Paul Ryan Will Support The Budget Deal

House Budget Committee Chairman Rep. Paul Ryan, R-Wis. listens as Congressional Budget Office (CBO) Director Douglas Elmendorf testifies on Capitol Hill in Washington, Wednesday, Feb. 5, 2014, before the committee. A... House Budget Committee Chairman Rep. Paul Ryan, R-Wis. listens as Congressional Budget Office (CBO) Director Douglas Elmendorf testifies on Capitol Hill in Washington, Wednesday, Feb. 5, 2014, before the committee. Adding fresh fuel to the political fight over "Obamacare,” Republican lawmakers have seized on a Congressional Budget Office report that predicts nationwide job losses because of the health care program. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite) MORE LESS
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Rep. Paul Ryan (R-WI), who will likely be elected speaker of the House this week, announced on Wednesday morning that he will support the deal to raise the debt ceiling and set a two-year budget, despite his comments on Tuesday that the process Congressional leaders used to reach the deal “stinks.”

“Once again, we are facing a hard deadline and few good options. There is no doubt that a better process would have produced a better result. If I’m elected speaker, we will begin a conversation about how to approach these big issues — as a team — long before we reach these kinds of deadlines. We simply can’t keep doing business this way,” Ryan wrote in a statement.

But Ryan said that he will determine his vote based on the “substance of the bill” and any available alternatives to the deal.

“What I’ve heard from members over the last two weeks is a desire to wipe the slate clean, put in place a process that builds trust, and start focusing on big ideas. What has been produced will go a long way toward relieving the uncertainty hanging over us, and that’s why I intend to support it,” he wrote in the statement. “It’s time for us to turn the page on the last few years and get to work on a bold agenda that we can take to the American people.”

House Speaker John Boehner (R-OH) worked with Democratic and Senate leaders behind closed doors to reach an agreement to raise the debt ceiling and pass a two-year funding bill. Boehner’s decision to negotiate the deal privately roiled House conservatives. One member of the House Freedom Caucus called on all speaker candidates to oppose the budget deal.

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  1. Avatar for bd2999 bd2999 says:

    Given how these guys work they will need the two years and then still get it done at the last minute. It would only be worse if, and likely, they hold onto the house, but lose the Senate and the Presidency. If that happens than it will be rough governing for them.

  2. Ryan is going to find out the hard way that he can’t hide behind phony numbers now that he’s actually in charge. Doubly so if a Democrat wins in 2016.

  3. So yesterday he was against it and today he will vote for it? You would think these twits have enough $$ sloshing around to hire some advisors who would tell them what to say.

  4. Yesterday he was against it and today he is for it. Freedom Caucus isnt going to be happy with him. I guess he is going to find out that he needs to be their puppet if he wants to stay as a speaker.

  5. This won’t end well for him.

    For any of them actually.

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