House Conservatives Spurn McCarthy

“A group of hard-line conservatives threatened to upend the Republican race to succeed outgoing House Speaker John Boehner, announcing on Wednesday it will throw its support behind a little-known Florida lawmaker to become the next speaker,” the Washington Post reports.

“The House Freedom Caucus’s backing of Rep. Daniel Webster (R-FL) ahead of a crucial internal party vote Thursday deeply complicates Majority Leader Kevin O. McCarthy’s bid to succeed Boehner. The group counts enough members — about 40 — to deny McCarthy the majority of the whole House he would need to claim the speaker’s chair.”