"Earthquake. The members are completely shocked," was the reaction of one House Republican lawmaker after Majority Leader Eric Cantor's out-of-the-blue loss to challenger Dave Brat Tuesday night.

filling the void left by Majority Leader Eric Cantor, who resigned the No.2 leadership position effective July 31. You might think, therefore, that McCarthy will eventually become speaker of ...

and people are looking to Eric to bridge the gap.” Longtime House GOP members said Cantor, who they said would easily be elected speaker should Boehner step down and House Republicans retain ...

Mullins also congratulated Brat on his win. Speaker John Boehner issued a rather terse statment. “Eric Cantor and I have been through a lot together. He’s a good friend and a great leader ...

President Obama and House Speaker John Boehner tried to put together ... watchers of the process have noticed: Majority Leader Eric Cantor, a constant presence in the July 2011 talks, is nowhere ...

That shape-shifting spirit we call the Tea Party assumed yet a new form Tuesday and took down its most prominent victim of this year, House Majority Leader Eric Cantor. In some ways, Cantor is the ...

Seven questions for … Eric Cantor: We spoke with the former House ... Cantor: We saw what happened with the election of Kevin as speaker. There were many concessions needed in order to convince ...

It features John Boehner (R-Ohio), the Speaker of the House on one side, and House Majority Leader Eric Cantor (R-Va.) on the other. And right now Cantor is winning big. Cantor outflanked the ...

Cantor said. — -- The new GOP health care proposal may have taken on the moniker “Ryancare” after House Speaker Paul Ryan, but former House Majority Leader Eric Cantor says at the end of ...

WASHINGTON — The demise of the Tea Party has been greatly exaggerated. The anti-establishment force within the GOP was strong enough Tuesday to oust House Majority Leader Eric Cantor in a ...

But Boehner can take partial solace in the fact that, right now, not even Eric Cantor—the man who everyone assumes wants to be speaker—would be crazy enough to covet Boehner’s job.