[topher]

Probably would not have happened if Eric Cantor had not lost...

If Eric Cantor was still Speaker of the House, he might have objected to this, and somehow blocked this...

Maybe the new Speaker did not know what was going on, and could not block it...

[GeronL]

Cantor was never Speaker if the House, he is at this moment the Majority Leader of the House I think.

[Gene Eric]

Not to worry. Haley Barbour will soon be in charge of the RNC.