{"id":52603,"date":"2015-10-08T12:32:51","date_gmt":"2015-10-08T16:32:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/breaking911.com\/?p=52603"},"modified":"2015-10-08T16:08:25","modified_gmt":"2015-10-08T20:08:25","slug":"breaking-update-rep-mccarthy-pulls-out-of-race-for-house-speaker","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/breaking911.com\/breaking-update-rep-mccarthy-pulls-out-of-race-for-house-speaker\/","title":{"rendered":"Boehner Urging Paul Ryan To Run For House Speaker -Report"},"content":{"rendered":"

House Majority Leader Kevin McCarthy has dropped out of the race for Speaker of the House.<\/p>\n

The move comes as a shock as McCarthy was expected to have enough votes to win the seat.<\/p>\n

The election has been postponed. It is reported that Speaker Boehner is personally urging Paul Ryan to seek the seat. Ryan said earlier today he is not running.<\/p>\n

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BREAKING: BOEHNER IS PERSONALLY ASKING RYAN TO STEP UP AND BE SPEAKER, have spoken twice today by phone…<\/p>\n

\u2014 Robert Costa (@costareports) October 8, 2015<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n