Rep. McMorris Rodgers won’t run for higher House leadership post

Rep. Cathy McMorris Rodgers, R-Wash., has taken herself out of the running for House majority Leader, sparing herself the painful experience endured by a Washington delegation predecessor, Rep. Jennifer Dunn. “The best way right now for me to empower my colleagues through positive change is to remain conference chair,” said McMorris Rodgers, a six-term conservative lawmaker from Eastern Washington. She holds the fourth ranking position in the House Republican leadership and is f