Friday, October 9, 2015

McCarthy Withdraws From Speaker’s Race, Putting House in Chaos

McCarthy Withdraws From Speaker’s Race, Putting House in Chaos-nytimes: Representative Kevin McCarthy of California abruptly withdrew on Thursday from the race to succeed Speaker John A. Boehner, blindsiding his House Republican colleagues and throwing their already tumultuous chamber into deeper chaos with no clear leader in sight just weeks before a series of high-stakes fiscal battles.