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Eric Cantor to join boutique Wall Street firm
If you can’t make it in Washington, there’s always Wall Street. Eric Cantor, the former House majority leader, has joined boutique investment advisory firm Moelis & Co. to advise on...
GOP elects Rep. McCarthy as House majority leader
WASHINGTON — Rep. Kevin McCarthy of California, who has said he is open to some immigration reforms, was elected House majority leader Thursday by Republicans. He will replace Rep. Eric...
Brat's win teaches the GOP lessons
What does David Brat, the Tea Party’s new star, have in common with Elizabeth Warren, the Occupy Wall Street senator from Massachusetts? They both understand that America is still traumatized...
Want to win? Don't listen to Wall Street
Maybe the biggest lesson that Republicans can take away from the stunning primary defeat of House Majority Leader Eric Cantor is that anyone that the Wall Street wing of the...
A defeated Eric Cantor finds religion in the Hamptons
Rep. Eric Cantor, the House majority leader crushed in a shocking Republican primary Tuesday, has found religion. “Having been through what I’ve been through this week ... as Jews we...
Republicans battling to be top dog
WASHINGTON — There’s suddenly a dogfight in the race for House majority leader after Tea Party favorite Raul Labrador of Idaho announced Friday he’s taking on front-runner Kevin McCarthy. McCarthy...
Cantor the Wobbler: Immigration didn't doom him
House Majority Leader Eric Cantor’s primary defeat this week is being widely touted as a warning to Republicans contemplating immigration reform. This narrative has it that because Cantor’s opponent, David...
McCarthy closer to majority leader post, as top rival bows out
WASHINGTON – House majority whip Kevin McCarthy got a big break in his bid to become the new majority leader when a top conservative rival decided not to enter the...
Dems voting in GOP primary swayed vote against Cantor: pollster
WASHINGTON — The pollster for defeated House Majority Leader Eric Cantor claims Democrats who pulled the lever for Cantor’s Tea Party opponent helped throw off his survey predicting victory and...
Life after Cantor
Only one fact is clear from Eric Cantor’s primary defeat: No one saw it coming. This alone is a reason for skepticism about the Monday-morning quarterbacking we’re now hearing. But...
Big changes in GOP leadership after Cantor loss
WASHINGTON — House Majority Leader Eric Cantor, stung by his startling GOP primary defeat, told colleagues Wednesday that he is stepping down from his leadership post at the end of...
Eric Cantor to step down as majority leader
WASHINGTON – Just hours after suffering an astonishing defeat in his primary election, House Majority Leader Eric Cantor is stepping down from his leadership post. Cantor (R-Va.) was expected to...
House Majority Leader Cantor loses primary
WASHINGTON — House Majority Leader Eric Cantor, a national Republican powerbroker, fell victim to a stunning upset in Tuesday’s Virginia primary. Cantor, who had been eyed as the next speaker...
Cantor goes to Bronx to pitch for more charter school funding
Charter schools that got shortchanged when Albany provided extra aid to the system found a booster Monday in House Majority Leader Eric Cantor, who visited a Bronx charter to call...
Leave de Blasio alone, Mr. Cantor
House Majority Leader Eric Cantor was in town this week with a timely defense of charter schools. Speaking in Brooklyn, Cantor rightly noted the “real, meaningful improvements for families” of...
Cantor may launch charter school probe against de Blasio
WASHINGTON — Mayor de Blasio’s anti-charter school pronouncements could get him investigated by Congress before he even moves into Gracie Mansion. House Majority Leader Eric Cantor, a strong school choice...