Rep. Paul Ryan (R., Wisc.) secured enough votes Wednesday from the Republican conference to win the nomination for Speaker of the House. 
House Majority Leader Kevin McCarthy (R., Calif.) dropped out of the race for speaker of the House Thursday just as the Republican conference met to vote for John Boehner’s (R., Ohio) replacement. 
House Speaker John Boehner (R., Ohio) announced his resignation from Congress Friday, explaining that he will leave his post on Capitol Hill at the end of October amid “leadership turmoil.” 
Sen. Rob Portman (R., Ohio) slammed Barack Obama’s decision to allow the renaming of Mount McKinley in Alaska as yet another instance of the president acting without approval from Congress.
House Speaker John Boehner (R., Ohio) criticized the Obama administration for normalizing relations with Cuba for the purpose of “collecting headlines” rather than encouraging democracy. 