Posted on 09/25/2015 1:04:20 PM PDT by 1010RD
Speaker of the House John Boehner, R-Ohio, announced Friday he will resign from Congress -- his seat as well as his speakership -- at the end of October after more than 20 years on Capitol Hill. The resignation will likely see a throng of Republicans vie to replace Boehner, who in recent months has faced pressure to step down over internal GOP fighting on issues such as funding for disease research, an education bill and the possible renewal of the Export-Import Bank. Below is a list of the members most likely to replace him.
1. Kevin McCarthy, R-Calif.: McCarthy has been the House majority leader since August 2014, after Eric Cantor was defeated in a primary and resigned, and was previously the majority whip. Just last week the Californian said he supported Boehner, but in a recent Politico report he was named as one of the top candidates to move into the speakership.
2. Paul Ryan, R-Wis.: Along with McCarthy, the former Budget Committee chairman and 2012 Republican vice presidential nominee is rumored by Politico to be a likely pick. He is popular among the House conference and is one of the best-known Republicans in the country. Like McCarthy, he also placed his support behind Boehner just last week. But in the immediate aftermath of Boehner's announcement, Ryan told NBC news that he would not run and that "it's a good job for an empty nester." Ryan has young children.
3. Jeb Hensarling, R-Texas: The chairman of the Financial Services Committee, who stepped down from his position as the fourth-ranking House Republican in January 2013, has only recently been associated with a possible run for speaker. Hensarling would command support from the powerful Texas delegation, the largest Republican state bloc in the House.
4. Tom Price, R-Ga.: The current chairman of the Budget Committee has been seen as a potential speaker since he lost out on the bid for conference chairman to Rep. Cathy McMorris-Rodgers of Washington in January 2013. His main support will come from grassroots conservatives. In 2014, he showed that he wished to remain a force in the GOP House by passing on the open Georgia Senate seat.
5. Steve Scalise, R-La.: The House majority whip has been a prominent name in the GOP since he brought calm during a rough patch for the party during the 112th Congress when a debt limit crisis caused deep divides. Likeo Price, Scalise decided to stay in power in the House instead of launching a Senate bid in 2014.
It’s going to be McCarthy
Here’s my list:
Louis Gohmert (R-Texas)
Steve King (R-Iowa)
Tom McClintock (R-California)
Duncan Hunter (R-California)
I would have included Trey Gowdy (R-SC) but he’s very busy prosecuting the Benghazi case, I’ll let me continue.
Hensarling might be ok. Pete Sessions is an absolute no go. (Don’t confuse Sen. Jeff Sessions who is superb with Rep. Pete Sessions who is execrable.)
Paul Ryan could make a good Speaker. He’s smart, principled, and already well-known.
Au contraire...The ‘open secret’ is that Renee Ellmers, R from NC is having an affair with Majority Leader of the house Kevin McCarthy of Bakersfield, CA. Is there really a chance of blackmail in an open secret affair? Wanting to prevent the low information voters from knowing?
And he’s an amnesty pimp RINO.
Who wants it? Who can win it? Who’s the most conservative?
Good.
Mccarthy is the worst option of them all.
That suggestion isn’t gonna go over well here. ;p
The worst and the most likely.
Correct, so you have to find someone better, but they won’t be perfect. The great part is if we get a Republican President then he’ll have the most conservative Congress in generations.
My hope had been to have Walker fill that role. He was the only one running who ever pulled a Democrat on the Democrats. He created a situation in which the teacher’s union became the enemy to its members. That money is gone and so is that power.
We need that same kind of reverse Democratcare/reverse Great Society conservative moves. It’s also a great way to kill DOE and DOE. Just give that money to the states and shut them down.
Correct.
Very good and we have to start vetting these guys, but always looming: Who wants it? Who can win it? Then, of course, who’s the most conservative?
Exactly what we need. None of the final contestants are going to be without blemish. Hensarling took money from GS for example. It’s the nature of the beast.
GIGO.
Hensarling is equal worst on immigration.
Funniest thing I’ve read today. Thanks for the laughs, CF. That topped the two Bawston Retahds fishing.
or,
Trey Gowdy (who says he's not interested)
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