Tea Party Group Pushes Trey Gowdy To Challenge Boehner For Speakership
A Tea Party group wants Rep. Trey Gowdy to challenge John Boehner for the
Speaker’s gavel. A fellow Republican says Gowdy would certainly have his
support.
(The Hill) But the conservative South Carolina Republican says he has no interest in becoming Speaker when lawmakers cast their vote on the House floor next month.
"Rep. Gowdy has said his time and attention will continue to be devoted to the work assigned to him," said Gowdy’s spokeswoman, Amanda Duvall. "He is not interested in any leadership positions and believes one can have influence without the title."
This past spring, Boehner (R-Ohio) appointed Gowdy as chairman of the special House committee investigating the 2012 attacks in Benghazi, Libya. And Boehner recently said Gowdy would remain in that high-profile post in the 114th Congress as well.
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(The Hill) But the conservative South Carolina Republican says he has no interest in becoming Speaker when lawmakers cast their vote on the House floor next month.
"Rep. Gowdy has said his time and attention will continue to be devoted to the work assigned to him," said Gowdy’s spokeswoman, Amanda Duvall. "He is not interested in any leadership positions and believes one can have influence without the title."
This past spring, Boehner (R-Ohio) appointed Gowdy as chairman of the special House committee investigating the 2012 attacks in Benghazi, Libya. And Boehner recently said Gowdy would remain in that high-profile post in the 114th Congress as well.
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