Labrador Announces Candidacy for Majority Leader (Updated)

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Labrador Announces Candidacy for Majority Leader – Labrador is a Republican Puerto Rican Congressman from Idaho who is aALongoPR51@aol.com    co sponsor of HR2000. He is also an immigration lawyer.

 Labrador Announces Candidacy for Majority Leader (Updated)

By Matt FullerPosted at 1:48 p.m. June 13

Labrador says he’s in the race for majority leader. (Tom Williams/CQ Roll Call File Photo)

Updated 2:09 p.m. | Raúl R. Labrador is a candidate for majority leader.http://i1.wp.com/blogs.rollcall.com/218/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2014/06/labrador002_020414.jpg

Labrador announced his decision in a news release Friday afternoon. The Idaho Republican faces an uphill battle to defeat Majority Whip Kevin McCarthy, who is seen as the overwhelming favorite for the position.

After Financial Services Chairman Jeb Hensarling, R-Texas, decided not to run, a number of conservative lawmakers turned to Labrador to be their candidate. And after Rules Chairman Pete Sessions dropped out of the race Thursday night, McCarthy was unopposed.

Labrador’s candidacy changes that.

A sophomore from Idaho, Labrador’s national profile is limited. But he’s seen as a rising star in the eyes of a number of conservative lawmakers and outside groups. Earlier Friday, FreedomWorks issued a statement urging Labrador to jump in the race.

Labrador will certainly be a conservative alternative to McCarthy, and he instantly attracts 40 or so of the most hard-line, right-wing lawmakers in the GOP conference. But his campaign will depend heavily on attracting a larger swath of members than just his conservative friends.

Outside conservative voices, such as Rush Limbaugh and Erick Erickson, could help pressure Republican members to vote for Labrador, but the secret ballot nature of the majority leader election means lawmakers will have cover from conservative criticism.

Still, the secret ballot also means that all the commitments McCarthy has been lining up don’t guarantee victory.

An ideological purist, Labrador has been in his element voting “no” on a number of spending bills — he was recently the lone member to vote against the Military Construction-VA appropriations bill — but even holds some positions that raise eyebrows among conservatives.

Although he led the charge against the House GOP’s effort to pass immigration proposals this year, Labrador consistently calls himself pro-immigration, so much so that Rep. Steve King, R-Iowa, seemed to signal his opposition in a tweet earlier Friday, calling Labrador “pro amnesty.”

Labrador was a member of the “gang of eight” on immigration, though he ended up quitting the group.

While Labrador is a proud member of the so-called Hell No Caucus, he was increasingly casting himself as a bridge between the right-wing and leadership. As his statement indicated, Labrador was close with Cantor.

Here’s the full release:

“I was stunned when Eric Cantor lost his primary election earlier this week. Eric is a good friend and I have tremendous respect for him. But the message from Tuesday is clear — Americans are looking for a change in the status quo.

“I want a House Leadership team that reflects the best of our conference. A leadership team that can bring the Republican conference together. A leadership team that can help unite and grow our party. Americans don’t believe their leaders in Washington are listening and now is the time to change that.

“Republicans need to address the growing challenges of immobility amongst the poor, insecurity in the middle class and stop protecting the special interests at the top. We must ensure every American has an equal opportunity to succeed, that they are treated fairly not only by the laws we pass in Congress, but by our political system. We must restore the proper role of government to create space for free markets and civil society to prosper and flourish. And we have to unify the country around the values we share, the ideas we all support, and solutions we can agree on. President Obama and the Democrats have had their chance and they have failed. Republicans must be willing to take these challenges head on with new leadership, fresh ideas, and a different approach. I am running for Majority Leader because I want to help create a vision of growth and opportunity for everyone and start getting to work for the American people.”

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Labrador buscará ser portavoz de la mayoría en la Cámara baja

Es el primer boricua en aspirar a ese puesto

Por José A. Delgado / jdelgado@elnuevodia.com

Raúl Labrador, republicano por Idaho, busca sustituir a Eric Cantor. (Archivo)

WASHINGTON. – El puertorriqueño Raúl Labrador anunció esta tarde que será candidato al puesto de portavoz de la mayoría republicana en la Cámara de Representantes de Estados Unidos.

Labrador es el primer boricua en aspirar a un puesto de ese nivel en el Congreso federal.

El legislador federal, republicano por Idaho, busca sustituir a Eric Cantor, quien dejará el puesto en julio tras ser derrotado sorpresivamente en una primaria interna.

Labrador hizo el anuncio en una declaración escrita después de que Pete Sessions (Texas) descartara retar al ahora número tres de la mayoría republicana, Kevin McArthy (California) favorito para sustituir a Cantor.

Labrador ahora se convierte en el candidato del sector más conservador de los republicanos de la Cámara baja.

“Me asombró que Eric Cantor perdiera la primaria a principios de esta semana. Eric es un buen amigo y tengo un gran respeto por él. Pero, el mensaje del martes es claro: los estadounidenses buscan salir del status quo”, sostuvo Labrador.

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El problema de Cantor fue que tiene un distrito agrícola donde predominan los campesinos, que contrario a los de «la loza», no les gusta que su congresista sea un alto funcionario resolviendo los problemas del país y no tenga tiempo para ir a tomar su cafecito en el batey con ellos. De hecho, el Sen. Lindsey Graham, que tiene una postura muchísimo más proactiva a favor de resolver el problema de la inmigración, ganó su primaria abrumadoramente gracias a su personalidad simpática y su constante peregrinación en su estado, que es todavía mas conservador que Virginia. Creo también, que en el caso de Cantor los demócratas salieron en manadas a votarle en contra para crear caos en el liderato del GOP. En VA, como en PR, no hay inscripción partidista y tu puedes votar en las primarias que te de la gana.
Polls on left and right agree: Eric Cantor didn’t lose on immigration

Polls on left and right agree: Eric Cantor didn’t lose on immigration

Advocates of immigration reform see this summer as the last chance before fall elections. | AP Photo

By JESSICA MEYERS | 6/12/14 3:37 PM EDT

A new conservative-sponsored poll mirrors a liberal counterpart and throws more water on notions that the battle over immigration led to the downfall of Majority Leader Eric Cantor.

Only 22 percent of Virginia residents who voted for Cantor’s opponent, Dave Brat, cited immigration as the primary reason for their vote, according to the poll. About 77 percent cited other factors, such as the Republican leader’s focus on national politics instead of local issues.

Americans for a Conservative Direction, the right-leaning branch of FWD.us, commissioned the poll. Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg launched the broader advocacy group last year in his first foray into politics.

(Also on POLITICO: House GOP whip race heats up)

The results resemble findings in a poll commissioned by liberal advocacy group Americans United for Change. It noted about 72 percent of registered voters in Cantor’s district support reforms.

Immigration reform has stalled in the House for months, and advocates see this summer as the last chance before fall elections. They’ve never considered Cantor much of an ally, but Brat made immigration a central focus of the race and slammed the Republican leader for agreeing to even piecemeal proposals.

And yet “amnesty” — a term Brat used to decry Cantor’s acceptance of legal status for undocumented residents’ children — polled last of five issues GOP voters considered harmful. Instead, nearly 73 percent of voters supported a proposal that would secure the border, go after employers who hire illegal immigrants and establish a pathway to citizenship after certain requirements are met.

(Also on POLITICO: Giddy Dems’ new strategy: Watch the GOP implode)

The poll notes that about 20 percent of Republican voters oppose immigration reform, a figure that nearly matches the disapproving voters in this race. “The immigration issue was, therefore, a factor in Tuesday’s election, but it was a relatively small one,” the poll concludes. “Rep. Cantor had several more powerful problems with primary voters in his district.”

The findings, unveiled by Republican pollster Jon Lerner at Basswood Research, fall in line with Democratic arguments that immigration had a smaller impact on the race than initially perceived.

“Issues can help define a dissatisfied group of people,” said Scott Corley, the executive director of Compete America, a coalition that supports reform. “But the issue in this race ran deeper and they do for every candidate.”20

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