Paul Ryan – 54th Speaker of the House of Reps PDF

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Paul Ryan – 54th Speaker of the House of Reps Party: Republican He was the Republican Party nominee for Vice President of the United States, running alongside former Governor Mitt Romney of Massachusetts, in the 2012 election. Ryan was elected the 54th speaker of the House on October 29, 2015, with 236 votes. At age 45, he is the youngest speaker to be elected since 1869. Ryan Paul has been elected the US House of Representative for the 1st district of Wisconsin in 1999, and has been reelected every congressional term till 2016. Serving in the House of Representatives for 16 years.

Policies: TAX REFORM - Wants to have a tax reform to help middle and lower income earners. - Wants to lower tax rates so they can keep more of what they earn in the first place, meaning they have more money in their pocket. - The goal of tax reform: more jobs, fairer taxes, and bigger paychecks. RYAN BELIEVES: federal poverty reduction programs are ineffective and he supports cuts to welfare, child care, food stamps and other federal assistance programmes. - He also supports civil unions and opposes same – sex marriage. - He supports school vouchers, and supported the No Child Left Behind Act. - He also supports gun rights and opposes stricter gun control. Ryan supported the wars in Irag and Afghanistan.

CONSTITUENT SERVICES: - In the year 2008, Ryan gained $5.4 million in congressional earmarks for his constituency, including $3.28 million for bus service in Wisconsin. - During the 2011 Congressional summer break, Ryan held town hall meetings by telephone with constituents. The only public meetings Ryan attended in his district required an admission fee of at least $15. RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN RYAN AND TRUMP: - After Trump became the presumptive Republican nominee, Ryan was hesitant to endorse him but they privately met in May 2016, and released a joint statement afterwards, acknowledging their differences but supported each other. - After becoming the Republican presidential nominee, Trump initially refused to endorse Ryan in his primary race for his congressional seat and signaled support for Ryans opponent, Paul Nehlen. - In October 2016, Ryan disinvited Trump from a scheduled campaign rally, and announced that he would no longer defend or support Trumps presidential campaign but focus on Congressional races instead. - Trump then went on to attack Ryan, accusing him ‘disloyal’....