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Paul Ryan on speakership: "I'm redesigning this job"
CBS -- Face the Nation ^ | 11-1-15 | Rebecca Shabad

Posted on 11/01/2015 9:46:50 AM PST by afraidfortherepublic

Newly-elected Speaker Paul Ryan said in an interview that aired Sunday on CBS' "Face the Nation" that he's "redesigning" his leadership job.

"I'm redesigning this job. I don't think it can work going forward like it's worked in the past. I can't pick up where John (Boehner) left off. It has to be done differently," Ryan said, referring to Rep. John Boehner's, R-Ohio, recently ended tenure as speaker.

The House elected Ryan as speaker last Thursday and Boehner resigned from his leadership post and congressional seat.

Ryan told host John Dickerson that he wasn't elected "dictator of the House" and has plans to implement a bottom up approach that House conservatives have lobbied for.

During the interview, the new speaker laid out his priorities to return to "regular order" and pass legislation using the committee process, seek common ground with other lawmakers, serve as a check on the Obama administration's power and to present bold policy proposals.

Ryan appeared to rule out passing an bipartisan immigration reform bill under President Obama.

"Look, I think it would be a ridiculous notion to try and work on an issue like this with a president we simply cannot trust on this issue," Ryan said. "He tried to go it alone, circumventing the legislative process with his executive orders so that is not in the cards. I think if we reach consensus on how best to achieve border and interior enforcement security, I think that's fine."

But then Ryan said Republicans need to take "policy risks" and named tax reform as one option and an ObamaCare replacement plan as another.

Ryan was elected after weeks of internal turmoil within the House Republican conference. He told Face the Nation, however, that the infighting was "necessary to unify our conference, unify our party."

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TOPICS: Business/Economy; Constitution/Conservatism; Government; US: Wisconsin
KEYWORDS: changes; house; paulryan; ryanspeaker; speaker; speakerryan
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To: afraidfortherepublic

Medicare and Medicaid would still exist if Obamacare was repealed.

Private health insurance still does exist (e.g. Cigna). And more insurers would pop up to fill market demand.

Cash on the barrel isn’t a bad idea for the long term either. Producers would pay and there are plenty of doctors who would lower their rates if paid in cash rather than having to deal with insurers.

A good example of a private market that works is the deal cut by Pennsylvania Amish with local hospitals. Their cash rates are about 1/3 what everyone else pays (a key reason being they don’t milk the system and they don’t sue).

For those Amish who can’t afford the local doctors, there’s a physician down in Mexico who set up a practice specifically tailored for the Amish. Once again, all cash. No insurance.


21 posted on 11/01/2015 10:23:28 AM PST by peyton randolph (I am not a number. I am a free man.)
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To: peyton randolph
Wow. I was hoping the headline was that he was RESIGNING .
22 posted on 11/01/2015 10:25:23 AM PST by hal ogen (First Amendment or Reeducation Camp?)
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To: afraidfortherepublic

TO MEMBERS OF CONGRESS:

Your greed and corruption have made a laughing stock of what was the most powerful and revered Nation in the World!

We have warned you over and over again to balance your budget and quit driving us further into debt!

Now you have the audacity to pass a bill allowing you unlimited borrowing and spending for the next two years?

Your days are numbered!

Signed:

WE THE PEOPLE...

(Nation in distress)


23 posted on 11/01/2015 10:26:39 AM PST by HarleyLady27 (I have such happy days, and hope you do too!!!)
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To: afraidfortherepublic

I will judge the success of Ryan’s leadership over the next year by how often Obama uses his veto pen. That Obama has rarely (ever?) had to use it with Boehner as speaker should tell you all you need to know about Boehner’s “leadership.”


24 posted on 11/01/2015 10:27:30 AM PST by FreedomPoster (Islam delenda est)
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To: hal ogen

LOL!


25 posted on 11/01/2015 10:27:53 AM PST by Georgia Girl 2 (The only purpose of a pistol is to fight your way back to the rifle you should never have dropped)
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To: afraidfortherepublic

That’s hilarious, since Ryan and his “Republican” “leadership” colleagues just conspired with the Democrats to pass a budget bill that makes Congress completely irrelevant all the way through 2017.


26 posted on 11/01/2015 10:30:45 AM PST by EternalVigilance
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To: EternalVigilance
That's true. If Ryan and the GOP were serious about change, they would not have gone along with the Democrats on that spending bill.

Looks like we are going to have to wait for Trump to take office before there is any change.

27 posted on 11/01/2015 10:33:10 AM PST by SamAdams76 (Businessmen use their own money to succeed. Politicians take other people's money and fail.)
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To: peyton randolph

The part of Obamacare that should be rescinded and illegalized is the MANDATORY nature of the provisions.

Hell, if people want to spend twice or three times as much for the delivery of medical services, then they should be given the opportunity. But almost nobody does choose this option.

For the rest of us, poor old dummies we are, let us muddle through and buy medical services just like any other services provided for a fee to the public. And if you don’t want to use them, then the burden of paying for something you cannot and probably never will use should not be falling upon you, but onto the other guy over there who needs a sharp lesson on the credo of “you get what you pay for”.

“Opting out” is also a form of dealing with medical expenses. You or some member of your family may die because of refused services, but the chances of survival under long extended wait times for delivery of services, or inadequate services delivered, tend to diminish pretty sharply too.


28 posted on 11/01/2015 10:33:54 AM PST by alloysteel (Do not argue with trolls. That means they win.)
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To: Lazamataz

I really want to believe that Ryan will eschew political expediency for what is right, now that he is the second most powerful person in America.

Im praying for another Newt.


29 posted on 11/01/2015 10:34:22 AM PST by Fernet Branca (Liberalism is for girls)
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To: festusbanjo
At some point, everybody has to understand that "INSURANCE" only works if the amount coming in is higher than the amount going out. And that not everybody should pay the same rate, because some people are more expensive than others.

Women of child bearing age; smokers; homosexual club goers; people with terminal diseases. And we are all going to die someday, so unless you die in a car accident, mugging, or other sudden form of death, your last 6 months of life will be expensive.

It comes down to a question of who is going to pay too much or not enough for their insurance. Along with, should a routine visit to the doctor office be covered by health insurance, or is it like getting an oil change and not getting reimbursed by your auto insurance?

Intelligent debate on all of that could result in a health insurance model that is fair to most, and provides charity coverage to a sustainable (AND AFFORDABLE) portion of the population.

Or we could just have another shouting match with no good results. Like Obamacare.

30 posted on 11/01/2015 10:40:08 AM PST by Bernard (The Road To Hell is not paved with good results.)
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To: afraidfortherepublic

Had a chuckle this moring as I watched Dana Bash interviewing Cruz on CNN.

Bash started a question about whether Speaker Ryan could control the House renegades and get funding for Planned Parenthood.

Simultaneously, talking as Bash was questioning, Speaker Ryan said Planned Parenthood should get no government funding.

Immediately after, Bash either did not hear or chose to ignore Speaker Ryan’s comment.


31 posted on 11/01/2015 10:42:20 AM PST by TomGuy
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To: peyton randolph; Dilbert San Diego
If you just repeal obamacare, without somehow providing a rewind to 2008, you really screw the millions of people who lost their plans when Obamacare launched. All those people then have to go back and find new insurers, and when you do that you can't get coverage for preexisting conditions.

Also, Medicare and Medicaid are massive government distortions on the market, so don't pretend that it is some sort of free or private market when the two largest entities involved are run by the government. One of teh main reasons healthcare was so expensive was private insurers and cash payers subsidize the low medicare/medicaid fees by paying higher fees.

32 posted on 11/01/2015 10:44:35 AM PST by Wayne07
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To: afraidfortherepublic

I don’t think there are enough Shovels in DC to clean up after Ryan speaks


33 posted on 11/01/2015 10:49:20 AM PST by butlerweave
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To: afraidfortherepublic

Speaker Paul Ryan’s getting off to a good start... good for him - - and good for the country.


34 posted on 11/01/2015 10:50:54 AM PST by GOPJ (Imagine if the GOPe fought Dems as hard as they fight Repubs. - freeper bray)
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To: afraidfortherepublic

I will give him the benefit of the doubt, until his first move to the left or compromise with the Left or some sneaky attempt to get amnesty started.

If he is sincere, he should have 10 bills dismantling Obamacare signed and to the Senate by the end of January [giving him some extra time due to the holiday recesses — couldn’t expect Congress to miss the holidays by actually doing some legislative work, after all].


35 posted on 11/01/2015 10:55:11 AM PST by TomGuy
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To: afraidfortherepublic

Out of business?

They are making money hand-over-fist. Exorbitant premiums and pay-outs that do not even start until after exorbitant deductibles. But the monthly premium payments are still going to the insurance companies.
36 posted on 11/01/2015 11:03:40 AM PST by TomGuy
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To: MrShoop
Medicare and Medicaid are massive government distortions on the market, so don't pretend that it is some sort of free or private market when the two largest entities involved are run by the government.

Don't put words in my mouth. I'm not pretending government programs are free or private market. I'm not endorsing Medicare or Medicaid simply by acknowledging they exist.

The fact remains that tens of millions will still have government health insurance through Medicare and Medicaid if Obamacare was repealed. You're acting as if it is the end of the world as we know it if Obamacare is repealed rather than replaced with some other socialized medicine.


you can't get coverage for preexisting conditions.

If someone is uninsurable because of a preexisting condition after the repeal of Obamacare, why use the force of government to redistribute wealth to cover the condition? The fact that coverage was lost because of Obamacare doesn't justify raping other taxpayers to subsidize healthcare for those who can't get coverage in the marketplace.

If anything, it seems like you're the one who is anti-free market and just loves to have Uncle Sugar loot producers to subsidize healthcare.

37 posted on 11/01/2015 11:15:27 AM PST by peyton randolph (I am not a number. I am a free man.)
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To: TomGuy
I will give him the benefit of the doubt, until his first move to the left or compromise with the Left or some sneaky attempt to get amnesty started.

So the fact that he just voted for a budget the gives obumber almost unlimited control over spending and the ability to raise the debt does not constitute a "move to the left or compromise"? And after TPA and the corker bill, do you really think there is a potential for this congress to stand-up to obumber? I expect that if Trump wins the presidency, you will see some very bad things happen in Congress during the lame duck session. Without a complete change in the house and senate, Trump will be forced by oath of office to execute the laws and budget put in place by this congress and obumber. The oath actually means something to men like Trump. I'm not saying Trump wont be able to stop further injury, but I doubt he will be able to stop the bleeding if I am correct.
38 posted on 11/01/2015 11:22:50 AM PST by JoSixChip
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To: afraidfortherepublic

sleep in his office,
That’s great.
Is he going to put his lips on obammy’s ass and keep em there like Boehner did for 6+ years?
Is Paul Ryan going to allow the federal gub mint to continue to grow instead of forcing it to shrink?
Is he going to be a go ahead get along piece of crap cause they all b making money?
Or is he going to try to reign in this over sized worthless federal gub mint\?


39 posted on 11/01/2015 11:31:06 AM PST by Joe Boucher ( Obammy is a lie, a mooselimb and pond scum.)
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To: Lazamataz

Well, Ryan did promise to wait until obamatollah left office to push amnesty for the 40+ million ILLEGAL alien invaders.


40 posted on 11/01/2015 11:36:09 AM PST by newfreep (TRUMP/Cruz 2016 - "Evil succeeds when good men do nothing" - Edmund Burke)
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