Eric Cantor

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**FILE** House Majority Leader Eric Cantor, Virginia Republican, speaks on April 13, 2012, at the National Rifle Association convention in St. Louis. (Associated Press)

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In this photo taken Jan. 31, 2012, House Majority Leader Eric Cantor of Va., speaks during a news conference on Capitol Hill in Washington. Sunday, March 4, 2012, Cantor, the second-ranking Republican in the House said he is throwing his support behind Mitt Romney in the GOP presidential race. He said Romney is the only candidate who has come out with "a bold pro-growth, pro-jobs plan for the future." (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin)

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**FILE** House Majority Leader Eric Cantor, Virginia Republican, speaks Jan. 31, 2012, during a news conference on Capitol Hill. (Associated Press)

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House Majority Leader Eric Cantor of Virginia (center) leads a news conference on Capitol Hill on Tuesday to announce the Jumpstart Our Business Startups Act, a legislative package aimed at helping small businesses, startups and entrepreneurs. From left, Rep. Nan A.S. Hayworth of New York, House Majority Whip Kevin McCarthy of California, Mr. Cantor, and House Speaker John A. Boehner of Ohio support the package. (Associated Press)

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**FILE** House Speaker John A. Boehner (right), Ohio Republican, and House Majority Leader Eric Cantor, Virginia Republican, speak Feb. 9, 2012, during a news conference on Capitol Hill. (Associated Press)

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** FILE ** House Majority Leader Eric Cantor, Virginia Republican, discusses the Stop Trading on Congressional Knowledge (STOCK) Act during a news conference on Capitol Hill in Washington on Tuesday, Jan. 31, 2012. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin, File)

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House Majority Leader Eric Cantor, Virginia Republican (right), promises to take swift action on the Stop Trading on Congressional Knowledge Act. He prefers the Senate bill over a narrower House version. Both bills explicitly ban insider trading. At left is House Speaker John A. Boehner, Ohio Republican. (Associated Press)

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A memo from House Majority Leader Eric Cantor to fellow Republicans lays out plans get a 20 percent tax deduction for small businesses passed before April 15. (Associated Press)

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House Majority Whip Kevin McCarthy of Calif., left, and House Majority Leader Eric Cantor of Virginia applaud during President Barack Obama's State of the Union address. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)

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House Majority Leader Eric Cantor of Virginia prior to President Barack Obama's State of the Union address. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)

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Two of Raynard Jackson's biggest losers of 2014: President Barack Obama and, at right, former House Majority Leader Eric Cantor of Virginia. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)

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House Majority Leader Eric Cantor and fellow Republicans meet with reporters Tuesday before the House voted 234-193 to pass a bill that renews the payroll-tax-cut extension but does not include the tax hikes on the wealthy President Obama wants. The bill also pushes for a decision on the Keystone XL pipeline. (Associated Press)

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**FILE** Supercommittee Co-Chair Rep. Jeb Hensarling (center), Texas Republican, flanked by House Majority Leader Eric Cantor (left), Virginia Republican, and House Majority Whip Kevin McCarthy, California Republican, talks about the unfinished work of the supercommittee during a news conference on Capitol Hill on Nov. 4, 2011. (Associated Press)

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ASSOCIATED PRESS House Majority Leader Eric Cantor of Virginia (left) and House Speaker John A. Boehner of Ohio (right) have written to President Obama, asking him to kill the Federal Motor Carrier Administration's new trucking guidelines that would reduce driving hours.

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House Speaker John Boehner (left), Ohio Republican, accompanied by House Majority Leader Eric Cantor (center), Virginia Republican, and House Majority Whip Kevin McCarthy, California Republican, takes part Oct. 4, 2011, in a news conference on Capitol Hill to discuss China currency. (Associated Press)

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House Speaker John Boehner of Ohio, right, accompanied by House Majority Leader Eric Cantor of Va., left, and House Majority Whip Kevin McCarthy of Calif., gestures during a news conference on Capitol Hill in Washington, Tuesday, Oct. 4, 2011, where he dismissed a Senate bill that could punish China for undervaluing its currency. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

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House Majority Leader Eric Cantor, Virginia Republican, answers questions Oct. 3, 2011, from reporters about President Obama's jobs bill, the debt reduction supercommittee and the economy on Capitol Hill. (Associated Press)

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House Majority Leader Eric Cantor has emerged as a favorite target for the Democratic Party and as a mentor for freshman House Republicans. "Cantor is a convenient symbol for Democrats to attack," said Mark J. Rozell, a public policy professor at George Mason University. (Richmond Times-Dispatch via Associated Press)

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House Majority Leader Eric Cantor, Virginia Republican, said that if a government shutdown occurred because of a dispute over disaster aid, it would be on the shoulders of Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid. (Associated Press)