Headline Roundup October 4, 2015
Chaffetz Announces His Run
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Blaze Media
GOP Rep. Jason Chaffetz of Utah says he’s running for House speaker in a longshot challenge to Majority Leader Kevin McCarthy of California.
Chaffetz — chairman of the high-profile House Oversight and Government Reform Committee — says voters and the public want Republicans to fight. He says the current House leaders don’t deserve an automatic promotion.
Wall Street Journal (News)
House Oversight and Government Reform Committee Chairman Jason Chaffetz (R., Utah) said Sunday he will run to be the next House speaker.
Mr. Chaffetz is considered a long-shot bid to replace Speaker John Boehner (R., Ohio), who said in late September that he would leave Congress on Oct. 30. Majority Leader Kevin McCarthy (R., Calif.) is the front-runner to succeed Mr. Boehner.
“I think the American public wants to see a change. They want a fresh start,” Mr. Chaffetz said on Fox News Sunday. “You don’t just give an automatic...
The Washington Post
Rep. Jason Chaffetz (R-Utah), chairman of the Oversight and Government Reform Committee, has formally announced his bid for House speaker, saying he would "bridge the divide" between establishment and conservative Republicans better than House Majority Leader Kevin McCarthy (R-Calif.).
"I think the American public wants to see a change," Chaffetz told "Fox News Sunday." "They want a fresh start. There is a reason why we see this [conservative] phenomenon across the country. You don't just give an automatic promotion to the exis
