Moderate Republicans’ Threat: Paul Ryan for Speaker—or We Quit

Some Re­pub­lic­ans are so des­per­ate for Paul Ry­an to step up as the next speak­er of the House that they’ve star­ted talk­ing about re­tir­ing if he doesn’t, ac­cord­ing to a group that works on be­half of the House GOP’s more mod­er­ate mem­bers.
After Ry­an, those mem­bers have no second choice or even a second tier of po­ten­tial speak­ers, said Sarah Cham­ber­lain, chief op­er­at­ing and fin­an­cial of­ficer for the Re­pub­lic­an Main Street Part­ner­ship, a group that backs “main­stream” Re­pub­lic­ans and plans to spend mil­lions help­ing them pro­tect their House seats in 2016.


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Rep. Bart Stupak Announces His Retirement

FOXNews.com, 4/9/2010 - Michigan Democratic Rep. Bart Stupak, who was the central figure in the abortion debate surrounding the health care law, announced Friday he will retire from Congress at the end of this term. Read more at FOX...

FOX LIVE SHOTS, 4/9/2010 by Cristina Corbin - Tea Party Express Reacts to Stupak Retiring: The Tea Party Express credited its influence on Friday in "defeating" Michigan Rep. Bart Stupak--a key target of the conservative activists who barreled into his district a day earlier to rally against him. Read more at FOX... Read More......