Outgoing House Speaker John Boehner said that lawmakers “will elect his replacement on Oct. 29, one day before he is set to leave Congress, and that elections for other members of the House Republican leadership will be delayed until after a new speaker is chosen,” the Washington Post reports.
“Sitting Majority Leader Kevin O. McCarthy (R-CA) is seeking to succeed Boehner, and he is the heavy favorite. But there are doubt about whether he can convince hard-line conservatives to support him in the crucial floor vote, where the next speaker must gain a majority of all House members, Democrat and Republican.”
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