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Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., center, shakes hands with House Majority Leader Kevin McCarthy, R-Calif., at the Milken Institute Global Conference Monday, April 30, 2018, in Beverly Hills, Calif. (AP Photo/Jae C. Hong)

McCarthy, Schumer offer different visions at global summit

By LISA MASCARO - Associated Press

House Freedom Caucus Chairman Rep. Mark Meadows, R-N.C. smiles as he speaks with the media on Capitol Hill in Washington, Thursday, March 23, 2017, following a Freedom Caucus meeting. GOP House leaders delayed their planned vote on a long-promised bill to repeal and replace "Obamacare," in a stinging setback for House Speaker Paul Ryan and President Donald Trump in their first major legislative test. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)

Mark Meadows predicts speaker’s race will be shaped by midterm election

By Seth McLaughlin - The Washington Times

In this photo taken Tuesday, Nov. 17, 2015, Rep. Jim Jordan, R-Ohio, left, and Rep. Thomas Massie, R-Ky., both members of the conservative House Freedom Caucus, GOP strategy session at the Capitol in Washington. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

There is only one conservative Republican equipped to take the job

By Judson Phillips

In this Feb. 6, 2018, photo, House Majority Leader Kevin McCarthy, R-Calif., joined at right by Speaker of the House Paul Ryan, R-Wis., talks with reporters at the Capitol in Washington. Ryan is backing McCarthy as his successor. In an interview with NBC's "Meet the Press," Ryan says McCarthy is "the right person." "I think Kevin is the right guy to step up," Ryan says in the interview that will air Sunday. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

Kevin McCarthy as House Speaker?

By Judson Phillips

FILE - In this Feb. 6, 2018, file photo, House Majority Leader Kevin McCarthy, R-Calif., joined at right by Speaker of the House Paul Ryan, R-Wis., talks with reporters at the Capitol in Washington. Ryan is backing McCarthy as his successor. In an interview with NBC’s “Meet the Press,” Ryan says McCarthy is “the right person.” “I think Kevin is the right guy to step up,” Ryan says in the interview that will air Sunday. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite, File)

Possible House leader Kevin McCarthy seen by Trump as ally

By ALAN FRAM and ZEKE MILLER - Associated Press

In this Feb. 6, 2018, file photo, House Majority Leader Kevin McCarthy, R-Calif., joined at right by Speaker of the House Paul Ryan, R-Wis., talks with reporters at the Capitol in Washington. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite, File)

Paul Ryan backs Kevin McCarthy as successor for House speaker

By S.A. Miller - The Washington Times

In this March 6, 2018, file photo, House Republican Whip Steve Scalise speaks at the 2018 American Israel Public Affairs Committee (AIPAC) policy conference in Washington. (AP Photo/Jose Luis Magana, File)

Who’ll follow Paul Ryan as speaker? Contest hums below radar

By ALAN FRAM - Associated Press

In this March 6, 2018, file photo, House Republican Whip Steve Scalise speaks at the 2018 American Israel Public Affairs Committee (AIPAC) policy conference in Washington. (AP Photo/Jose Luis Magana, File)

Steve Scalise: I wouldn’t run against Kevin McCarthy in race to replace Paul Ryan

By David Sherfinski - The Washington Times

House Majority Leader Kevin McCarthy, R-Calif., speaks at the 2018 American Israel Public Affairs Committee (AIPAC) policy conference, at Washington Convention Center, Monday, March 5, 2018, in Washington. (AP Photo/Jose Luis Magana)

Kevin McCarthy: Tariff changes can actually be a good thing

By Sally Persons - The Washington Times

House Majority Leader Kevin McCarthy, R-Calif., speaks at the 2018 American Israel Public Affairs Committee (AIPAC) policy conference, at Washington Convention Center, Monday, March 5, 2018, in Washington. (AP Photo/Jose Luis Magana)

Kevin McCarthy: Sanctuary cities break the law, allow other laws to be broken

By Sally Persons - The Washington Times

Majority Leader Kevin McCarthy, R-Calif., speaks to members of the media after returning to the White House in Washington with President Donald Trump, Wednesday, Oct. 4, 2017. McCarthy accompanied Trump as they return from a trip to Las Vegas where they visited with victims and first responders affected by the worst mass shooting in American history. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais)

Kevin McCarthy, House majority leader: Trump’s immigration plan has ‘a lot of merit’

By David Sherfinski - The Washington Times

Speaker of the House Paul Ryan, R-Wis., arrives for a meeting of fellow Republicans on the first morning of a government shutdown after a divided Senate rejected a funding measure, at the Capitol in Washington, Saturday, Jan. 20, 2018. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

House GOP: No immigration negotiations until government is open again

By David Sherfinski - The Washington Times

House Speaker Paul Ryan of Wis., right, and House Majority Leader Kevin McCarthy of Calif., center, arrive for a news conference on Capitol Hill in Washington, Tuesday, Dec. 19, 2017. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh)

Kevin McCarthy says partisanship at a high on Capitol Hill

By Sally Persons - The Washington Times

Majority Leader Kevin McCarthy, R-Calif., center, talks about the wildfires in California as he is joined by, from left, Rep. Cathy McMorris Rodgers, R-Wash., House Majority Whip Steve Scalise, R-La., and Speaker of the House Paul Ryan, R-Wis., at a news conference at the Capitol in Washington, Wednesday, Oct. 11, 2017. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

Kevin McCarthy: Trump’s willingness to compromise on corporate rate is promising for tax bill

By Sally Persons - The Washington Times

House Speaker Paul Ryan, R-Wis., walks through Statuary Hall to his office on Capitol Hill in Washington, Friday, Nov. 3, 2017. Ryan introduced a far-reaching tax overhaul Thursday that will be a priority for the GOP. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

Ryan says health insurance mandate part of GOP tax talks

By KEVIN FREKING - Associated Press

Majority Leader Kevin McCarthy, R-Calif., center, talks about the wildfires in California as he is joined by, from left, Rep. Cathy McMorris Rodgers, R-Wash., House Majority Whip Steve Scalise, R-La., and Speaker of the House Paul Ryan, R-Wis., at a news conference at the Capitol in Washington, Wednesday, Oct. 11, 2017. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

Kevin McCarthy: Democratic leadership is preventing members from supporting tax plan

By Sally Persons - The Washington Times

Speaker of the House Paul Ryan, R-Wis., joined at right by Majority Leader Kevin McCarthy, R-Calif., speaks following a closed-door Republican strategy session at Republican National Committee Headquarters on Capitol Hill in Washington, Tuesday, Sept. 26, 2017. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

Kevin McCarthy: Addressing the budget is the first step in tax reform

By Sally Persons - The Washington Times

From left, House Majority Leader Kevin McCarthy of Calif., and House Speaker Paul Ryan of Wis., pause as Rep. Tom Graves, R-Ga., steps away from the podium during a news conference following a GOP caucus meeting on Capitol Hill, Wednesday, Sept. 13, 2017, in Washington. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik)

Kevin McCarthy: Conservatives need to support the budget to get to tax reform

By Sally Persons - The Washington Times

Predators name Muse assistant coach, promote McCarthy

Associated Press

Rep. Ron DeSantis, R-Fla., left, and Rep. Jim Jordan, R-Ohio walk to a meeting with fellow Republicans on Capitol Hill in Washington, Friday, July 14, 2017, to reconcile the GOP's long-overdue budget blueprint, even as divisions between moderates and conservatives over cutting programs like food stamps threaten passage of the measure. The House Budget Committee is expected to vote next week on the plan, which would spend far more money next year than President Donald Trump's proposal. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

Top House Republican says budget plan to move ahead

By ANDREW TAYLOR - Associated Press