I spoke with Paul Ryan a few days ago (coincidentally the day before McCarthy bowed out), and he worried that Obama would never sign a pass-through small-business tax cut. He also worried that the ...

Previously, from 2014 until 2019, McCarthy served as House Majority Leader under former GOP Speakers of the House John Boehner and Paul Ryan. McCarthy is a longtime conservative politician with ...

Mitch McConnell (R., Ky.) leading the group, followed by former Speakers Kevin McCarthy, John Boehner and Newt Gingrich. Notably missing is former Speaker Paul Ryan, who served during Trump’s ...