House Majority Leader Kevin McCarthy, a Republican from California, listens during a news conference after a House Republican Conference meeting at the U.S. Capitol in Washington, D.C., U.S., Tuesday, July 28, 2015. The U.S. House plans to vote on a three-month highway funding bill Wednesday and leave for a summer break without considering a longer-term measure now before the Senate, Speaker John Boehner said. Photographer: Andrew Harrer/Bloomberg via Getty Images
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WASHINGTON -- House Majority Leader Kevin McCarthy announced his bid to become the next speaker of the House on Monday.
The California Republican is running to replace current Speaker John Boehner (R-Ohio), who will resign from the post and his seat in Congress effective Oct. 30.
