Wednesday, October 21, 2015

Paul Ryan will be Speaker -- but only if his party will unite behind him

Rep. Paul Ryan (R-Wis.) told his Republican colleagues in the House that he is willing to be Speaker but only on the condition that he gets support from all wings of the party and that they unite behind him.   Otherwise, he is happy to remain as chair of the House Ways and Means Committee.

The conditions that he stipulated are that the Republicans stop being "an opposition party [and] update House rules so everyone can be a more effective representative. . . . We have become the problem.  If my colleagues entrust me to be the speaker, I want us to be the solution."

Ralph

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