Washington - The head of the Republican majority in the U.S. House of
Representatives, Eric Cantor, said Wednesday that he will leave his post
this summer, drawing lessons from its spectacular defeat Tuesday
against the Tea Party in a primary.
"I
leave my role as majority leader on July 31," before the summer break,
Eric Cantor said at a press conference formalizing his imminent
resignation on Capitol Hill in Washington. He will continue to serve as a mere representative until the end of his term in early January 2015.
The majority leader has his hand on the agenda of the House.
Losing to an unknown affiliated with Tea Party, David Brat Tuesday night at the Virginia primary (east), caused an earthquake in Congress, where leaders were sounded as the elimination of the political game of One of the most important men of the Republican party, called one day succeed the current President of the Chamber.
"All politics is local," said Eric Cantor to justify his removal, while refusing to engage in a national policy analysis. Representative, 51, has also sought to minimize the ideological differences between the fringe of the Tea Party, right, and the rest elected more moderate Republican Party.
"What divides Republicans weighs nothing compared to what distinguishes us, the conservatives, the left and the Democratic Party," Has he told reporters. "We all, conservatives and Republicans, adhere" to the ideals of the Tea Party, he has insisted, referring to the priority given to reducing public spending and taxes.
U.S. politicians Wednesday tried to understand the implications of this result, that no one had predicted.
"I'm in shock," exclaimed the Republican Steve Stivers, expressing a view shared by many of his colleagues in the corridors of the Capitol sentiment. "This is a huge tsunami," said another House Republican Mario Diaz-Balart.
The elections will take place on November 4. The entire House and a third of the Senate will be renewed for terms beginning in January 2015.
Eric Cantor's successor will be elected by the Republican party on June 19 The choice of Parliamentarians for this powerful post will outline the balance of power within the party between the more conservative and supporters of a more conciliatory approach with the Democrats.
The majority leader has his hand on the agenda of the House.
Losing to an unknown affiliated with Tea Party, David Brat Tuesday night at the Virginia primary (east), caused an earthquake in Congress, where leaders were sounded as the elimination of the political game of One of the most important men of the Republican party, called one day succeed the current President of the Chamber.
"All politics is local," said Eric Cantor to justify his removal, while refusing to engage in a national policy analysis. Representative, 51, has also sought to minimize the ideological differences between the fringe of the Tea Party, right, and the rest elected more moderate Republican Party.
"What divides Republicans weighs nothing compared to what distinguishes us, the conservatives, the left and the Democratic Party," Has he told reporters. "We all, conservatives and Republicans, adhere" to the ideals of the Tea Party, he has insisted, referring to the priority given to reducing public spending and taxes.
U.S. politicians Wednesday tried to understand the implications of this result, that no one had predicted.
"I'm in shock," exclaimed the Republican Steve Stivers, expressing a view shared by many of his colleagues in the corridors of the Capitol sentiment. "This is a huge tsunami," said another House Republican Mario Diaz-Balart.
The elections will take place on November 4. The entire House and a third of the Senate will be renewed for terms beginning in January 2015.
Eric Cantor's successor will be elected by the Republican party on June 19 The choice of Parliamentarians for this powerful post will outline the balance of power within the party between the more conservative and supporters of a more conciliatory approach with the Democrats.
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