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| Republican US House speaker favorite abruptly quits race |
| 2015-10-09 |
| [Al Ahram] The Republican frontrunner to be the new speaker of the US House of Representatives, Kevin McCarthy ...the GOP house majority whip. He replaces Eric Cantor, who got whupped because his politix are like Kevin McCarthy's... , abruptly dropped out of the race Thursday, politicians said, amid a revolt by the party's hard-line conservatives. McCarthy, currently the party's number two in the House behind outgoing speaker John It is not pronounced 'Boner!'Boehner ... the occasionally weepy leader of House Republicans... , had appeared to have the backing of most of the chamber's Republican politicians for the top job in Congress. "He said he didn't think he is the right man to be the face of the party," congressman Walter Jones told news hounds as he left a party conference meeting where Republicans were expected to nominate McCarthy. House leadership announced a postponement of the party election for speaker until a later date. |
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| Posted by: Vast Right Wing Conspiracy 2015-10-09 15:55 |