
As House Speaker Paul Ryan’s big government open borders agenda has been on display since he was elected to the top position in the House of Representatives in October, his polling numbers have collapsed.
by Matthew Boyle4 Jan 2016, 1:33 PM PST0

Rep. Daniel Webster (R-FL), the former Speaker of the Florida House who’s currently a candidate for the U.S. House Speakership, is looking forward to running against House Ways and Means Committee chairman Rep. Paul Ryan (R-WI) on the floor of the House on Thursday.
by Matthew Boyle28 Oct 2015, 2:19 PM PST0

Rep. Paul Ryan won the first round of votes for the job of House Speaker, but 45 Republican legislators voted against him. Those 45 members are enough to block him from getting the Speakership during the partisan floor vote on
by Matthew Boyle28 Oct 2015, 12:16 PM PST0

The House Freedom Caucus is formally announcing its token opposition to the big government debt ceiling and budget deal that the House will vote on later in the day, phony opposition designed to let the package through because the organization won’t use the leverage it has in the Speakership election to stop the deal.
by Matthew Boyle28 Oct 2015, 9:43 AM PST0

Rep. Daniel Webster (R-FL) has confirmed to Breitbart News through a spokeswoman that he is running for Speaker of the House against Ways and Means Committee chairman Rep. Paul Ryan (R-WI).
by Matthew Boyle26 Oct 2015, 9:58 PM PST0

House Ways and Means Committee chairman Rep. Paul Ryan (R-WI) is silent and offering no opinion on legislation currently being crafted in Washington, D.C., back rooms that would raise the debt ceiling and bind Congress to a multi-year budget deal
by Matthew Boyle26 Oct 2015, 1:38 PM PST0

House Ways and Means Committee chairman Rep. Paul Ryan (R-WI) is making the necessary preparations to become Speaker of the U.S. House of Representatives later this week.
by Matthew Boyle25 Oct 2015, 12:02 PM PST0

Rep. Louie Gohmert (R-TX) is sticking to his principles and will follow through with his endorsement of former Florida House Speaker Rep. Daniel Webster (R-FL) on the floor of the U.S. House of Representatives.
by Matthew Boyle22 Oct 2015, 5:53 PM PST0

In the private meeting inside the House Ways and Means Committee hearing room in the U.S. Capitol on Wednesday afternoon, chairman Rep. Paul Ryan (R-WI) promised the House Freedom Caucus the world to try to earn their official endorsement. He failed.
by Matthew Boyle21 Oct 2015, 7:46 PM PST0

The House Freedom Caucus on Wednesday evening voted against endorsing Ryan—an endorsement Ryan considered essential to formally launching a bid for House Speaker.
by Matthew Boyle21 Oct 2015, 5:26 PM PST0

The House Freedom Caucus is almost certainly going to organize against a nascent potential House Speakership bid from House Ways and Means Committee chairman Rep. Paul Ryan (R-WI) after he began “running his mouth” on Tuesday evening, several senior House GOP aides close to the process told Breitbart News.
by Matthew Boyle21 Oct 2015, 3:10 PM PST0

Conservatives are coalescing movement-wide against an effort by House Ways and Means Committee chairman Rep. Paul Ryan (R-WI) to ascend to the Speakership in the wake of outgoing Speaker John Boehner’s forthcoming resignation.
by Matthew Boyle21 Oct 2015, 11:49 AM PST0

Rep. Daniel Webster (R-FL) is still running for Speaker of the House, and won’t back down to make way for House Ways and Means Committee chairman Rep. Paul Ryan (R-WI).
by Matthew Boyle21 Oct 2015, 7:29 AM PST0

Failed GOP presidential candidate Mitt Romney, the 2012 GOP nominee, held off on supporting his ex-running mate for Speaker of the House in an interview with David Axelrod, a Democratic strategist who helped elect President Barack Obama—the same Obama who beat Romney in the 2012 election.
by Matthew Boyle16 Oct 2015, 5:49 PM PST0

Rep. Mike Kelly (R-PA), an influential conservative, is considering a bid for the House speakership.
by Matthew Boyle15 Oct 2015, 9:38 AM PST0

A spokesman for House Ways and Means Committee Rep. Paul Ryan (R-WI) confirms yet again that despite all the donor class and political establishment wooing, Ryan is not running to replace outgoing Rep. John Boehner (R-OH) as Speaker of the House.
by Matthew Boyle14 Oct 2015, 1:56 PM PST0

Rep. Renee Ellmers (R-NC), a liberal Republican congresswoman from North Carolina, censored the press in her district on Tuesday—refusing to allow credentialed members of the media to ask legitimate questions of the congresswoman about her alleged affair with House Majority Leader Kevin McCarthy or about the House Speakership race.
by Matthew Boyle13 Oct 2015, 6:00 PM PST0

Rep. Ryan Zinke (R-MT), a former Commander at Navy SEAL Team Six before his election to Congress last year, confirms he is openly considering a run for the Speakership of the U.S. House of Representatives.
by Matthew Boyle13 Oct 2015, 12:59 PM PST0

Becky Gerritson, a Tea Party movement leader from Alabama who is running against her GOP congresswoman Rep. Martha Roby (R-AL) in a primary, is drawing a line in the sand when it comes to the Speakership vote: Absolutely, no way no how, should Roby vote for the pro-amnesty, pro-Obamatrade House Ways and Means Committee chairman Rep. Paul Ryan (R-WI) for Speaker of the House should he run.
by Matthew Boyle12 Oct 2015, 7:48 AM PST0

A new analysis from the American Conservative Union (ACU) of voting records of various potential GOP candidates for Speaker of the House under the soon-to-be-ending Speakership of Rep. John Boehner (R-OH) shows that Rep. Marsha Blackburn (R-TN) is far and away the best viable candidate for Speaker.
by Matthew Boyle11 Oct 2015, 1:20 PM PST0

Several Republicans who aren’t as closely associated with outgoing House Speaker John Boehner as House Ways and Means Committee chairman Rep. Paul Ryan (R-WI) are considering running for Speaker as Ryan’s nascent campaign is crumbling before it even begins.
by Matthew Boyle11 Oct 2015, 10:49 AM PST0

Rep. Steve King (R-IA), the chairman of the House’s Conservative Opportunity Society, endorsed Rep. Daniel Webster (R-FL) for Speaker of the House on Wednesday evening.
by Matthew Boyle7 Oct 2015, 7:17 PM PST0

Republicans in the North Carolina General Assembly are rallying around Rep. Mark Meadows (R-NC), the conservative member of the U.S. House who led the charge for new leadership in Congress—a charge that ultimately led to Speaker John Boehner’s forthcoming resignation from Congress.
by Matthew Boyle6 Oct 2015, 1:30 PM PST0

At first, it seemed as if his heir apparent House Majority Leader Kevin McCarthy would easily ascend into the speakership and that House Majority Whip Steve Scalise would easily replace McCarthy, and Chief Deputy Whip Rep. Patrick McHenry (R-NC) would easily ascend into the Whip’s role. Now, one of that seems easy or likely as the growing conservative wing of the conference—emboldened by Boehner’s resignation—is demanding a series of structural reforms to the way business in done in Congress rather than just a reshuffling of the deck in leadership post-Boehner.
by Matthew Boyle4 Oct 2015, 5:46 PM PST0

Former House Speaker Newt Gingrich tells Breitbart News that he thinks House Majority Leader Rep. Kevin McCarthy (R-CA) is “far and away the best man” to replace Rep. John Boehner (R-OH) as Speaker of the House when Boehner resigns later this month.
by Matthew Boyle4 Oct 2015, 2:15 PM PST0