“If we want Paul Ryan to revamp our nation’s tax code, reduce the federal debt and get the nation’s books in order, we need Dan Webster as our next Speaker of the House”, Jolly wrote in a letter to the other Republicans in Congress.
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Yet by announcing he would resign rather than face a tea party-backed floor vote to depose him, Boehner conceded that the fight to lead the House was one he could not win.
U.S. House Majority Leader Kevin McCarthy (R-Ca.), considered the frontrunner to replace Boehner, abruptly dropped out of the race last week because he was unable to secure enough support among House Republicans – with the GOP split between more traditional Republicans and those who are more conservative. “I will get out of the race and put all my weight I can behind Paul Ryan”. “I think he will agree to that”, Jordan said.
“Really, I don’t have anything more to add or say”. He told reporters on Friday that he was running for speaker to shift the balance of power in the House so that regular members have more say. He said Ryan, the Ways and Means Committee chairman who was also the party’s 2012 vice presidential nominee, is “looking at” mounting a bid. I think he’d be a great messenger.
The House Freedom Caucus should push for a wide-open debate on the next speaker, he said.
Representative Mick Mulvaney, Republican of South Carolina, went so far Friday as to say the speaker should become a more institutional figure, with the role of party leadership and decision-making falling to the House majority leader.
At 45, he is young for congressional standards, and he could one day run for president or serve as speaker during a less turbulent era.
“We’ve endorsed Daniel Webster [R.-Fla.], but Paul Ryan is a good man”, said Jordan.
Now, Smith said, “As we proceed in the House speaker election process, I hope Republicans can come together in support of another conservative candidate and move forward as a united body committed to governing our country”.
Paul Ryan keeps ruling himself out as the next speaker of the House. “If it’s just about bubbling up a few of the extreme right-wing ideas members have who have been holding up progress, well then I think we’d be wasting a lot of time”, Frankel said.
On Sunday, members of the rebel Freedom Caucus that helped drive Boehner, R-Ohio, toward retirement said they could swing behind Ryan.
Jolly is running for the U.S. Senate in Florida.
She thanked fellow lawmakers for their support and prayers and said she was sorry they had received the emails. “You don’t pick a candidate until you know who all of the players are”, Farenthold said.
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He has given about 20% of those funds to other Republicans to boost their campaigns, the center said.
