Updated 11:50 a.m.: The highest-ranking woman in the House GOP leadership calls the meeting with Donald Trump a “very important first step” toward unifying Republicans. Rep. Cathy McMorris Rodgers of Washington state says Thursday’s meeting was the first chance for her to make clear to the presumptive presidential nominee this core value for the party: […]
paul ryan
Posted inNation / World, sj-web
Paul Ryan makes it clear he won’t run for president
WASHINGTON (AP) — House Speaker Paul Ryan on Tuesday definitively ruled out a bid for president this year, insisting that the party’s choice should emerge from the group of candidates who pursued the GOP nomination. “Count me out,” he told reporters. In a statement at the Republican National Committee headquarters, the Wisconsin Republican sought to […]
advertisement
Posted inNation / World, sj-web
U.S. House elects Paul Ryan as new speaker
WASHINGTON — Republicans rallied behind Rep. Paul Ryan to elect him the House’s 54th speaker on Thursday as a splintered GOP turned to the youthful but battle-tested lawmaker to mend its self-inflicted wounds and craft a conservative message to woo voters in next year’s elections. In a slow-moving roll call that mixed politics with pageantry, […]
Posted inMaine, sj-web
GOP nominates Rep. Paul Ryan as Speaker of the House
WASHINGTON — House Republicans nominated Rep. Paul Ryan on Wednesday to become the chamber’s next speaker, rallying behind a youthful overachiever they hope will guide them out of weeks of internal feuding and disarray and point the party toward accomplishments they can highlight in next year’s elections. Ryan, R-Wis., was his party’s 2012 vice presidential […]
Posted inNation / World, sj-web
Pressure builds on Paul Ryan to run for House speaker
WASHINGTON — The pressure is on Rep. Paul Ryan, the GOP vice presidential nominee in 2012, to run for House speaker in the chaotic aftermath of Majority Leader Kevin McCarthy’s sudden decision to abandon his campaign for the post. “I’ve talked with Paul Ryan. He’s talking to people. I think he’d make a great speaker,” […]
Posted inNation / World, sj-web
Paul Ryan pitches plan to combine anti-poverty plans into one aid package
See also: LePage wants to impose work requirement for food stamps WASHINGTON — Rep. Paul Ryan proposed a new plan Thursday to merge up to 11 anti-poverty programs into a single grant program for states that he said would allow more flexibility to help lift people out of poverty. Programs that would be merged include […]
Posted inNews, sj-web
Congress budget committee rescinds invitation to Alexander in wake of plagiarism scandal
Republicans on the House Budget Committee, led by the GOP budget guru, Rep. Paul Ryan of Wisconsin, had invited the company’s founder and president, Gary Alexander, to testify during a June 10 hearing about the War on Poverty and Republicans’ efforts to reform federal aid, according to a congressional schedule obtained by the BDN on […]
Posted inMaine, sj-web
Paul Ryan’s budget committee rescinds invitation to Gary Alexander in wake of plagiarism scandal
AUGUSTA — Accusations of plagiarism, errors and unseemly political motivations swirling around the Alexander Group command headlines in Maine and are now reaching Washington, D.C., where Republican congressional heavyweights are distancing themselves from the controversial consulting group. Republicans on the House Budget Committee, led by the GOP budget guru, Rep. Paul Ryan of Wisconsin, had […]