
The first major action Rep. Paul Ryan (R-WI) will take as Speaker of the House is blocking amendments with a closed rule process on a flawed bill dealing with immigration.
by Alex Swoyer18 Nov 2015, 7:35 PM PST0

GOP presidential candidate former Arkansas Gov. Mike Huckabee is calling on Congress to stop President Obama’s plan to bring more Syrian refugees to the U.S. in light of the recent terrorist attack in Paris by a member of ISIS who had embedded in the refugee program.
by Alex Swoyer16 Nov 2015, 10:02 AM PST0

Rep. Ryan Zinke (R-MT) is calling on House Speaker Rep. Paul Ryan (R-WI) and GOP leadership to block President Obama’s plan to bring in more refugees from Syria into the United States.
by Alex Swoyer16 Nov 2015, 9:57 AM PST0

Speaker of the House Rep. Paul Ryan (R-WI) previously denied that the Trans Pacific Partnership (TPP) trade deal impacted U.S. immigration; however, now that the full 5,544 pages of the TPP are public and being reviewed by experts, Ryan’s statement was false.
by Alex Swoyer6 Nov 2015, 5:00 AM PST0

Conservative Kansas lawmaker Rep. Tim Huelskamp cast his vote for Paul Ryan for House Speaker on Thursday, he announced on the floor of the House.
by Dr. Susan Berry29 Oct 2015, 9:28 AM PST0

Following Rep. Paul Ryan’s (R-WI) nomination by the Republican conference on Wednesday to be the next Speaker of the House, he told reporters that it is time to unify the Republican Party and that the “party has lost its vision.”
by Alex Swoyer28 Oct 2015, 3:23 PM PST0

The press secretary for Rep. Paul Ryan (R-WI) is dismissing evidence that Ryan’s staff contributed to the closed-door drafting of the Washington’s controversial new $8 trillion, two-year budget. It’s “liberal nonsense,” spokesman Brendan Buck told Breitbart News.
by Alex Swoyer27 Oct 2015, 4:05 PM PST0

The secret, top-level process used to create the federal budget for 2016 and 2017 really “stinks,” says Rep. Paul Ryan (R-WI), who is likely to replace Rep. John Boehner as House Speaker this week. But he did not promise to vote against the $8 trillion plan.
by Alex Swoyer27 Oct 2015, 8:54 AM PST0

A GE Power and Water factory on the border between Rep. Paul Ryan’s district and Rep. Jim Sensenbrenner’s district in Wisconsin is moving its manufacturing to Canada, costing hundreds of Americans in those districts their jobs.
by Alex Swoyer23 Oct 2015, 10:05 AM PST0

Rep. Thomas Massie (R-KY) said the demands that Rep. Paul Ryan (R-WI) is making before running for Speaker of the House are “unreasonable,” while Rep. Raul Labrador (R-ID) said one of his demands is a “non-starter.”
by Alex Swoyer21 Oct 2015, 9:39 AM PST0

Former Speaker of the House Newt Gingrich said Tuesday that he believes Representative Paul Ryan (R-WI) will make an announcement as soon as tonight regarding whether he will run to replace current Speaker John Boehner (R-OH).
by Michelle Moons20 Oct 2015, 2:40 PM PST0

Rep. Mo Brooks (R-AL) acknowledged on Breitbart News Sunday that since no candidate has a clear pathway to becoming the next Speaker of the House of Representatives, John Boehner could remain Speaker through January 2017.
by Robert Wilde19 Oct 2015, 7:44 AM PST0

Rep. Marsha Blackburn (R-TN) is playing a long game when it comes to a potential Speakership bid. Meanwhile, amid House GOP conference chaos the establishment-backed House Ways and Means Committee chairman, Rep. Paul Ryan (R-WI), continues to play Hamlet on his own potential bid.
by Michael Patrick Leahy13 Oct 2015, 11:28 AM PST0

Several Republicans who aren’t as closely associated with outgoing House Speaker John Boehner as House Ways and Means Committee chairman Rep. Paul Ryan (R-WI) are considering running for Speaker as Ryan’s nascent campaign is crumbling before it even begins.
by Matthew Boyle11 Oct 2015, 10:49 AM PST0

If GOP leadership puts forward Rep. Paul Ryan (R-WI) as its “Plan C” for Speaker of the House, which appears to be Rep. John Boehner (R-OH) and Rep. Kevin McCarthy’s (R-CA) plan, it’s sure to be a third strike, according to several influential conservatives.
by Alex Swoyer10 Oct 2015, 9:26 AM PST0

The United States Trade Representative (USTR) — responding to a Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) request — is finally revealing the chapter titles of the pending Trans Pacific Partnership (TPP) trade deal, confirming there is a chapter relating to immigration titled, “Temporary Entry for Business Persons.”
by Alex Swoyer14 Sep 2015, 9:38 AM PST0

Rep. Paul Ryan (R-WI) has been arguing that Trade Promotion Authority (TPA) – also referred to as fast-track trade authority – would give Congress more power over President Obama’s highly secretive trade agreements, including the Trans Pacific Partnership (TPP), Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership (T-TIP) and the Trade in Services Agreement (TiSA). However, Summers argued in his op-ed that if Obama isn’t given fast track and his trade agreements aren’t passed, the president would actually lose power over international negotiations.
by Alex Swoyer15 Jun 2015, 10:41 AM PST0

House Speaker John Boehner (R-OH) and Rep. Paul Ryan (R-WI) have both said passing Trade Promotion Authority (TPA) to give President Obama fast-track authority to finish his trade negotiations on the Trans Pacific Partnership (TPP), the Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership (TTIP), and the Trade in Services Act (TiSA) is the only way for Congress and the public to see what is in Obama’s trade deals
by Alex Swoyer11 Jun 2015, 5:34 PM PST0

House Ways and Means chairman Rep. Paul Ryan (R-WI) said on Fox News that he believes the Obamatrade process is more transparent than President Barack Obama’s negotiations with Iran—even though the text of the Trans Pacific Partnership (TPP) Pacific Rim trade deal that Trade Promotion Authority (TPA) would fast-track is currently being kept in secret in the basement of the U.S. Capitol and press and the public are not allowed to read it.
by Garrett Reno3 Jun 2015, 3:11 PM PST0

House Ways and Means Committee chairman Rep. Paul Ryan (R-WI) blasted out a press release on Thursday proclaiming that a majority of Americans support Obamatrade. To back up his point, he cites a new Pew Research Center survey released this week.
by Alex Swoyer28 May 2015, 7:50 AM PST0