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GOP

McCarthy’s pledge to conservatives: ‘I’m not John Boehner’

WASHINGTON (AP) — House Majority Leader Kevin McCarthy is promising conservative GOP lawmakers "I'm not John Boehner" as he seeks their support to replace Boehner as speaker. McCarthy and his two Republican rivals for the speaker's job took turns meeting behind closed doors Tuesday night

Barack Obama

Boehner resignation sets off a race for power

There's another Republican race under way and it has nothing to do with the presidency, although it will have plenty of impact on federal policymaking. John Boehner's abrupt retirement as speaker of the House of Representatives, announced last week, means the GOP will soon select a

GOP

Speaker Boehner stuns Congress, announces resignation

WASHINGTON (AP) — With Congress in turmoil, House Speaker John Boehner abruptly informed fellow Republicans on Friday that he would resign from Congress at the end of October, stepping aside in the face of hardline conservative opposition that threatens an institutional crisis. The 13-term Ohio Republican, second in line to the

Democrats

Republicans try to derail Iran nuclear deal in the House

Written by Deb Riechmann and Erica Werner WASHINGTON (AP) — Conservative House Republicans have embarked on an eleventh-hour political maneuver to derail the Iranian nuclear deal, saying they can't vote on it until the president coughs up copies of side deals Tehran negotiated with atomic inspectors.