Eric Cantor to step down as majority leader at end of July
By Paul Kane, Chris Cillizza, Robert Costa and Ed O’Keefe, Updated: Wednesday, June 11, 1:20 PM
House Majority Leader Eric Cantor (R-Va.) plans to step down from his leadership post by the end of July, setting off a weeks-long scramble for the chamber’s number two job, according to three Republicans familiar with his plans.
Cantor will formally announce his plans later Wednesday in a meeting with his House Republican colleagues in the basement of the U.S. Capitol.