Boehner: Ryan will announce decision tonight

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http://thehill.com/homenews/house/257529-boehner-ryan-will-announce-decision-tonight

 By Jesse Byrnes and Ian Swanson - 10/20/15 06:11 PM EDT

Rep. John Boehner (R-Ohio) says Rep. Paul Ryan (R-Wis.) will announce a decision at a Tuesday night House GOP conference meeting on whether he’ll run for Speaker.

Boehner said he believed Ryan would be elected as Speaker if he decides to run, but said he did not know what Ryan’s decision would be.

“I do expect that we’ll know later on this evening what his answer is,” Boehner told Fox News’s Bret Baier on “Special Report.”

Boehner also said that he believed Ryan “has the credentials” to reach out to conservatives to “bridge the gap” between the right and House Republican leadership.

Boehner's comments are contrary to those of Ryan spokesman Brendan Buck, who has told reporters not to expect a final decision from Ryan tonight.

In a message on Twitter, Buck noted a report from ABC News's Jonathan Karl that said Ryan would not announce a decision on Tuesday night.

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http://www.newsmax.com/Politics/BBCHTO-BBEXCLUDE-BGOVBILLGO-BGOVCODES/2015/10/20/id/697211/

Ryan to Meet With House Hard-Liners as He Weighs Run for Speaker

Tuesday, 20 Oct 2015 06:07 PM



Representative Paul Ryan is set to meet with a group of House conservatives Tuesday as he weighs a potential run to replace Speaker John Boehner under pressure from fellow Republicans.

The Wisconsin Republican will get together with the House Freedom Caucus, a group of almost 40 hard-liners whose opposition to Boehner drove him to announce that he would give up the speakership and leave Congress. Ryan, Boehner and all House Republicans will then meet behind closed doors later Tuesday evening to discuss plans for the coming weeks.

Ryan spokesman Brendan Buck said the lawmaker plans to meet with members of the Freedom Caucus at their request. Ryan is “always willing to talk with his colleagues,” the spokesman said.

The turmoil over leadership has left the Republican majority without a fiscal strategy two weeks before a Nov. 3 deadline to raise the federal debt limit. Lawmakers also need to replenish the federal highway fund by Oct. 29. Then they must resolve disputes over federal spending by Dec. 11 or risk a government shutdown, something Boehner couldn’t head off in 2013.


Ryan Reluctance

There was no immediate comment from Freedom Caucus leaders. The group also played a big role in the decision by Boehner’s top lieutenant, Majority Leader Kevin McCarthy of California, to drop out of consideration for speaker. Freedom Caucus members chose Representative Daniel Webster of Florida as their candidate on Oct. 7. The following day, McCarthy dropped out of the race saying the conference needed to find a candidate who could unify the party.


Buck said in an e-mailed statement that he didn’t expect Ryan to announce on Tuesday whether he will seek the speaker’s job. Ryan, the chairman of the House Ways and Means Committee, initially said he didn’t want to run for speaker but has been urged by many fellow Republicans to reconsider.

Buck said that if Ryan is asked to speak during the Republican conference meeting, “I imagine he’d share his thoughts.”

[Longiron]

Ryan =Boehner which = amensty anyway u look at it

[Oceander]

Ryan may not have enough fire in the belly to deal with the spoilt crybabies on the right.

[famousdayandyear]

God in Heaven.  Make him go away.

[jmyrlefuller]

Please let it be no, once and for all.

[Oceander]

God in Heaven.  Make him go away.

Too late for that.  You have to be good at building coalitions and logrolling if you want to be Speaker, and there isn't anyone in the far-right crybaby caucus who has those skills.

[Longiron]

Ryan may not have enough fire in the belly to deal with the spoilt crybabies on the right.

Is that suppose to be BAD news?

[Longiron]

Too late for that.  You have to be good at building coalitions and logrolling if you want to be Speaker, and there isn't anyone in the far-right crybaby caucus who has those skills.

You mean that small minority of conservatives that have no power but thus far fight like the Dems?

[Bigun]

Too late for that.  You have to be good at building coalitions and logrolling if you want to be Speaker, and there isn't anyone in the far-right crybaby caucus who has those skills.

Says you! I happen to think otherwise.

[Oceander]

Says you! I happen to think otherwise.

Yeah.  It's always the standoffish loner who gets all the votes.  Why do you think the likes of Cruz have, to-date, only managed to accomplish negative things?  The most Cruz & Co. can do right now is tear down, disrupt, and the like; what they cannot do is accomplish something positive.  And that is because they seem singularly incapable of doing what came utterly naturally to Reagan (and all other great politicians):  build coalitions and consensus.

[Bigun]

Yeah.  It's always the standoffish loner who gets all the votes.  Why do you think the likes of Cruz have, to-date, only managed to accomplish negative things?  The most Cruz & Co. can do right now is tear down, disrupt, and the like; what they cannot do is accomplish something positive.  And that is because they seem singularly incapable of doing what came utterly naturally to Reagan (and all other great politicians):  build coalitions and consensus.

Have you ever considered the possibility that the way we've always done it may not be the right way to do it?

[Relic]

It's incredible that we've gotten to a place where a representative will only consider taking the Speakership if everyone promises to follow him.

The establishment is desperate. FU Paul Ryan.

[alicewonders]

It's incredible that we've gotten to a place where a representative will only consider taking the Speakership if everyone promises to follow him.

The establishment is desperate. FU Paul Ryan.

 

[GourmetDan]

It's incredible that we've gotten to a place where a representative will only consider taking the Speakership if everyone promises to follow him.

The establishment is desperate. FU Paul Ryan.

Exactly.  The country needs someone who will fight for the people who are sick and tired of paying for everything and then being blamed for every perceived injustice under the sun and what does the GOPe propose?

Another Boehner...