the tea party. Continue reading