Lungren Challenges Boehner for House GOP Leader Post

Susan Davis reports on the U.S. House. House Minority Leader John Boehner of Ohio will face at least one challenger for his leadership position: California Republican Rep. Dan Lungren announced today that he is running for the job. Republican House leadership elections are currently scheduled to take place next Wednesday on Capitol Hill. “At the outset, let me say I consider John Boehner a good man—one of honor and integrity—I have been proud to vote for him on the last two occasions,” Lungren wrote in a letter to colleagues announcing his bid. “However, I am embarking on this effort because I think our Party is in trouble,” he said, voicing fears Republicans “run the risk of becoming a permanent Congressional Minority.” Lungren is proposing to eliminate regular order for leadership elections next week and instead hold a three-hour closed door meeting “devoted solely to the question of the election of our Republican Leader.” Lungren first served in the House from 1978-1988 and ... (link)