Tag: Paul Ryan

The Story: In an interview Monday, August 30, former Speaker of the House Paul Ryan (R - Wis.) said that there is no question but...

The Story: A unlikely dispute has broken out on the Presidential campaign trail over a videotape of a speech that Vice President Joe Biden gave...

CNN's Chris Cuomo examines excerpts from Tim Alberta's new book "American Carnage" in which former House Speaker Paul Ryan says President Trump "didn't know anything about government." #CNN #News

The Story: Howard Schultz, the former Starbucks CEO who is exploring a centrist independent campaign for President, may be mounting a serious run, rather than...

The Story: Howard Schultz, the former Starbucks CEO who is exploring a centrist independent campaign for President, may be mounting a serious run, rather than...

Trump citing concerns over border security in refusal to sign bill averting government shutdown. Republican Speaker of the House Paul Ryan says the House will go back and rewrite the bill adding border security; John Roberts reports. #FoxNews FOX News…

WASHINGTON — House Speaker Paul Ryan, in his farewell address to Congress on Wednesday, urged a more civil tone in the nation's discourse and said the difficult problems facing the country "are solvable if our politics will allow it." "That is to say, our problems are solvable if our politics will allow it." From congressional intern to speaker of the House, Ryan, 48, has experienced almost every aspect of Capitol Hill. He announced in April that he would retire this year after serving three years as the top House Republican, passing the mantle to California Republican Kevin McCarthy when the first session of a new Congress convenes with Democrats in control of the chamber. Dec. 19, 201801:35 “Certainly one Congress cannot solve all that ails us. Earlier this year, he had said as much in an interview with C-SPAN, expressing regret that "we have yet to reach bipartisan consensus on comprehensive entitlement reform when all of us know that this is necessary to get our debt and deficit under control." In 2017, Republicans in Congress passed a massive tax cut — an issue Ryan championed during his two-decade career on Capitol Hill, and one of his key achievement as speaker. Though they lost, Ryan's standing in the party grew, becoming a leading voice on Capitol Hill. Meanwhile, Ryan’s relationship with President Donald Trump has been a complicated one. He said in an interview with The New York Times’ Mark Leibovich in August that he was able to avoid "tragedy" while working with Trump.

Paul Ryan is leaving Congress after 20 years - leaving behind a legislative record at odds with his rhetoric about fiscal responsibility. » Subscribe to MSNBC: http://on.msnbc.com/SubscribeTomsnbc About: MSNBC is the premier destination for in-depth analysis of daily headlines, insightful…

House Speaker Paul Ryan (R-WI) gives a farewell speech after serving nearly 20 years in Congress. #CNN #News

Expected live at 1 pm ET: House Speaker Paul Ryan will deliver his farewell address in the Great Hall of the Library of Congress. It is the same setting where he delivered his Confident America address in December 2015, shortly…