House conservatives oppose McCarthy, search for alternative
Thursday, October 8, 2015
WASHINGTON -- The House's most hard-edge conservatives are anxious to derail Majority Leader Kevin McCarthy's bid to become speaker, but they're outnumbered and their chosen candidate lacks support. That leaves the Californian the heavy favorite when Republicans pick their candidate to replace John Boehner on Thursday.
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