Key GOP leaders, including Boehner, quickly turned to Ryan after House Majority Leader Kevin McCarthy announced he would no longer pursue the job.
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Finding a replacement for Boehner has consumed Republicans as Congress faces a series of pressing decisions, from raising the government’s borrowing authority to funding federal agencies through September.
Ryan chairs the tax-writing House Ways and Means Committee and was the GOP nominee for vice president in 2012.
“Nothing’s changed. Nobody walked away”.
“Maybe they’re beginning to realize that John Boehner may have been the best deal”. “It’s not a sinking ship on a rough sea”.
Westmoreland was House Republican Leader in the Georgia Senate Legislature back in 2001 during a very tumultuous time, when many Georgia politicians were switching parties.
That ship will not be without a competent captain, he assured.
John Boehner shocked a lot of people on both sides of the aisle when he announced that he was retiring as soon as a new House Speaker is elected on October 29. He, along with those who are not Webster, would not get the votes of the Freedom Caucus.
He said he hopes the House will function more efficiently after the leadership shake-up. “Having conferred with the Texas Delegation, I will be taking a hard look at any potential candidate, and will support an experienced, conservative candidate who can help unify the Republican Conference and Party”.
On Friday, lawmakers left Washington in confusion and discord to head home to their districts for a weeklong recess. “I think that’s you guys who keep talking about Paul Ryan”, Fleming told The Hill. “He has significant policy depth, but he has a young family and this is a serious job”, Mr. Rothfus said.
McCarthy is also pushing Ryan to run and reiterated after Friday’s meeting that the Wisconsin Republican would “be an fantastic speaker” but that he will have to make up his own mind.
WASHINGTON (AP) – Jolted by political lightning 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. This morning, a rank-and-file Republican from outside of the delegation told the Tribune that there had been no outreach to this member’s office from Texans looking to be speaker.
Even Utah’s Jason Chaffetz – who is running for speaker himself – said he’d prefer Ryan.
In that race, candidates from the Democratic party, the Know-Nothing party and the Republican party were vying for the speakership, and the three parties were divided over the issue of slavery.
“I disagree with a few of the things”, Trump continued.
“The first reaction was ‘Wow!’ or ‘What did he say?’ ” Representative Jeff Fortenberry for Nebraska’s first congressional district said. But even those who think it’s a bad idea admit it could happen. “I don’t know”, Becerra said.
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So now the pressure is on Congressman Paul Ryan of Wisconsin to run, who has repeatedly said he’s not interested.
