Eric Cantor
Eric Cantor's Pledge of Allegiance
By Glenn Greenwald
Soon-to-be GOP House Majority Leader Eric Cantor met on Wednesday with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu - and vowed that he and his GOP colleagues would protect and defend Israeli interests against his own Government. Ref. Source 7
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House Majority Leader Eric Cantor tells CNN that House Republican leaders "had a very useful meeting" With President Obama today. He declined to say if the president rejected the GOP plan for a temporary increase in the nation's borrowing limit. "We're going to have more discussions on both sides tonight," Cantor added. Ref. CNN
For White House, little joy in Cantor's defeat
WASHINGTON (AP) - For years, the White House saw House Majority Leader Eric Cantor as a chief driver of Republicans' staunch opposition to nearly all of President Barack Obama's agenda. Now, Cantor's stunning primary loss seems likely to make politics even more difficult for Obama. Ref. Source 2
Rep. Eric Cantor, turned out of office by Virginia voters, will resign his House seat effective Aug. 18, the Richmond Times-Dispatch reports. Cantor gave a farewell address Thursday when he stepped down from his position as majority leader, which had made him the No. 2 most-powerful Republican on the House side of Capitol Hill. Ref. USAToday