House Majority Leader Kevin McCarthy on Thursday dropped his bid to serve as speaker of the House after coming under intense scrutiny from anti-establishment conservatives.

CBS News Congressional Correspondent Nancy Cordes says she's hearing some members may want to kick the issue down the road until next year...

Fourth District Congressman Scott DesJarlais says "The Republican-controlled House of Representatives must be led by a principled, conservative Speaker of the House." In a statement released to NewsRadio WGNS, he says he'll work to ensure that happens.