Kevin Mccarthy

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Rep. Steve Scalise, R-La., who leads a conservative faction of lawmakers in the Republican Study Committee, speaks with reporters on Capitol Hill in Washington, Thursday, June 19, 2014, after the House Republican Conference elected him to be the new House majority whip, replacing current whip Rep. Kevin McCarthy, R-Calif., who was elevated to majority leader. Scalise was in a three-way race with Rep. Peter Roskam, R-Ill., and Rep. Marlin Stutzman, R-Ind. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite) **FILE**

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Rep. Raul Labrador suffered a setback over the weekend in his challenge against Rep. Kevin McCarthy to become the House Majority Leader when he presided over a chaotic state party convention in which Idaho Republicans failed to elect a chairman or adopt a platform. (associated press photographs)

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House Majority Whip Kevin McCarthy, California Republican, appears to have the inside track to replace Rep. Eric Cantor, Virginia Republican, as the House Majority Leader now that Rep. Pete Sessions, Texas Republican, has dropped out of the running. (Associated Press)

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House Speaker John Boehner of Ohio, left, followed by Rep. Lynn Jenkins, R-Kansas, and Rep. Cathy McMorris Rodgers, R-Wash., and House Majority Whip Kevin McCarthy of Calif., arrives to speak to reporters about the Keystone XL Pipeline and other issues, following a Republican Conference meeting, Tuesday, Feb. 4, 2014, on Capitol Hill in Washington. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

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House Speaker John Boehner of Ohio, right, accompanied by House Majority Whip Kevin McCarthy of Calif., left, and Rep. Cathy McMorris Rodgers, R-Wash., speak to reporters about the Keystone XL Pipeline and other issues, following a Republican Conference meeting, Tuesday, Feb. 4, 2014, on Capitol Hill in Washington. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

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House Speaker John Boehner of Ohio, right, accompanied by House Majority Whip Kevin McCarthy of Calif., left, and Rep. Cathy McMorris Rodgers, R-Wash., speak to reporters about the Keystone XL Pipeline and other issues, following a Republican Conference meeting, Tuesday, Feb. 4, 2014, on Capitol Hill in Washington. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

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House Speaker John Boehner of Ohio, center, joined by, from left, House Majority Whip Kevin McCarthy of Calif., Rep. Cathy McMorris Rodgers, R-Wash., Rep. Richard Hudson, R-N.C., and House Majority Leader Eric Cantor of Va. leaves a news conference on Capitol Hill in Washington, Tuesday, Feb. 4, 2014, after speaking about the Keystone XL Pipeline and other issues, following a Republican Conference meeting. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

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Thousands of holiday letters from children are carried to the office of Rep. Kevin McCarthy (R-Calif.) by children of deportees to call on him and other congressmen to pass immigration reform during a demonstration organized by members of We Belong Together, a group for "common sense immigration reform" on Capitol Hill, Washington, D.C., Monday, December 9, 2013. (Andrew Harnik/The Washington Times)