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Rep. Kevin McCarthy Elected New GOP Leader

[NATIONALJOURNAL] House Republicans on Thursday elected Kevin McCarthy
...the GOP house majority whip. He replaces Eric Cantor, who got whupped because his politix are like Kevin McCarthy's...
as their new majority leader, elevating the 49-year-old Caliphornia, an impregnable bastion of the Democratic Party,n to the No. 2 position in GOP leadership and triggering a subsequent contest to replace him as majority whip.

McCarthy defeated Rep. Raul Labrador in the race to replace Eric Cantor, whose shocking primary loss last Tuesday set the stage for Thursday's secret-ballot special election. After the vote, Labrador asked for the results to be recorded as unanimous—a gesture appreciated by his colleagues.

Shortly after McCarthy's victory, Republicans elected Rep. Steve Scalise to replace him as whip on the first ballot. Scalise was the front-runner throughout the three-man race between him, Rep. Peter Roskam, and Rep. Marlin Stutzman; the only question was whether Scalise could win an outright majority on the first ballot and avoid an unpredictable head-to-head contest with either Roskam or Stutzman.

Roskam attributed Scalise's first-ballot victory to "a great campaign," adding that he will "actively support" the new whip.

Posted by Fred 2014-06-20 00:00|| || Front Page|| [11136 views ] Top

#1 Roskam is my congress critter. He talks a good line but doesn't listen to anybody who disagrees with anything he has strong opinions about. In my case it was the suggestion he think about leveling the economic incentives to choose a H1B Visa holder over a US citizen for employment. He insists that citizens are too poorly educated for the jobs in this market and will not consider other reasons citizens are loosing out. I haven't dropped support for him yet but would consider outsourcing him and his buddies to H1B visa holders.

Posted by 3dc 2014-06-20 01:01|| 2014-06-20 01:01|| Front Page Top

#2 And McCarthy doesn't have to worry about tea-party types nailing him like Cantor. California, and all.

Posted by ed in texas 2014-06-20 07:16|| 2014-06-20 07:16|| Front Page Top

#3 but would consider outsourcing him and his buddies to H1B visa holders.

At this point, I would be willing to ship 535 congress critter and the president to Mexico in exchange for an equal number of H1B visa holders. However, I don't think the Mexicans would take the congress critters and president.

Posted by JohnQC 2014-06-20 08:19|| 2014-06-20 08:19|| Front Page Top

#4 He insists that citizens are too poorly educated for the jobs in this market

Isn't that obama's position on voters, that's why he's importing so many new ones.

BTW, why does he vote to fund one of the most expensive job training programs in the US, the Department of Defense. There are a lot of foreigners with that job skill that won't need as much training. Or is there something about allegiance and loyalty that are valued over bottom dollar?

Posted by Procopius2k 2014-06-20 08:21|| 2014-06-20 08:21|| Front Page Top

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