Posted on 04/20/2016 2:34:09 PM PDT by cotton1706
Paul Ryan has had a tough couple of months.
The House GOP’s response to Puerto Rico’s debt crisis is stuck, with a big May 1 deadline looming. The leadership’s 2017 budget plan is stalled. And legislation to overhaul the Federal Aviation Administration hasn’t left the runway.
With all the attention showered on Ryan’s non-interest in running for president, it’s easy to overlook the new speaker’s troubles running the House these days.
Almost six months into the job, Ryan and his top lieutenants face questions about whether the Wisconsin Republican’s tenure atop the House is any more effective than that of his predecessor, former Speaker John Boehner (R-Ohio). Ryan has flattered the House Freedom Caucus and pursued promises to empower rank-and-file Republicans with reforms to how the House operates — yet it’s yielded little in the way of actual results.
Democrats are openly mocking their GOP counterparts, and Republicans grumble — in private so far — that nothing is getting done under Ryan. Like Boehner, Ryan is finding out that becoming speaker is easier than being speaker, at least in the still badly divided House GOP Conference.
The rise of Republican presidential hopeful Donald Trump — which has shocked GOP leaders on Capitol Hill as much as it has Republican heavyweights nationwide — has also injected more uncertainty into the legislative process. With the party base so unsettled, rank-and-file GOP members don’t want to do anything that could alienate pro-Trump voters back home. “Don’t piss anyone off” has become the unofficial mantra for Republicans, which has led to paralysis.
The same old GOPe
Paralyzingly the House is an improvement.
They're afraid of Trump supporters? Good.
I always thought getting “nothing done” was a badge of honor.
Open memo to Paul: re-read Atlas Shrugged, because although you think you’re John Galt, you’re acting like Wesley Mouch.
Vote the rat ba$tard TRAITOR Ryan out of office!
Hey Speaker Ryan, yeah you asshole, Screw Puerto Rico, let the BANKERS EAT THEIR DEBT!
Lyin’ Ryan must be Cantorized.
I hope the good citizens of his district have realized they are being misrepresented by their represenative.
I’m sure none of them want the illegal alien inundation to continue like their Congressman.
All districts that are represented by multi-national weasels like Paul Ryan and Eric Cantor should do what we did before it is too late and CANTORIZE YOUR WEASELS, AMERICA !
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Unreal! Speaker of the House Paul Ryan is heading up a National Republican Congressional Committee (NRCC) fundraiser in New York on April 25th. However, the venue of the fundraiser is raising some eyebrows:
For those who might not know, the “Ricketts Family” are the primary donors to a Super-PAC specifically created to block Donald Trump from winning the GOP nomination.
All lies.
The problem is still that the RINOs will not bend. Everything Ryan does makes that more obvious.
Ryan can’t beat the RINOs any more than Boehner could- only the voters can do that.
cantorize the puke!
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