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{{Short description|Speaker of the US House of Representatives from 2015 to 2019}}
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| name                = Paul Ryan
| image               = Speaker Paul Ryan official photo (cropped 4).jpg
| caption             = Official portrait, 2017
| office              = 54th [[Speaker of the United States House of Representatives]]
| term_start          = October 29, 2015
| term_end            = January 3, 2019
| predecessor         = [[John Boehner]]
| successor           = [[Nancy Pelosi]]
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| office1      = Leader of the [[House Republican Conference]]
| deputy1      = Kevin McCarthy
| term_start1  = October 29, 2015
| term_end1    = January 3, 2019
| predecessor1 = [[John Boehner]]
| successor1   = [[Kevin McCarthy]]
| office2      = Chair of the [[United States House Committee on Ways and Means|House Ways and Means Committee]]
| term_start2  = January 3, 2015
| term_end2    = October 29, 2015
| predecessor2 = [[Dave Camp]]
| successor2   = [[Sam Johnson]] (acting)
| office3      = Chair of the [[United States House Committee on the Budget|House Budget Committee]]
| term_start3  = January 3, 2011
| term_end3    = January 3, 2015
| predecessor3 = [[John Spratt]]
| successor3   = [[Tom Price (American politician)|Tom Price]]
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| state4              = [[Wisconsin]]
| district4           = {{ushr|WI|1|1st}}
| term_start4         = January 3, 1999
| term_end4           = January 3, 2019
| predecessor4        = [[Mark Neumann]]
| successor4          = [[Bryan Steil]]
| birth_name          = Paul Davis Ryan
| birth_date          = {{birth date and age|1970|1|29}}
| birth_place         = [[Janesville, Wisconsin|Janesville]], [[Wisconsin]], U.S.
| death_date          = 
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| party               = [[Republican Party (United States)|Republican]]
| spouse              = {{marriage|Janna Little|2000}}
| children            = 3
| education           = [[Miami University]] ([[Bachelor of Arts|BA]])
| awards              = [[Department of Defense Medal for Distinguished Public Service]]
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'''Paul Davis Ryan''' (born January 29, 1970) is an American politician who served as the 54th [[speaker of the United States House of Representatives]] from 2015 to 2019. A member of the [[Republican Party (United States)|Republican Party]], he was the party's [[Vice President of the United States|vice presidential]] nominee in the [[2012 United States presidential election|2012 election]] running alongside [[Mitt Romney]], losing to President [[Barack Obama]] and Vice President [[Joe Biden]].

Ryan is a native of [[Janesville, Wisconsin]], and graduated from [[Miami University]] in 1992. He spent five years working for Congress in Washington, D.C., becoming a speechwriter, then returned to Wisconsin in 1997 to work at his family's construction company. He was elected to Congress to represent {{ushr|WI|1}} the following year, replacing [[Mark Neumann]], who had vacated the seat to run for U.S. Senate. Ryan went on to represent the district for 20 years. He chaired the [[United States House Committee on the Budget|House Budget Committee]] from 2011 to 2015, and briefly chaired the [[United States House Committee on Ways and Means|House Ways and Means Committee]] in 2015.

A self-proclaimed [[deficit hawk]], Ryan was a major proponent of [[Social Security (United States)|Social Security]] privatization in the mid-2000s. During the 2010s, two proposals heavily influenced by Ryan—"[[The Path to Prosperity]]" and "[[A Better Way]]"—became part of the national dialogue advocating for the privatization of [[Medicare (United States)|Medicare]], the conversion of [[Medicaid (United States)|Medicaid]] into a [[block grant]] program, the repeal of the [[Affordable Care Act]], and significant federal tax cuts. In October 2015, after Speaker [[John Boehner]]'s resignation, Ryan was [[October 2015 Speaker of the United States House of Representatives election|elected to replace him]]. During his speakership, he played a key role in the passage of the [[Tax Cuts and Jobs Act of 2017]] and the [[Economic Growth, Regulatory Relief and Consumer Protection Act]] in 2018, which partially repealed the [[Dodd–Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act|Dodd–Frank Act]].

Ryan declined to run for re-election in the [[2018 United States House of Representatives elections|2018 midterm elections]]. With the [[Democratic Party (United States)|Democratic Party]] taking control of the House of Representatives, [[Nancy Pelosi]] succeeded Ryan as Speaker of the House.<ref>{{cite web |last=Barabak |first=Mark Z. |title=TJ Cox beats Republican Rep. David Valadao to give Democrats gain of 40 House seats, seven in California |url=https://www.latimes.com/politics/la-me-pol-valadao-cox-victory-20181128-story.html |website=Los Angeles Times |date=November 28, 2018}}</ref>

==Early life and education==
Paul Davis Ryan was born on January 29, 1970, in [[Janesville, Wisconsin]], the youngest of four children of Elizabeth "Betty" Ann, who later became an interior designer, and Paul Murray Ryan, a lawyer.<ref name="mother_snowbird">{{cite web|last1=Barszewski|first1=Larry |title=Paul Ryan's mom a Lauderdale-by-the-Sea snowbird|url=http://articles.sun-sentinel.com/2012-08-13/news/fl-lbts-paul-ryan-mom-20120813_1_paul-ryan-lauderdale-by-the-sea-republican-caucus |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141202082351/http://articles.sun-sentinel.com/2012-08-13/news/fl-lbts-paul-ryan-mom-20120813_1_paul-ryan-lauderdale-by-the-sea-republican-caucus |url-status=dead |archive-date=December 2, 2014 |publisher=Sun Sentinel|access-date=January 28, 2017|date=August 13, 2012}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.latimes.com/world/la-xpm-2012-aug-25-la-na-ryan-assets-20120826-story.html|title=Despite working-class image, Ryan comes from family of wealth|date=August 25, 2012|via=Los Angeles Times}}</ref> He is a fifth-generation Wisconsinite. His father was of [[Irish American|Irish]] ancestry and his mother of [[German American|German]] and [[English American|English]] descent.<ref name="tale"/> One of Ryan's paternal ancestors settled in Wisconsin prior to the [[American Civil War|Civil War]].<ref name="branches"/> His great-grandfather, Patrick William Ryan, founded an [[Heavy equipment (construction)|earthmoving]] company in 1884, which later became P. W. Ryan and Sons and is now known as Ryan Incorporated Central.<ref name="Auto2A-7"/><ref name="Auto2A-8"/> Ryan's grandfather, Stanley M. Ryan, was appointed [[United States Attorney|United States attorney]] for the [[United States District Court for the Western District of Wisconsin|Western District of Wisconsin]].<ref name="LA Times family wealth"/><ref name="Journal Sentinel 2009"/> In 2018, while filming a segment for the PBS series ''[[Finding Your Roots]]'', Ryan learned that his DNA results included 3 percent [[Ashkenazi Jew]]ish ancestry.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.haaretz.com/us-news/house-speaker-paul-ryan-finds-out-he-s-3-jewish-1.6338184 |title=House Speaker Paul Ryan Finds Out He's 3% Jewish |date=August 1, 2018 |access-date=August 2, 2018 |newspaper=Haaretz |agency=Associated Press}}</ref>

Ryan attended St. Mary's Catholic School in Janesville, then attended [[Joseph A. Craig High School]],<ref name="Auto2A-157"/> where he was elected president of his junior class, and thus became [[prom]] king.<ref name="Auto2A-10"/> As class president Ryan was a representative of the student body on the [[school board]].<ref name="Fussbudget"/> Following his second year, Ryan took a job working the grill at [[McDonald's]].<ref name=Fussbudget/> He was on his high school's [[Skiing|ski]], track, and [[varsity team|varsity]] soccer teams and played [[basketball]] in a Catholic recreational league.<ref name="semuels"/><ref name="Auto2A-11"/><ref name="Auto2A-12"/> He participated in several academic and social clubs including the [[Model United Nations]].<ref name=Fussbudget/><ref name=semuels/> Ryan and his family often went on hiking and [[skiing]] trips to the [[Colorado]] [[Rocky Mountains]].<ref name="milwaukeemagazine.com"/><ref name="Journal Sentinel 2009"/>

Although Ryan's father was not a lifelong heavy drinker, staying sober for nearly twenty years after his first stint in rehabilitation, he had become an alcoholic by the time Ryan was a teenager. Ryan later commented on his relationship with his father, whom he revered as a young child, stating that "[alcohol] made him more distant, irritable and stressed ... whiskey had washed away some of the best parts of the man I knew."<ref>{{cite news |url=https://talkingpointsmemo.com/news/paul-ryan-discusses-father-s-alcoholism |title=Paul Ryan Discusses Father's Death, Alcoholism |work=Talking Points Memo |access-date=September 16, 2018}}</ref> When he was 16, Ryan found his 55-year-old father lying dead in bed of a heart attack, something Ryan later partially attributed to heavy alcohol consumption.<ref name="Journal Sentinel 2009"/><ref name=Fussbudget/><ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.politico.com/magazine/story/2018/04/12/how-donald-trump-upended-paul-ryans-plans-217989/ |title=The Tragedy of Paul Ryan |work=Politico |access-date=September 16, 2018}}</ref> Following the death of his father, Ryan's grandmother moved in with the family. As she had [[Alzheimer's disease|Alzheimer's]], Ryan helped care for her while his mother commuted to college in Madison, Wisconsin.<ref name=Fussbudget/> From the time of his father's death until his 18th birthday, Ryan received [[Social Security (United States)#Children's benefits|Social Security survivors benefits]] which were saved for his college education.<ref name="USNews"/><ref name="who is"/><ref name="rollcallRyan"/> His mother later married widower Bruce Douglas.<ref name="mother_snowbird"/><ref>{{cite web |title=Bruce Douglas Obituary |url=http://www.schneiderfuneraldirectors.com/obituary/Bruce-Barlow-Douglas/Lauderdale-by-the-Sea/32135 |publisher=Schneider Funeral Directors |access-date=January 28, 2017}}</ref>

Ryan has a bachelor's degree in [[economics]] and [[political science]] from [[Miami University]] in [[Oxford, Ohio]],<ref name="miamiu"/> where he became interested in the writings of [[Friedrich Hayek]], [[Ludwig von Mises]], and [[Milton Friedman]].<ref name=Fussbudget/> He often visited the office of [[Libertarianism in the United States|libertarian]] professor Richard Hart to discuss the theories of these economists and of [[Ayn Rand]].<ref name="Fussbudget" /><ref name="sewell"/> Hart introduced Ryan to ''[[National Review]]'',<ref name="Fussbudget"/> and with Hart's recommendation Ryan began an [[internship]] in the D.C. office of Wisconsin U.S. Senator [[Bob Kasten]], where he worked with Kasten's foreign affairs adviser.<ref name="Fussbudget"/><ref name="Christian Schneider"/>

Ryan attended the Washington Semester program at [[American University]].<ref name="Auto2A-13"/> He worked summers as a salesman for [[Oscar Mayer]] and once got to drive the [[Wienermobile]].<ref name="Journal Sentinel 2009"/><ref name=sewell/><ref name="lineage"/> Ryan was a member of the [[College Republicans]],<ref name="Auto2A-14"/> and volunteered for the congressional campaign of [[John Boehner]].<ref name=sewell/> He was a member of the [[Delta Tau Delta]] social [[Fraternities and sororities in North America|fraternity]].<ref name="Auto2A-15"/>

== Early career ==
Betty Ryan reportedly urged her son to accept a congressional position as a legislative aide in Senator Kasten's office, which he did after graduating in 1992.<ref name="Christian Schneider" /><ref>{{cite web|title=Paul Ryan Fast Facts|url=http://www.cnn.com/2013/03/01/us/paul-ryan-fast-facts/|work=CNN|access-date=March 30, 2015|date=January 25, 2015}}</ref><ref name="Auto2A-24"/> In his early years working on [[Capitol Hill]], Ryan supplemented his income by working as a waiter, as a fitness trainer, and at other jobs.<ref name="Journal Sentinel 2009"/><ref name="lineage"/>

A few months after Kasten lost to Democrat [[Russ Feingold]] in the [[United States Senate election in Wisconsin, 1992|1992 election]], Ryan became a [[speechwriter]] for Empower America (which later became [[FreedomWorks]]), a conservative advocacy group founded by [[Jack Kemp]], [[Jeane Kirkpatrick]], and [[William Bennett]].<ref name="Journal Sentinel 2009"/><ref name="Steinhauer"/><ref name="Auto2A-25"/>

Ryan later worked as a speechwriter for Kemp,<ref name="Auto2A-26"/> the Republican vice presidential candidate in the [[1996 United States presidential election]]. Kemp became Ryan's mentor, and Ryan has said he had a "huge influence".<ref name="Auto2A-27"/>

In 1995, Ryan became the legislative director for then-U.S. congressman [[Sam Brownback]] of [[Kansas]]. In 1997 he returned to Wisconsin and worked for a year as a [[Marketing|marketing consultant]] for the [[construction]] company Ryan Incorporated Central, owned by his relatives.<ref name=Fussbudget/><ref name="Steinhauer" /><ref name="Auto2A-28"/>

==U.S. House of Representatives==
===Elections===
{{further|Electoral history of Paul Ryan}}
Ryan was first elected to the House in 1998, winning the 1st District seat of Republican [[Mark Neumann]], a two-term incumbent who had vacated his seat to make an unsuccessful bid for the U.S. Senate. 28-year-old Ryan won the Republican primary over 29-year-old pianist Michael J. Logan of [[Twin Lakes, Wisconsin|Twin Lakes]],<ref name="Auto2A-29"/> and the general election against [[Democratic Party (United States)|Democrat]] [[Lydia Spottswood]].<ref name="Auto2A-30"/> This made him the second-youngest member of the House.<ref name=Fussbudget/>
[[File:U.S. Republican Party of Wisconsin Chairman Reince Priebus, his wife Sally, and Congressman Paul Ryan in 2008.jpg|thumb|left|Paul Ryan with Chairman of the [[Republican Party of Wisconsin]] [[Reince Priebus]] and Priebus' wife, Sally in 2008]]
Reelected eight times, Ryan never received less than 55 percent of the vote in a congressional election. He defeated Democratic challenger [[Jeffrey C. Thomas]] in the 2000, 2002, 2004, and 2006 elections.<ref name="CQWI1" /> In the [[United States House of Representatives elections in Wisconsin, 2008#District 1|2008 election]], Ryan defeated Democrat Marge Krupp.<ref name="CQWI1"/>

In the [[United States House of Representatives elections in Wisconsin, 2010#District 1|2010 general election]], he defeated Democrat John Heckenlively and Libertarian Joseph Kexel.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.wnyc.org/story/120593-dems-drive-25/|title='Drive to 25': Democrats Target GOP Seats to Win Back the House – WNYC – New York Public Radio, Podcasts, Live Streaming Radio, News|website=WNYC}}</ref> In 2012, under Wisconsin [[election law]], Ryan was allowed to run concurrently for vice president and for Congress<ref name="Auto2A-34"/> and was not allowed to remove his name from the Congressional ballot after being nominated for the vice presidency.<ref name="Auto2A-35"/> He faced Democratic nominee Rob Zerban. As of July 25, 2012, Ryan had over $5.4 million in his congressional campaign account, more than any other House member.<ref name="Auto2A-31"/><ref name="Auto2A-32"/><ref name="Auto2A-33"/> He was reelected with 55 percent of his district's vote<ref name="WashPost-Kane-2012-11-07"/> and 44 percent of the vote in his hometown, Janesville.<ref>Craig Gilbert. [http://www.jsonline.com/news/statepolitics/paul-ryans-very-mixed-election-day-in-wisconsin-3t7iit7-178024521.html "Paul Ryan's very mixed election day in Wisconsin"] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150626123339/http://www.jsonline.com/news/statepolitics/paul-ryans-very-mixed-election-day-in-wisconsin-3t7iit7-178024521.html |date=June 26, 2015 }}, ''Milwaukee Journal Sentinel'', November 8, 2012; retrieved June 25, 2012.</ref>

Zerban again challenged Ryan in the [[United States House of Representatives elections in Wisconsin, 2014|2014 House election]].<ref name="MWJS">{{cite news |last=Behm |first=Don |title=Congressman Paul Ryan re-elected to 9th term |url=http://www.jsonline.com/news/statepolitics/congressman-paul-ryan-re-elected-to-9th-term-b99384576z1-281546271.html |work=Milwaukee-Wisconsin Journal Sentinel |date=November 4, 2014 |access-date=March 24, 2015}}</ref> Ryan won with 63 percent of his district's vote.<ref name=2014Generalelection>{{cite web |title=Wisconsin Statewide Results General Election |url=http://gab.wi.gov/elections-voting/results/2014/fall-general |publisher=Wisconsin Secretary of State |date=November 4, 2014 |access-date=January 16, 2015 |archive-date=January 16, 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150116183434/http://gab.wi.gov/elections-voting/results/2014/fall-general |url-status=dead }}</ref>

In the 2016 Republican primary election, Ryan faced businessman [[Paul Nehlen]], who had been endorsed by [[Sarah Palin]].<ref>{{cite news |last=de Vries |first=Karl |title=Palin will work to defeat Ryan in primary for Trump stance |url=http://www.cnn.com/2016/05/08/politics/sarah-palin-paul-ryan-paul-nehlen-endorsement/ |publisher=[[CNN]] |date=May 8, 2016 |access-date=May 8, 2016}}</ref> Because of Nehlen's support for Trump, Trump publicly thanked him on Twitter and later told ''[[The Washington Post]]'' that Nehlen was "running a very good campaign", even though he did not endorse him.<ref>{{cite news |last=Corasaniti |first=Nick |title=Donald Trump Refuses to Endorse Paul Ryan and John McCain |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2016/08/03/us/politics/donald-trump-refuses-to-endorse-paul-ryan-and-john-mccain.html |newspaper=[[The New York Times]] |date=August 2, 2016 |access-date=August 17, 2016}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |last=Fandos |first=Nicholas |title=Paul Ryan's Rival, a Long Shot, Tries to Gain an Edge From Donald Trump's Praise |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2016/08/05/us/politics/paul-ryans-gop-opponent-for-house-seen-as-long-shot-gets-a-boost-from-donald-trump.html?_r=0 |newspaper=[[The New York Times]] |date=August 4, 2016 |access-date=August 17, 2016}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |last=Jaffe |first=Alexandra |title=Paul Ryan Primary Opponent at Heart of Proxy War Between Trump and GOP |url=http://www.nbcnews.com/politics/2016-election/paul-ryan-primary-opponent-heart-proxy-war-between-trump-gop-n621906 |publisher=[[NBC News]] |date=August 3, 2016 |access-date=August 17, 2016}}</ref> On August 5, 2016, Trump endorsed Ryan's re-election after pressure from fellow Republican leaders.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Bash|first1=Dana|last2=Diamond|first2=Jeremy|title=Trump Endorses Paul Ryan, John McCain |url=http://www.cnn.com/2016/08/05/politics/donald-trump-endorse-paul-ryan/index.html?eref=rss_topstories|date=August 6, 2016|publisher=CNN|access-date=August 6, 2016}}</ref> In the primary election on August 9, 2016,<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.gab.wi.gov/node/3584|title=2016 Partisan Primary|website=[[Wisconsin Government Accountability Board]]|access-date=May 9, 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160509165932/http://www.gab.wi.gov/node/3584|archive-date=May 9, 2016|url-status=dead}}</ref> Ryan overwhelmingly defeated Nehlen, taking over 84 percent of the vote.<ref name=":0">{{cite news|url=http://www.jsonline.com/story/news/politics/elections/2016/08/09/ryan-nehlen-primary/88476374|title=Despite late drama, Ryan easily beats Nehlen|last=Gilbert|first=Craig|date=August 10, 2016|newspaper=Milwaukee Journal Sentinel|access-date=August 10, 2016}}</ref> In the November general election, Ryan faced Democrat Rebecca Solen<ref name=":0"/> and won with 65 percent of his district's vote.<ref>{{cite news|title=Wisconsin Results|date=November 11, 2016|newspaper=[[The New York Times]]|url=https://www.nytimes.com/elections/results/wisconsin|access-date=November 15, 2016}}</ref>

'''Committee assignments'''

As Speaker of the House of Representatives, Ryan was not a chair or a member of any committee. Prior to his speakership, Ryan held the following assignments:
* [[United States House Committee on Ways and Means|Committee on Ways and Means]] (Chairman)
** [[United States House Ways and Means Subcommittee on Health|Subcommittee on Health]]

'''Caucus memberships'''

* [[Republican Conference of the United States House of Representatives|House Republican Caucus]]
* Caucus of House Conservatives [[Republican Study Committee]]<ref name="Auto2A-44"/>
*[[United States Congressional International Conservation Caucus]]<ref>{{cite web|title=Our Members|url=https://royce.house.gov/internationalconservation/members.html|publisher=U.S. House of Representatives International Conservation Caucus|access-date=August 5, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180801155201/https://royce.house.gov/internationalconservation/members.html|archive-date=August 1, 2018|url-status=dead}}</ref>
* Middle East Economic Partnership Caucus
* [[Congressional Prayer Caucus|Prayer Caucus]]
* Sportsmen's Caucus (Co-Chair)
*[[Congressional Western Caucus]]<ref>{{cite web|title=Members|url=https://westerncaucus.house.gov/about/membership.htm|publisher=Congressional Western Caucus|access-date=July 18, 2018}}</ref>

=== Pre-Speaker congressional tenure (1999–2015) ===
[[File:PaulRyan.jpg|thumb|upright|Official U.S. Congress portrait of Ryan in 2001]]
Ryan became the ranking Republican member of the [[House Budget Committee]] in 2007<ref name="Auto2A-36"/> and became chairman of the committee in 2011 after Republicans took control of the House. That same year, he was selected to deliver the [[Republican response to the State of the Union address]].<ref name="Auto2A-37"/> As of August 2012, Ryan had been the primary sponsor of more than 70 [[Bill (proposed law)|bills]] or amendments,<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.snopes.com/politics/ryan/passedbills.asp|title=Bills Passed by Paul Ryan|first=David|last=Mikkelson|date=August 16, 2012 |publisher=snopes.com|access-date=July 12, 2017}}</ref><ref name="washingtonpost1"/> and only two of those bills had become law.<ref name="WashPost"/> One, passed in July 2000, renamed a post office in Ryan's district; the other, passed in December 2008, lowered the [[excise]] tax on [[arrow]] shafts.<ref name="Auto2A-38"/><ref name="Auto2A-39"/> As of August 2012, Ryan had also co-sponsored 975 bills, of which 176 had passed; 22% of these bills were originally sponsored by a Democrat.<ref name="govtrack"/><ref name=WashPost/>

Ryan was a "reliable supporter of the [George W. Bush] administration's foreign policy priorities" who voted for the 2002 [[Iraq Resolution]], authorizing the [[2003 invasion of Iraq]].<ref name="crawforda">Jamie Crawford, [https://web.archive.org/web/20120814022236/http://security.blogs.cnn.com/2012/08/13/ryans-foreign-policy-views-shaped-by-his-budget-battles/ "Ryan's foreign policy views shaped by his budget battles"], cnn.com, August 13, 2012.</ref>

In 2010, Ryan was a member of the bipartisan [[National Commission on Fiscal Responsibility and Reform]] (Bowles-Simpson Commission), which was tasked with developing a plan to reduce the federal deficit. He voted against the final report of the commission.<ref name="Auto2A-40"/> In 2012, Ryan accused the nation's top military leaders of using "[[smoke and mirrors]]" to remain under budget limits passed by Congress.<ref name="Auto2A-41"/><ref name="Auto2A-42"/> Ryan later said that he misspoke on the issue and called [[General (United States)|General]] [[Martin Dempsey]], the [[chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff]], to apologize for his comments.<ref name="Auto2A-43"/>

==2012 vice presidential campaign==
{{See also|Mitt Romney 2012 presidential campaign|2012 Republican Party vice presidential candidate selection}}
[[File:Paul Ryan with Mitt Romney in Norfolk, Virginia 8-11-12.jpg|thumb|[[Mitt Romney]] with Paul Ryan after introducing him as his running mate, for the 2012 presidential election, in [[Norfolk, Virginia]], on August 11, 2012]]

[[Dan Balz]] of ''[[The Washington Post]]'' wrote that Ryan was promoted as a candidate for vice president "by major elements of the conservative opinion makers, including ''[[The Wall Street Journal]]'' editorial page, the ''[[Weekly Standard]]'' and the editor of ''[[National Review]]''".<ref name="Auto2A-129" />

On August 11, 2012, the Romney campaign announced Ryan as its choice for Vice President<ref>{{cite web |date=August 11, 2012 |title=Mitt Romney chooses Paul Ryan as running mate |url=https://www.boston.com/uncategorized/noprimarytagmatch/2012/08/11/mitt-romney-chooses-paul-ryan-as-running-mate}}</ref> through its "Mitt's VP" [[mobile app]].<ref name="Auto2A-130" /> It was reported that Romney had offered the position to Ryan on August 1, 2012,<ref name="Auto2A-131" /> the day after returning from a foreign policy trip to the United Kingdom, [[Poland]], and [[Israel]].<ref name="Auto2A-132" /> On August 11, 2012, Ryan formally accepted Romney's invitation to join his campaign as his running mate, in front of the [[USS Wisconsin (BB-64)|USS ''Wisconsin'']] in Norfolk.<ref name="NYTimes" /> Ryan is the first individual from [[Wisconsin]]<ref name="Auto2A-133" /> as well as the first member of [[Generation X]]<ref name="jhicks">{{cite news |last1=Hicks |first1=Josh |date=August 19, 2012 |title=How much will Paul Ryan influence Generation X? |newspaper=The Washington Post |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/how-much-will-paul-ryan-influence-generation-x/2012/08/19/4df618e8-e7c2-11e1-8487-64e4b2a79ba8_story.html |access-date=July 24, 2016 |quote=There is no consensus definition of Generation X, but it comprises the post-[[Baby boomers|baby boom]] generation, born roughly between the mid-1960s and early-1980s. As such, Ryan is the first clear-cut, indisputable member of this demographic to run on a presidential ticket.}}</ref> to run on a [[List of United States major party presidential tickets|major party's national ticket]].

Also in August 2012, the [[Associated Press]] published a story saying that while the [[Tea Party movement]] had wanted a nominee other than Romney, it had gotten "one of its ideological heroes" in the vice presidential slot. According to the article, Ryan supports the Tea Party's belief in "individual rights, distrust of big government and an allegorical embrace of the Founding Fathers".<ref name="Auto2A-23" />

According to a statistical-historical analysis conducted by [[Nate Silver]], "Ryan is the most conservative Republican member of Congress to be picked for the vice-presidential slot since at least 1900" and "is also more conservative than any Democratic nominee [for vice president who previously served in the Congress] was liberal, meaning that he is the furthest from the center" of any vice presidential candidate chosen from Congress since the turn of the 20th century.<ref name="Silver Stats" />

Political scientist Eric Schickler commented that while Ryan "may well be the most conservative vice presidential nominee in decades," the NOMINATE methodology "is not suited to making claims about the relative liberalism or conservatism of politicians" over a long time span.<ref name="Mahtesian" /> A ''USA Today''/[[The Gallup Organization|Gallup]] poll found that 39% thought Ryan was an "excellent" or "pretty good" vice presidential choice, compared to 42% who felt he was a "fair" or "poor" choice.<ref name="Auto2A-134" />

Ryan formally accepted his nomination at the [[2012 Republican National Convention]] on August 29, 2012.<ref name="Auto2A-135" /> In his acceptance speech, he promoted [[Mitt Romney]] as the presidential candidate, supported repeal of the [[Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act]] (PPACA),<ref name="NationalJournal" /> said that he and Romney had a plan to generate 12 million new jobs over the ensuing four years, and promoted founding principles as a solution: "We will not duck the tough issues—we will lead. We will not spend four years blaming others—we will take responsibility. We will not try to replace our founding principles, we will reapply our founding principles."<ref name="NationalJournal" />

The speech was well received by the convention audience and praised for being well-delivered.<ref name="RyanPromises" /><ref name="Paul Ryan Republican" /> Some fact-checkers purported that there were important factual omissions and that he presented details out of context.<ref name="Auto2A-136" /><ref name="Auto2A-137" /><ref name="Auto2A-138" /><ref name="wapo-bitter" /> Conservative media (including [[Jennifer Rubin (journalist)|Jennifer Rubin]] of ''The Washington Post'',<ref name="Auto2A-139" /> the ''[[Investor's Business Daily]]'',<ref name="Auto2A-140" /> and [[Fox News]]<ref name="Auto2A-141" />) disputed some of the fact-checkers' findings. Of 33 of Ryan's statements which Politifact.com suspected of being false or misleading, it rated 10.5% as True, 18% as Mostly True, 21% as Half True, 36% as Mostly False, 9% as False, and 6% as Pants on Fire.<ref name="Auto2A-142" /> On October 11, 2012, Ryan debated his Democratic counterpart, incumbent Vice President [[Joe Biden]], in [[United States presidential election debates, 2012|the only vice presidential debate]] of the 2012 election cycle.<ref name="Auto2A-143" /><ref name="Auto2A-144" />

Romney and Ryan lost the 2012 presidential election, but Ryan retained his seat in the House of Representatives.<ref name="Auto2A-145" /><ref name="Auto2A-146" />

==Speaker of the House==
=== 114th Congress ===
{{main|October 2015 Speaker of the United States House of Representatives election}}
[[File:Speaker Ryan and Boehner.tif|thumb|Speaker Ryan (left) shakes hands with outgoing Speaker [[John Boehner]] (right).]]
[[File:King Salman.png|thumb|King [[Salman of Saudi Arabia]] speaks with Ryan in April 2016.]]

On September 25, 2015, [[John Boehner]] formally announced to House Republicans his intention to resign from the speakership and the House.<ref>{{cite news| url=https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/2015/09/25/john-boehner-resigns-house-speaker/72793398/| title=Amid revolt, Boehner steps aside to avoid 'irreparable harm' to Congress| first=Deirdre |last=Shesgreen| others=Contributing: Cooper Allen, Paul Singer, Chrissie Thompson, David Jackson, Ray Locker and Erin Kelly| work=USA Today |date=September 25, 2015| access-date=February 5, 2019}}</ref> Among those interested in the post, [[Kevin McCarthy]]—who had wide support among Republicans, including Boehner, and Ryan, who was set to officially nominate him—was considered the presumptive favorite.<ref>{{cite magazine|url=https://time.com/4050341/john-boehner-speaker-kevin-mccarthy-house/|title=Meet Kevin McCarthy: The Frontrunner to Replace John Boehner|first=Jay |last=Newton-Small|magazine=Time|access-date=October 10, 2015}}</ref><ref name="NYT Speaker">{{cite news| last1=Steinhauer| first1=Jennifer| last2=Herszenhorn| first2=David M.| title=Kevin McCarthy Drops Out of House Speaker Race, Creating G.O.P. Chaos|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2015/10/09/us/politics/house-speaker-vote.html|access-date=October 8, 2015|newspaper=The New York Times|date=October 8, 2015}}</ref> His candidacy was opposed by conservative House Republicans of the [[Freedom Caucus]], and when it became clear that caucus members would not support his candidacy, McCarthy withdrew his name from consideration on October 8. This led many Republicans to turn to Ryan as a compromise candidate. The push included a plea from Boehner, who reportedly told Ryan that he was the only person who could unite the House Republicans at a time of turmoil.<ref name="WP Speaker">{{cite news|last1=Costa|first1=Robert|last2=Helderman|first2=Rosalind S.|last3=DeBonis|first3=Mike|title=House Majority Leader Kevin McCarthy drops out of race for House speaker|url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/powerpost/wp/2015/10/08/house-majority-leader-kevin-mccarthy-drops-out-of-race-for-house-speaker|access-date=October 8, 2015|newspaper=The Washington Post|date=October 8, 2015}}</ref> Ryan released a statement that said, "While I am grateful for the encouragement I've received, I will not be a candidate."<ref name="USA Today Speaker">{{cite news|last1=Slack|first1=Donovan|title=Rep. Paul Ryan on House speaker's job: Thanks, but no thanks|url=https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/2015/10/08/rep-paul-ryan-wisconsin-house-speakers-job-thanks-but-no-thanks/73588750/|access-date=October 8, 2015|newspaper=USA Today|date=October 8, 2015}}</ref> The next day however, close aides of Ryan's confirmed that Ryan had re-evaluated the situation, and was considering the possibility of a run.<ref name="eyes on ryan">{{cite news|url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/powerpost/wp/2015/10/09/all-eyes-on-paul-ryan-as-house-gop-looks-to-regroup/|title=Wooing Chairman Ryan: Paul Ryan remains on sidelines as House GOP looks to regroup|first=Mike|last=DeBonis|date=October 9, 2015|newspaper=The Washington Post|access-date=October 9, 2015}}</ref><ref name="CNN Ryan">{{cite web|url=http://www.cnn.com/2015/10/09/politics/house-speaker-race-paul-ryan|title=Paul Ryan considering running for speaker|work=CNN|access-date=October 10, 2015|date=October 9, 2015}}</ref>

Ryan confirmed on October 22, that he would seek the speakership after receiving the endorsements of two factions of House Republicans, including the conservative [[Freedom Caucus]].<ref>{{cite news|last1=Steinhauer|first1=Jennifer|title=Paul Ryan Will Seek to Become House Speaker|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2015/10/23/us/politics/house-gop-factions-lining-up-for-paul-ryan-as-speaker.html|access-date=October 22, 2015|newspaper=The New York Times|date=October 22, 2015}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|last1=DeBonis|first1=Mike|title=Paul Ryan goes all in: 'I am ready and eager to be our speaker'|url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/powerpost/wp/2015/10/22/paul-ryan-goes-all-in-i-am-ready-and-eager-to-be-our-speaker|access-date=October 22, 2015|newspaper=The Washington Post|date=October 22, 2015}}</ref> Ryan, upon confirming his bid for the speakership, stated, "I never thought I'd be speaker. But I pledged to you that if I could be a unifying figure, then I would serve – I would go all in. After talking with so many of you, and hearing your words of encouragement, I believe we are ready to move forward as one, united team. And I am ready and eager to be our speaker."<ref>{{Cite web|title=Paul Ryan's winning pitch to House Republicans|date=October 22, 2015|url=http://www.cnn.com/2015/10/22/politics/paul-ryan-house-speaker-announcement/index.html|work=CNN|access-date=October 23, 2015}}</ref>

On October 29, Ryan was elected Speaker, receiving 236 votes, an [[Supermajority#Majority of the entire membership|absolute majority]] of the 435-member chamber. [[Democratic Party (United States)|Democrat]] [[Nancy Pelosi]] received 184 votes, with 12 more going to others.<ref name=CRS-RL30857>{{cite web| last1=Heitshusen| first1=Valerie| last2=Beth| first2=Richard S.| title=Speakers of the House: Elections, 1913–2019| date=January 4, 2019| work=CRS Report for Congress| page=8| url=https://fas.org/sgp/crs/misc/RL30857.pdf| publisher=[[Congressional Research Service]], the [[Library of Congress]]| location=Washington, D.C.| access-date=January 11, 2019}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2015/10/30/us/politics/paul-ryan-set-to-take-over-as-speaker-hoping-to-manage-the-chaos.html|title=Paul Ryan Is Elected House Speaker, Hoping to Manage Chaos|first=Jennifer|last=Steinhauer|date=October 29, 2015|access-date=October 29, 2015|work=The New York Times}}</ref> After the vote Ryan delivered his first remarks as speaker-elect and was [[Oath of office#Federal executive and legislative branch oaths|sworn in]] by [[John Conyers]], the [[Dean of the United States House of Representatives|dean of the House]], becoming, at age {{age|1970|1|29|2015|10|29}}, the youngest person elected as speaker since [[James G. Blaine]] (age {{age|1830|1|31|1869|3|4}}) in 1869.<ref>{{Cite AV media notes| title=House Session| date=October 29, 2015| url=https://www.c-span.org/video/?328947-1/paul-ryan-elected-speaker-house-year-ago| type=Liner notes| publisher=[[C-SPAN]]| access-date=January 27, 2019}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|title=Paul Ryan is so young it's like he was elected speaker in 1850|author=Philip Bump|url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/the-fix/wp/2015/10/29/paul-ryan-is-so-young-its-like-he-was-elected-speaker-in-1850/|date=October 29, 2015}}</ref> Later, he named lobbyist [[John David Hoppe]] as his [[chief of staff]].<ref name=washingtonpost-ryan-names-hoppe>{{cite news|last1=Costa|first1=Robert|title=Paul Ryan taps GOP power broker David Hoppe for top job|url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/powerpost/wp/2015/10/25/paul-ryan-taps-lobbyist-david-hoppe-for-top-job/|access-date=October 28, 2015|newspaper=[[The Washington Post]]|date=October 25, 2015}}</ref><ref name=thinkprogress-ryan-hoppe>{{cite news|last1=Israel|first1=Josh|title=Speaker Of The House Front-Runner Appoints Corporate Lobbyist As Chief-Of-Staff|url=http://thinkprogress.org/politics/2015/10/26/3715989/paul-ryan-chief-lobbyist-revolving-door/|access-date=October 28, 2015|agency=[[Think Progress]]|date=October 26, 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160807003308/http://thinkprogress.org/politics/2015/10/26/3715989/paul-ryan-chief-lobbyist-revolving-door/|archive-date=August 7, 2016|url-status=dead}}</ref>

Ryan became the leader of the House Republicans upon becoming Speaker. However, by tradition, he largely stopped taking part in debate and made only a few votes from the floor. He was also not a member of any committees.

=== 2016 presidential election ===
[[File:Paul Ryan (12987458923).jpg|thumb|left|280px|Ryan speaking at [[Conservative Political Action Conference|CPAC]] in March 2014]]
After [[Donald Trump]] became the presumptive Republican nominee in the 2016 presidential election on May 4, 2016, Ryan was hesitant to endorse him, stating on May 5 that he was "not ready".<ref>{{cite news|last1=Steinhauer|first1=Jennifer|author-link1= Jennifer Steinhauer |last2=Burns |first2=Alexander|title=Paul Ryan Says He Is 'Not Ready' to Endorse Donald Trump|newspaper=[[The New York Times]]|date=May 5, 2016|access-date=May 8, 2016 |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2016/05/06/us/politics/paul-ryan-donald-trump.html}}</ref> Ryan and Trump met in private on May 12, releasing a joint statement afterward, acknowledging their differences but stating "we recognize that there are also many important areas of common ground."<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.cnn.com/2016/05/11/politics/paul-ryan-donald-trump-meeting |title=Trump, Ryan tout unity in wake of meeting|date=May 12, 2016|work=CNN}}</ref> On June 2, Ryan announced his support for Trump in an op-ed in ''The Janesville Gazette''.<ref>{{cite news |url=http://www.cnn.com/2016/06/02/politics/paul-ryan-endorses-donald-trump|title=Paul Ryan endorses Donald Trump|date=June 2, 2016|work=CNN}}</ref>

The following day, June 3, amid Trump's criticism of Judge [[Gonzalo P. Curiel]], Ryan said Trump's critique "just was out of left field for my mind," and voiced disagreement with him.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.cnn.com/2016/06/03/politics/clinton-statement-on-trump-university-judge|title=Ryan, Clinton slam Trump over racial criticism of judge|date=June 3, 2016|work=CNN}}</ref> On June 7, Ryan disavowed Trump's comments about Curiel because he believed they were "the textbook definition of a racist comment". Nevertheless, Ryan continued to endorse Trump, believing that more Republican policies will be enacted under Donald Trump than presumptive Democratic nominee [[Hillary Clinton]].<ref>{{cite news|last1=Walsh|first1=Deirdre Walsh|last2=Raju|first2=Manu|title=Ryan: Trump's 'textbook definition of a racist comment'|url=http://www.cnn.com/2016/06/07/politics/paul-ryan-donald-trump-racist-comment/index.html|access-date=June 7, 2016|work=CNN}}</ref> On June 15, after [[Kevin McCarthy]] stated during a conversation among Republicans, "There's two people I think [[Vladimir Putin|Putin]] pays: [[Dana Rohrabacher|Rohrabacher]] and Trump. Swear to God", Ryan interjected, "No leaks. This is how we know we're a real family here."<ref name=WP170517>{{cite news|url= https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/national-security/house-majority-leader-to-colleagues-in-2016-i-think-putin-pays-trump/2017/05/17/515f6f8a-3aff-11e7-8854-21f359183e8c_story.html|title=House majority leader to colleagues in 2016: "'I think Putin pays' Trump"|first=Adam|last=Entous|newspaper=[[The Washington Post]]|date= May 17, 2017}}</ref>

On July 5, after FBI director [[James Comey]] advocated against pressing charges against Clinton for her email scandal, Ryan said Comey's decision "defies explanation" and stated that "[d]eclining to prosecute Secretary Clinton for recklessly mishandling and transmitting national security information will set a terrible precedent."<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/onpolitics/2016/07/05/republican-reaction-hillary-clinton-fbi-emails/86708602/|title=Paul Ryan, GOP officials blast Clinton over FBI email findings|first=Eliza|last=Collins|newspaper=USA Today|date=July 5, 2016}}</ref>

During the 2016 presidential campaign, Ryan suggested that candidate Trump should release his tax returns.<ref>{{Cite news |title=Ryan suggests Trump should release tax returns |work=POLITICO |url=https://www.politico.com/story/2016/09/paul-ryan-trump-tax-returns-228219 |access-date=April 13, 2018}}</ref>

[[File:Trump shaking hands with Paul Ryan.jpg|thumb|Ryan shaking hands with [[Donald Trump]] prior to his address to a [[Donald Trump speech to joint session of Congress, February 2017|joint session of Congress]] on February 28, 2017]]
In October 2016, following the [[Donald Trump Access Hollywood controversy|Donald Trump ''Access Hollywood'' controversy]], Ryan disinvited Trump from a scheduled campaign rally,<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.latimes.com/nation/politics/trailguide/la-na-trailguide-updates-pence-too-is-out-at-wisconsin-event-1475944325-htmlstory.html|title=Pence, too, is out at Wisconsin event with Paul Ryan|first=Julie|last=Westfall|newspaper=Los Angeles Times|date=October 8, 2016|access-date=October 11, 2016}}</ref> and announced that he would no longer defend or support Trump's presidential campaign but would focus instead on Congressional races. He also freed down-ticket congress members to use their own judgment about Trump, saying "you all need to do what's best for you and your district."<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.cnn.com/2016/10/10/politics/paul-ryan-said-he-wont-defend-donald-trump/index.html|title=Paul Ryan said he won't defend Donald Trump|author=Manu Raju, Deirdre Walsh and Kevin Liptak|date=October 10, 2016|work=CNN|access-date=October 10, 2016}}</ref> Trump then went on to attack Ryan, accusing him and other "disloyal" Republicans of deliberately undermining his candidacy as part of "a whole sinister deal".<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-election-trump-idUSKCN12C2I5|title=Trump intensifies attacks on Ryan with four weeks left until Election Day|date=October 12, 2016|work=Reuters|access-date=October 18, 2016}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.politico.com/story/2016/10/hill-gop-surrogates-advise-trump-to-stop-ryan-attacks-229671|title=Trump's Hill surrogates: Stop attacking Ryan|date=October 12, 2016|work=Politico|access-date=October 18, 2016}}</ref>

=== 115th Congress ===
{{main|2017 Speaker of the United States House of Representatives election}}
[[File:Donald Trump with Paul Ryan and Mike Pence 2017-12-20.jpg|thumb|Ryan with Donald Trump and Vice President [[Mike Pence]], December 2017]]
Two months after the [[2016 United States House of Representatives elections|2016 elections]], Ryan was re-elected Speaker of the House on January 3, 2017, the opening day of the [[115th United States Congress|115th Congress]]. He received 239 votes to House Democratic Leader Pelosi's 189 votes (with 5 more going to others).<ref>{{cite web| title=Final Vote Results For Roll Call 2: Election of the Speaker (115th Congress)| url=http://clerk.house.gov/evs/2017/roll002.xml| website=clerk.house.gov| date=January 3, 2017| access-date=February 5, 2019}}</ref>

On February 7, 2017, Ryan told reporters a replacement for the Affordable Care Act (ACA) would be introduced "this year" amid speculation Donald Trump would not act toward doing so until the following year.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.cnn.com/2017/02/07/politics/ryan-obamacare-replacement/|title=Ryan insists Obamacare replacement will pass this year|first=Deirde|last=Walsh|date=February 7, 2017|work=CNN}}</ref> On March 9, Ryan gave a 30-minute lecture explaining the proposed replacement for the ACA, titled the [[American Health Care Act]] (AHCA).<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.cnn.com/2017/03/09/politics/paul-ryans-ted-talk-obamacare-repeal/index.html|title=Paul Ryan's TED talk ignores conservative split on GOP health care bill|first=Deirdre|last=Walsh|work=CNN}}</ref> On March 30, Ryan said that he did not intend to work with Democrats on repealing and replacing the ACA, reasoning their involvement would lead to "government running health care."<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2017/mar/30/paul-ryan-rules-out-working-democrats-health-care/|title=Speaker Ryan rules out working with Democrats on health care|first=Tom Jr.|last=Howell|newspaper=Washington Times|date=March 30, 2017}}</ref> On April 4, Ryan confirmed renewed discussions of an ACA replacement, but warned that a replacement was in the "conceptual" stages of its development.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2017/apr/4/ryan-revived-health-care-talks-conceptual-stage|title=Speaker Ryan: Revived health care talks still in 'conceptual stage'|date=April 4, 2017|newspaper=Washington Times}}</ref> On May 4, the House narrowly voted for the AHCA to repeal the ACA.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.congress.gov/bill/115th-congress/house-bill/1628|title=H.R.1628 – American Health Care Act of 2017|date=May 4, 2017|website=www.congress.gov}}</ref> On May 9, Ryan said that "a month or two" would pass before the Senate would pass its own ACA repeal and replacement legislation.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.politico.com/story/2017/05/09/paul-ryan-senate-pass-obamacare-repeal-238148|title=Ryan predicts Senate will pass Obamacare repeal in 'a month or two'|first=Louis|last=Nelson|publisher=Politico|date=May 9, 2017}}</ref> The Senate created several of its own versions of the act but was unable to pass any of them.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.theatlantic.com/politics/archive/2017/07/john-mccains-no-vote-sinks-republicans-skinny-repeal-plan/535209/|title=John McCain's No Vote Sinks Republicans' 'Skinny Repeal' Plan – The Atlantic|last=Berman|first=Russell|date=July 28, 2017|work=[[The Atlantic]]|access-date=April 11, 2018}}</ref>

In May 2017, Ryan said Congress' goal was "calendared 2017 for tax reform" and reported progress was being made in doing so.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.politico.com/story/2017/05/18/paul-ryan-trump-tax-reform-2017-238559|title=Ryan: Tax reform is happening in 2017|first=Rachael|last=Bade|date=May 18, 2017|publisher=Politico}}</ref> In December 2017, both houses of Congress passed a $1.5 trillion tax bill called the [[Tax Cuts and Jobs Act of 2017]], which Trump signed into law on December 22.<ref>{{cite news |url= https://www.cnbc.com/2017/12/22/trump-signs-gop-tax-plan-short-term-government-funding-bill.html |title= Trump signs GOP tax plan, short-term government funding bill |last=Wilkie |first= Christina |date= December 22, 2017 |work=[[CNBC]] |access-date= April 11, 2018}}</ref> The tax law is projected to add an additional $1.5 trillion to the national debt over a decade, but the nonpartisan Joint Committee on Taxation also estimated that the GDP level on average would be 0.7% higher during the same period.<ref name=":4">{{Cite news|url=https://www.politico.com/magazine/tory/2018/04/11/paul-ryan-legacy-record-budget-red-ink/|title=Paul Ryan's Legacy of Red Ink|work=POLITICO Magazine|access-date=April 12, 2018}}</ref><ref name=":2" /><ref name="JCT_Econ1">{{Cite web|url=https://www.jct.gov/publications.html?func=startdown&id=5055|title=JCX-69-17|website=www.jct.gov}}</ref> In the weeks leading up to his retirement announcement, Ryan also championed a $1.3 trillion government-wide spending bill that boosted military spending significantly.<ref name=":1" /> ''Politico'' noted that Ryan "clamored for austerity when he's been in the minority, trashing Democrats as profligate budget-busters, but he's happily busted budgets in the majority."<ref name=":4" />

In June 2017, Ryan expressed support for strong sanctions on Russia in response to Russian interference in the 2016 elections and its annexation of the Crimea, saying that Russia's actions were "unacceptable".<ref name="signs">{{cite news |url= https://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-trump-russia/trump-signs-russia-sanctions-bill-moscow-calls-it-trade-war-idUSKBN1AI1Y4 |title= Trump signs Russia sanctions bill, Moscow calls it 'trade war' |date= August 2, 2017 |work= [[Reuters]] |access-date= April 11, 2018}}</ref> He urged Special Counsel [[Robert Mueller]] and Congressional oversight committees to "do their jobs so that we can get to the bottom of all of this."<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/2017/07/12/paul-ryan-russian-meddling-election-absolutely-unacceptable/471428001/ |title= Paul Ryan: Russian meddling in U.S. election is 'absolutely unacceptable' |first= Erin |last=Kelly |newspaper=USA Today |date= July 12, 2017}}</ref> In July Congress passed a bill imposing new sanctions on Russia and giving Congress the power to overrule White House attempts to roll back sanctions. Both houses passed the bill with veto-proof majorities (98–2 in the Senate, 419–3 in the House), so Trump reluctantly signed it into law on August 2, 2017.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.cnn.com/2017/08/02/politics/donald-trump-russia-sanctions-bill/index.html|title=Trump signs bill approving new sanctions against Russia|date=August 3, 2017|work=CNN|access-date=April 11, 2018}}</ref><ref name = signs/>

Ryan provided political cover for [[Devin Nunes]], chair of the House Intelligence Committee, who many characterized as a source of the dysfunction in the committee as it investigated Russian interference in the 2016 election.<ref name=":1">{{Cite news|url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/powerpost/fiscal-hawk-ryan-leaves-behind-growing-deficits-and-a-changed-gop/2018/04/11/827b68d4-3d93-11e8-a7d1-e4efec6389f0_story.html|title=Fiscal hawk Ryan leaves behind growing deficits and a changed GOP|last=Werner|first=Erica|date=April 11, 2018|newspaper=[[The Washington Post]]|access-date=April 12, 2018|language=en-US|issn=0190-8286}}</ref> Nunes accused the Obama administration of improperly "unmasking" the identities of Trump associates (which led Nunes' temporary recusal from the committee's Russia investigation), accused the FBI of misconduct, leaked the text messages of Senator [[Mark Warner]] (in an effort to misleadingly suggest impropriety on his behalf), and threatened to impeach FBI director Christopher Wray and Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein.<ref name=":5">{{Cite news|url=https://www.politico.com/magazine/story/2018/04/11/paul-ryan-retire-devin-nunes-217848/|title=Now You're Free, Paul Ryan. Fire Devin Nunes.|work=POLITICO Magazine|access-date=April 12, 2018}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.politico.com/story/2018/04/11/paul-ryan-do-not-fire-mueller-rosenstein-515215|title=Ryan says Mueller, Rosenstein 'should be allowed to do their jobs' despite Trump threats|work=POLITICO|access-date=April 12, 2018}}</ref> The House Intelligence Committee was one of few so-called "select" committees in Congress, which meant that it was up to Ryan to decide the chairman of the committee.<ref name=":5" />

Despite having favored comprehensive immigration earlier in his congressional career, Speaker Ryan prevented immigration legislation from being advanced in the House.<ref name=":1" /><ref name=":3">{{Cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2018/04/11/us/politics/paul-ryan-speaker.html|title=Ryan Leaves Behind a Party That in Many Ways Left Him Behind|last1=Stolberg|first1=Sheryl Gay|date=April 11, 2018|work=The New York Times|access-date=April 12, 2018|last2=Kaplan|first2=Thomas|language=en-US|issn=0362-4331}}</ref> When President Trump ended [[Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals]] (DACA) – which granted temporary stay for undocumented immigrants brought into the United States as minors – Ryan said DACA recipients should "rest easy" because Congress would solve the problem for them, but Ryan backed no bills to protect DACA recipients.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.vox.com/2018/4/11/17224240/paul-ryan-leaving-primary-reelection|title=Paul Ryan lost the fight for the Republican Party's soul|work=Vox|access-date=April 12, 2018}}</ref>

An article in ''The Washington Post'' described Ryan's relationship with President Trump as "friendly, if occasionally uneasy," adding that "Ryan did little to check the president or encourage oversight of his administration."<ref name=":1" /> Ryan supported Trump's firing of FBI Director James Comey, and did not support legislation to protect Special Counsel Robert Mueller's investigation into Russian interference in the 2016 election.<ref name=":1" /> Ryan said that legislation to protect Mueller's investigation was not "necessary".<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/congress/paul-ryan-not-necessary-bring-bill-protect-mueller-n866086?cid=sm_npd_nn_tw_ma|title=Paul Ryan: Not 'necessary' to bring up bill to protect Mueller|work=NBC News|access-date=April 15, 2018|language=en-US}}</ref>

On April 11, 2018, Ryan announced that he would not run for re-election in November, saying, "I like to think I've done my part, my little part in history to set us on a better course." In response, Trump tweeted, "Speaker Paul Ryan is a truly good man, and while he will not be seeking re-election, he will leave a legacy of achievement that nobody can question."<ref name="retire">{{cite news|url=https://www.cnn.com/2018/04/11/politics/paul-ryan-retirement-house-speaker/index.html|title=House Speaker Paul Ryan won't seek re-election|author1=Phil Mattingly |author2=Maegan Vazquez|work=CNN|access-date=April 11, 2018}}</ref>

In May 2018, Ryan led the House in passing the [[Economic Growth, Regulatory Relief and Consumer Protection Act]], which partially repealed the [[Dodd–Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act|Dodd-Frank Act]].<ref name="auto">{{Cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2018/05/22/business/congress-passes-dodd-frank-rollback-for-smaller-banks.html|title=Congress Approves First Big Dodd-Frank Rollback|newspaper=The New York Times|date=May 22, 2018|last1=Rappeport|first1=Alan}}</ref> It was signed into law by President Trump a few days later.

After Republicans lost control of the House in the 2018 midterm elections, Ryan suggested that there were irregularities about the election results in California. Ryan said that California's election system was "bizarre", "defies logic" and that "there are a lot of races there we should have won." After Ryan's remarks were reported on, Ryan's spokesperson said "The Speaker did not and does not dispute the results".<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://thehill.com/homenews/house/418880-ryan-casts-doubt-on-bizarre-california-election-results|title=Ryan casts doubt on 'bizarre' California election results|last=Swanson|first=Ian|date=November 29, 2018|work=The Hill|access-date=November 29, 2018|language=en}}</ref>

=== Assessment of Speaker tenure ===
[[File:Speaker-Paul-Ryan-Portrait.jpg|250px|thumb| Official portrait by Leslie W. Bowman, 2023]]

Following Ryan's retirement announcement, an article in ''The Washington Post'' stated that Ryan was "leav[ing] behind a legacy of dramatically expanded government spending and immense deficits, a GOP president unchecked, a broken immigration system, and a party that's fast abandoning the free-trade principles that he himself championed."<ref name=":1" /> According to the Associated Press, Ryan "achieved one of his career goals: rewriting the tax code"; however, "on his other defining aim—balancing the budget and cutting back benefit programs like Social Security, Medicare and Medicaid—Ryan has utterly failed".<ref name=":2">{{Cite news|url=https://www.cnbc.com/2018/04/11/the-associated-press-speaker-ryan-will-leave-behind-new-tax-code-busted-budget.html|title=Speaker Ryan will leave behind new tax code, busted budget|last=Taylor|first=Andrew|date=April 11, 2018|publisher=CNBC|access-date=April 12, 2018}}</ref>

===Constituent services===
In fiscal year 2008, Ryan garnered $5.4 million in congressional [[Earmark (politics)|earmarks]], including $3.28 million for [[Transit bus|bus service]] in Wisconsin, $1.38 million for the [[Ice Age Trail]], and $735,000 for the Janesville transit system.<ref name="Bender"/> In 2009, he successfully advocated with the [[United States Department of Energy|Department of Energy]] for [[American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009|stimulus funds]] for energy initiatives in his district.<ref name=Bender/>

Other home district projects he has supported include a runway extension at the [[Southern Wisconsin Regional Airport]], an environmental study of the [[Kenosha, Wisconsin|Kenosha]] Harbor, firefighting equipment for Janesville, road projects in Wisconsin, and commuter rail and streetcar projects in Kenosha. In 2008, Ryan pledged to stop seeking earmarks. Prior to that he had sought earmarks less often than other representatives.<ref name=Markon/> [[Taxpayers for Common Sense]] records show no earmarks supported by Ryan for fiscal years 2009 and 2010.<ref name=Bender/> In 2012, Ryan supported a request for $3.8 million from the [[United States Department of Transportation|Department of Transportation]] for a new transit center in Janesville,<ref name=Markon/> which city officials received in July.<ref name="Auto2A-45"/>

Ryan was an active member of a task force established by Wisconsin governor [[Jim Doyle]] that tried unsuccessfully to persuade [[General Motors]] to keep its assembly plant in Janesville open. He made personal contact with GM executives to try to convince them to save or retool the plant, offering GM hundreds of millions of dollars of taxpayer-funded incentives.<ref name=Deluca/> Following the closure of factories in Janesville and Kenosha, constituents expressed dissatisfaction with Ryan's voting history.<ref name="Abercrombie"/> During the 2011 congressional summer break, Ryan held [[town hall meeting]]s by telephone with constituents. The only public meetings Ryan attended in his district required an admission fee of at least $15.<ref name="Fischer"/><ref name="Epstein"/>{{undue weight inline|date=June 2019}}

In August 2011, constituents in Kenosha and [[Racine, Wisconsin|Racine]] protested when Ryan would not meet with them about economic and employment issues, after weeks of emailed requests from them. His Kenosha office locked its doors and filed a complaint with the police, who told the protesters that they were not allowed in Ryan's office.<ref name=Abercrombie/><ref name=Fischer/><ref name=Stein/>

Ryan maintained a mobile office to serve constituents in outlying areas.<ref name="Auto2A-46"/>

==Congressional Leadership Fund==
{{main|Congressional Leadership Fund}}
The Congressional Leadership Fund (CLF), a [[Super PAC]], has been closely linked and aligned with Ryan.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2018/10/15/us/politics/terrorism-midterms-advertising.html|title=Attack Ads Against Some Democrats Try to Portray Them as Terrorists|newspaper=The New York Times |date=October 15, 2018 |access-date=October 24, 2018|language=en|last1=Steinhauer |first1=Jennifer }}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.wsj.com/articles/paul-ryans-super-pac-cancels-ads-backing-some-incumbent-house-republicans-1538165399|title=Paul Ryan's Super PAC Cancels Ads Backing Some Incumbent House Republicans|last=Epstein|first=Reid J.|date=September 28, 2018|work=[[The Wall Street Journal]]|access-date=October 24, 2018|language=en-US|issn=0099-9660}}</ref><ref>{{Cite magazine|url=https://time.com/5336902/congressional-leadership-fund-fundraising/|title=This Republican Super PAC Raised $51 Million to Try and Save the Party's House Majority|magazine=Time|language=en|access-date=October 24, 2018}}</ref> Ryan has directed major GOP donors towards the CLF.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2018/09/20/gop-super-pac-enters-five-new-house-races-after-adding-million-hold-ryans-seat/|title=GOP super PAC enters five new House races after adding $1.5 million to hold Ryan's seat|newspaper=The Washington Post|language=en|access-date=October 24, 2018}}</ref>

==Political positions==
{{Main|Political positions of Paul Ryan}}
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[[File:Speaker Ryan 1.tif|thumb|right|Ryan takes his oath of office following his election as Speaker on October 29, 2015.]]
Ryan's political positions were generally [[Conservatism in the United States|conservative]], with a focus on [[fiscal policy]].<ref name=nyt20120813 /> Ryan "played a central role in nearly all" the policy debates of the period 2010–2012.<ref name=nyt20120813 /> In 2012, Ryan voted against the [[National Commission on Fiscal Responsibility and Reform|Simpson–Bowles commission]] proposal to reduce the deficit, because the proposal raised taxes and failed to repeal the Affordable Care Act.<ref>{{Cite news|url=http://www.politifact.com/truth-o-meter/article/2012/aug/30/ryan-and-simpson-bowles-commission-full-story/|title=Ryan and the Simpson-Bowles Commission: the full story|work=PolitiFact|access-date=April 13, 2018|language=en}}</ref> While he was a self-proclaimed deficit hawk, Ryan's tenure of Speaker of the House saw a major expansion in government spending and a ballooning of deficits despite unified Republican control of Congress and the White House, no recession and no new foreign conflict.<ref name=":1" /><ref name=":3" /><ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2018-12-12/paul-ryan-s-legacy-of-debt|title=Paul Ryan Leaves Behind Big Budget Deficits and Ballooning Debt|agency=Bloomberg |date=December 12, 2018 |access-date=December 23, 2018}}</ref>

Ryan subscribed to [[supply-side economics]] and supported tax cuts including eliminating the [[capital gain]]s tax, the corporate income tax, the [[Inheritance tax|estate tax]], and the [[Alternative Minimum Tax]].<ref name=Ambinder /><ref name=time20111214 /><ref name=roadmap2 /> Ryan supports deregulation, including the [[Gramm–Leach–Bliley Act]] of 1999, which repealed some financial regulation of banks from the [[Banking Act of 1933|Glass–Steagall Act]] of 1933.<ref name=msnbc20140407 /> During the economic recovery from the [[Great Recession in the United States|Great Recession of the late 2000s]], Ryan supported the [[Troubled Asset Relief Program]] (TARP), which authorized the Treasury to purchase [[toxic assets]] from banks and other financial institutions, and the [[2008–2010 automotive industry crisis|auto industry bailout]]; Ryan opposed the [[Credit CARD Act of 2009]], which expanded consumer protections regarding credit card plans, and the [[Dodd–Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act]], which strengthened financial regulation.<ref name=msnbc20140407 /><ref name="Auto2A-53" /><ref name="Auto2A-63" /> In 2018 as House Speaker, Ryan helped pass the [[Economic Growth, Regulatory Relief and Consumer Protection Act]] that repealed large parts of Dodd-Frank.<ref name="auto" />

In 2016, Ryan rolled out a set of anti-poverty proposals that "seek to expand work requirements for those receiving federal benefits, to give states and local jurisdictions a greater role in administering those benefits, to better measure the results of federal programs for the poor, and to crack down on waste, fraud and abuse."<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.pressherald.com/2016/06/07/house-speaker-paul-ryan-debuts-anti-poverty-plan-limiting-federal-role/|title=House Speaker Paul Ryan debuts anti-poverty plan limiting federal role|work=PressHerald.com|last=DeBonis|first=Mike|access-date=July 29, 2018|language=en}}</ref> Ryan believes federal [[poverty reduction]] programs are ineffective and he supports cuts to welfare, child care, [[Pell Grant]]s, food stamps, and other federal assistance programs.<ref name="WOPReportDocument" /><ref name="WOP_report" /><ref name="Auto2A-119" /> Ryan supports [[block grant]]ing [[Medicaid]] to the states and the [[privatization]] of [[Social Security (United States)|social security]] and [[Medicare (United States)|Medicare]].<ref name="Auto2A-17" /><ref name=Ambinder /><ref name=time20111214 /><ref name=nymag20120429 /> Ryan supported the [[Medicare Part D]] prescription drug benefit and opposes the [[Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act]] (ACA), also known as "Obamacare."<ref name=msnbc20140407 /><ref name=weeklystandard20120723 /><ref name=propublica20120914 /> Ryan supported the [[American Health Care Act of 2017]] (AHCA), the 2017 House Republican plan to repeal and replace the ACA.<ref name="NYT-20170504a" /><ref name="CNN-passage" /> In 2012, ''The New York Times'' said Ryan was "his party's most forceful spokesman for cutting entitlement spending."<ref name=nyt20120813 />

Ryan's non-fiscal policy positions were subject to additional national attention with his 2012 candidacy for vice president.<ref name="NYT-PearSocial" /> Ryan is [[United States pro-life movement|pro-life]] and opposes [[United States pro-choice movement|abortion rights]].<ref name="Beast08122012" /><ref name=Bloomberg-822 /> Ryan opposed the [[Lilly Ledbetter Fair Pay Act of 2009]], which provides that the 180-day statute of limitations for filing an equal-pay lawsuit regarding pay discrimination resets with each new paycheck affected by that discriminatory action.<ref name=cnn20121020 /><ref name=abc20121017 /> In 2012, Ryan supported [[civil unions]] and opposed [[same-sex marriage]].<ref name="NYT-PearSocial" /><ref name="FiveIssues" />

Ryan supported [[school voucher]]s, and supported the [[No Child Left Behind Act]] in 2001 and its repeal the [[Every Student Succeeds Act]] in 2015.<ref name=wapo20120811 /><ref name=wapo20151210 /> Ryan is unsure, and believes [[Climatology|climate scientists]] are unsure, of the impact of [[Human impact on the environment|human activity on climate change]].<ref name=nyt20120814 /><ref name=time20141014 /> Ryan supported tax incentives for the petroleum industry and opposed them for [[renewable energy]].<ref name=weeklystandard20120723 /><ref name="Auto2A-116" /> Ryan supported [[Gun politics in the United States|gun rights]] and opposed stricter [[gun control]].<ref name="NYT-PearSocial" /><ref name="CNN Ryan Vote" /> Ryan supported the [[Iraq War|wars in Iraq]] and [[War in Afghanistan (2001–present)|Afghanistan]].<ref name=msnbc20140407 /><ref name="crawford" />

[[File:2018 SOTU 27628831.jpg|thumb|Ryan with President Donald Trump and Vice President Mike Pence, January 2018]]
Ryan condemned [[Barack Obama]]'s decision not to block a [[United Nations Security Council Resolution 2334|UN resolution]] criticizing [[Israeli settlements|Israeli settlement building]] in the occupied [[Palestinian territories]] as "absolutely shameful".<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.reuters.com/article/us-israel-palestinians-un-ryan-idUSKBN14C220 |title=House Speaker Ryan, Senator McCain condemn U.S. abstention on U.N.'s Israel vote|date=December 23, 2016|work=Reuters}}</ref> Ryan supported President Donald Trump's decision to [[United States recognition of Jerusalem as capital of Israel|recognize Jerusalem as Israel's capital]]. He stated: "Jerusalem has been, and always will be, the eternal, undivided capital of the State of Israel."<ref>{{cite news |title=In US Congress, robust backing for Trump's Jerusalem move |url=https://www.timesofisrael.com/in-us-congress-robust-backing-for-trumps-jerusalem-move/ |work=The Times of Israel |date=December 6, 2017}}</ref>

Following the [[2018 Russia–United States Summit]], in which Donald Trump stated that he believed Russian government did not [[Russian interference in the 2016 United States elections|interfere in the 2016 U.S. presidential election]], Ryan confirmed his belief that Russian government interfered and advocated for more [[economic sanctions]] against Russia for the interference.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.cnn.com/2018/07/17/politics/paul-ryan-russia-sanctions-vladimir-putin-meeting/index.html|title=House Speaker Paul Ryan advocates for more Russia sanctions|date=July 17, 2018|publisher=CNN}}</ref>

Ryan supported U.S. involvement in the [[Saudi-led intervention in the Yemeni civil war]] and used his power to block a House vote on the war in [[Yemen]].<ref>{{cite news |title=What the Hell Is Wrong With Paul Ryan? |url=https://www.thenation.com/article/paul-ryan-yemen-saudi-arabia-vote/ |work=The Nation |date=December 13, 2018 |archive-date=January 29, 2019 |access-date=January 28, 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190129010510/https://www.thenation.com/article/paul-ryan-yemen-saudi-arabia-vote/ |url-status=dead }}</ref>{{better source needed|date=December 2019}}

In a 2022 interview, Ryan described himself as a "Never-Again Trumper." While he was "proud of the accomplishments [during the Trump administration]", Ryan highlighted how under Trump, the Republican Party lost elections in [[2018 United States elections|2018]], [[2020 United States elections|2020]], and [[2022 United States elections|2022]], and said that the party should thus distance itself from Trump.<ref>{{cite news |author-link=Chris Cillizza |last1=Cillizza |first1=Chris |title=Paul Ryan invents a new category of anti-Trumpism |url=https://www.cnn.com/2022/11/21/politics/paul-ryan-never-again-trump-2024/index.html |access-date=21 November 2022 |publisher=[[CNN]] |date=November 21, 2022}}</ref> A year later, Ryan would deride Trump as a "populist, authoritarian narcissist" and "not a conservative."<ref>{{cite news |last1=Zhang |first1=Andrew |title=Paul Ryan calls Trump a 'populist, authoritarian narcissist' |url=https://www.politico.com/news/2023/12/13/paul-ryan-trump-populist-authoritarian-narcissist-00131675 |access-date=16 December 2023 |work=Politico |date=December 13, 2023}}</ref> In June 2024, Ryan stated he would not vote for Trump in the [[2024 United States presidential election|2024 presidential election]], instead planning to [[write-in candidate|write-in]] another candidate because of Trump's lack of "character."<ref>{{cite news |last1=Arco |first1=Matt |title=The latest big-time Republican to bail on Trump |url=https://www.nj.com/politics/2024/06/the-latest-big-time-republican-to-bail-on-trump.html |access-date=12 June 2024 |work=NJ.com |publisher=Advance Local Media LLC |date=June 10, 2024}}</ref> Prior to the [[2024 Republican Party presidential primaries|Republican primaries]], Ryan privately encouraged Congressman [[Mike Gallagher (American politician)|Mike Gallagher]] to support [[Nikki Haley]]'s presidential campaign.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Lizza |first1=Ryan |last2=Daniels |first2=Eugene |last3=Bade |first3=Rachael |title=Playbook: Steve Scalise unpacks the House GOP |url=https://www.politico.com/newsletters/playbook/2023/12/01/steve-scalise-unpacks-the-house-gop-00129540?cid=hptb_primary_0 |access-date=12 June 2024 |work=Politico |date=December 1, 2023}}</ref>

===History with Objectivism===
At a 2005 Washington, D.C., gathering celebrating the 100th anniversary of [[Ayn Rand]]'s birth, Ryan credited Rand with having inspired him to get involved in politics.<ref name="Auto2A-17" /> In a speech that same year at [[The Atlas Society]], he said he grew up reading Rand, and that her books taught him about his value system and beliefs.<ref name="atlassociety" /><ref name="reeve" /> Ryan required staffers and interns in his congressional office to read Rand,<ref name="reeve" /> and gave copies of her novel ''[[Atlas Shrugged]]'' as gifts to his staff for [[Christmas]].<ref name=Mayer /><ref name="Auto2A-18" /> In his Atlas Society speech, he also described [[Social Security (United States)|Social Security]] as a "socialist-based system".<ref name="Auto2A-19" />

In 2009, Ryan said, "What's unique about what's happening today in government, in the world, in America, is that it's as if we're living in an Ayn Rand novel right now. I think Ayn Rand did the best job of anybody to build a moral case of capitalism, and that morality of capitalism is under assault."<ref name="Mayer" />

In April 2012, after receiving criticism from [[Georgetown University]] faculty members on his budget plan, Ryan rejected Rand's philosophy of [[Objectivism]] as [[atheistic]], saying it "reduces human interactions down to mere contracts".<ref name="Auto2A-20" /> He also called the reports of his adherence to Rand's views an "[[urban legend]]" and stated that he was instead deeply influenced by his [[Catholic]] faith and by [[Thomas Aquinas]].<ref name="Auto2A-21" />

==Electoral history==
{{main|Electoral history of Paul Ryan}}

{{Election box begin no change | title=2015 election for [[Speaker of the United States House of Representatives|Speaker]] (Special){{snd}}[[114th United States Congress|114th Congress]]<ref>{{cite web| url=https://www.congress.gov/crec/2015/10/29/CREC-2015-10-29.pdf| title=161 ''Cong. Rec.'' H7337–38 (2015)| date=October 29, 2015| publisher=United States Government Publishing Office| location=Washington, D.C.| access-date=March 24, 2019}}</ref>}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link no change|
  |party      = Republican Party (United States)
  |candidate  = Paul Ryan ([[Wisconsin's 1st congressional district|WI 1]])
  |votes      = 236
  |percentage = 54.63
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link no change|
  |party      = Democratic Party (United States)
  |candidate  = [[Nancy Pelosi]] ([[California's 12th congressional district|CA 12]])
  |votes      = 184
  |percentage = 42.60
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link no change|
  |party      = Republican Party (United States)
  |candidate  = [[Daniel Webster (Florida politician)|Dan Webster]] ([[Florida's 10th congressional district|FL 10]])
  |votes      = 9
  |percentage = 2.08
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link no change|
  |party      = Democratic Party (United States)
  |candidate  = [[Jim Cooper]] ([[Tennessee's 5th congressional district|TN 5]])
  |votes      = 1
  |percentage = 0.23
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link no change|
  |party      = Democratic Party (United States)
  |candidate  = [[John Lewis]] ([[Georgia's 5th congressional district|GA 5]])
  |votes      = 1
  |percentage = 0.23
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link no change|
  |party      = Republican Party (United States)
  |candidate  = [[Colin Powell]]
  |votes      = 1
  |percentage = 0.23
}}
{{Election box total no change|
  |votes      = 432
  |percentage = 100
}}
{{Election box necessary no change|
  |votes      = 217
  |percentage = >50
}}
{{Election box end}}

{{Election box begin no change | title=2017 election for [[Speaker of the United States House of Representatives|Speaker]]{{snd}}[[115th United States Congress|115th Congress]]<ref>{{cite web| url=https://www.congress.gov/115/crec/2017/01/03/CREC-2017-01-03.pdf| title=163 ''Cong. Rec.'' H3–4 (2017)| date=January 3, 2017| publisher=United States Government Publishing Office| location=Washington, D.C.| access-date=March 24, 2019}}</ref><br>* denotes incumbent}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link no change|
  |party      = Republican Party (United States)
  |candidate  = Paul Ryan* ([[Wisconsin's 1st congressional district|WI 1]])
  |votes      = 239
  |percentage = 55.19
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link no change|
  |party      = Democratic Party (United States)
  |candidate  = [[Nancy Pelosi]] ([[California's 12th congressional district|CA 12]])
  |votes      = 189
  |percentage = 43.65
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link no change|
  |party      = Democratic Party (United States)
  |candidate  = [[Tim Ryan (Ohio politician)|Tim Ryan]] ([[Ohio's 13th congressional district|OH 13]])
  |votes      = 2
  |percentage = 0.47
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link no change|
  |party      = Democratic Party (United States)
  |candidate  = [[Jim Cooper]] ([[Tennessee's 5th congressional district|TN 5]])
  |votes      = 1
  |percentage = 0.23
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link no change|
  |party      = Democratic Party (United States)
  |candidate  = [[John Lewis]] ([[Georgia's 5th congressional district|GA 5]])
  |votes      = 1
  |percentage = 0.23
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link no change|
  |party      = Republican Party (United States)
  |candidate  = [[Daniel Webster (Florida politician)|Dan Webster]] ([[Florida's 10th congressional district|FL 10]])
  |votes      = 1
  |percentage = 0.23
}}
{{Election box total no change|
  |votes      = 433
  |percentage = 100
}}
{{Election box necessary no change|
  |votes      = 217
  |percentage = >50
}}
{{Election box end}}

== Post-congressional life ==
In March 2019, Ryan joined the board of directors of [[Fox Corporation]], the owner of [[Fox News Channel]] and the Fox broadcast network.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.latimes.com/business/hollywood/la-fi-ct-fox-spinoff-20190319-story.html |title=Murdoch family launches a new Fox, and former House Speaker Paul Ryan joins its board |last=James |first=Meg |website=Los Angeles Times |date=March 19, 2019 |access-date=March 20, 2019}}</ref> In August 2019, he joined the board of [[SHINE Medical Technologies]].<ref>{{Cite web|date=August 26, 2019|title=Former House Speaker Paul Ryan appointed to SHINE's Board of Directors |url=https://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20190826005561/en/Former-House-Speaker-Paul-Ryan-appointed-to-SHINE%E2%80%99s-Board-of-Directors|access-date=February 14, 2021|website=www.businesswire.com|language=en}}</ref> He later joined the faculty of the [[University of Notre Dame]] as a professor of practice for the 2019–20 academic year as a guest lecturer in political science and economics.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://thehill.com/blogs/blog-briefing-room/news/439022-paul-ryan-joins-university-of-notre-dame-faculty|title=Paul Ryan joins University of Notre Dame faculty|last=Burke|first=Michael |date=April 15, 2019 |website=The Hill |access-date=June 17, 2019}}</ref> In April 2019, Ryan was nominated as the delegation leader to represent President Trump in a visit to Taipei. With Taiwanese President [[Tsai Ing-wen]], he attended the 40th-anniversary ceremony of the [[Taiwan Relations Act]].<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.taipeitimes.com/News/front/archives/2019/04/16/2003713495 |title=Other nations should be more like Taiwan: Ryan |website=Taipei Times |date=April 16, 2019 |access-date=April 19, 2019}}</ref> In October 2019, Ryan launched a non-profit called American Idea Foundation.<ref>{{Cite web|last=Balluck|first=Kyle|date=October 28, 2019|title=Paul Ryan launches new nonprofit|url=https://thehill.com/homenews/house/467689-paul-ryan-launches-new-nonprofit|access-date=February 14, 2021|website=The Hill|language=en}}</ref>

In October 2020, Ryan joined the public relations and advisory company [[Teneo]] as a senior advisor.<ref>{{cite news |author=<!--Not stated--> Writer |url=https://todayheadline.co/the-most-influential-global-dealmaker-of-2020/ |title=The most influential global dealmaker of 2020 |work=Todayheadline |date=October 9, 2020 |access-date=July 10, 2022 }}</ref><ref>{{cite news |author=<!--Not stated--> Writer |url=https://www.teneo.com/speaker-paul-ryan-joins-teneo-as-a-senior-advisor/ |title=Speaker Paul Ryan Joins Teneo as a Senior Advisor |work=Teneo |date=October 6, 2020 |access-date=July 10, 2022 }}</ref> In February 2021 he became a partner in the Boston private equity investment firm Solamere Capital.<ref>{{cite news |title=Paul Ryan joins investment firm |url=https://www.yahoo.com/news/paul-ryan-joins-investment-firm-033100601.html |work=Yahoo News |date=26 February 2021}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |title=Paul Ryan to Join Solamere Capital |url=https://www.wsj.com/articles/paul-ryan-says-he-is-joining-solamere-capital-11614207652 |access-date=21 November 2024 |work=The Wall Street Journal}}</ref>

On May 17, 2023, Ryan unveiled his official portrait at the U.S. Capitol during a ceremony in [[Statuary Hall]]. During his speech, he said, "Only in America would it be possible for a kid from Janesville to go from an intern to the Speaker of the House".<ref>{{cite web |last1=Andrea |first1=Lawrence |date=17 May 2023 |title=Paul Ryan's Speaker portrait is unveiled with bipartisan accolades for his tenure in Congress |url=https://www.jsonline.com/story/news/politics/2023/05/17/paul-ryan-portrait-unveiling-comes-with-accolades-for-ex-speaker/70222635007/ |accessdate=18 May 2023 |publisher=Milwaukee Journal Sentinel}}</ref>

==Personal life==
[[File:Speaker Ryan and Family.tif|thumb|300px|Ryan with his wife and family on the Speaker's balcony at the [[U.S. Capitol]], following his election in October 2015]]
In December 2000, Ryan married Janna Christine Little<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.huffpost.com/us/entry/1774265|title=Janna Ryan, Paul Ryan's Wife, Lobbied For Cigar, Nuclear, Pharmaceutical Industries|date=August 16, 2012|work=The Huffington Post|author=Wilkie, Christina}}{{Dead link|date=September 2018 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref> who is a [[Tax law|tax attorney]]. Janna Ryan is a native of [[Madill, Oklahoma]], and a graduate of both [[Wellesley College]] and [[George Washington University Law School]].<ref name="USNews" /><ref name="Auto2A-153" /> The Ryans live in the [[Courthouse Hill Historic District]] of [[Janesville, Wisconsin]].<ref name="semuels" /> They have three children: Elizabeth "Liza" Anne, Charles Wilson, and Samuel Lowery.<ref>{{cite web|date=August 11, 2012|title=Mitt Romney to Announce Vice-President Choice Paul Ryan This Morning at 8:45 ET in Norfolk, VA.|url=http://www.theodoresworld.net/archives/2012/08/_mitt_romney_to_announce_vicep.html|publisher=Theodore's World}}</ref> Ryan is a member of [[St. John Vianney Catholic Church]] in Janesville.<ref name="Auto2A-156" />

Janna is a cousin of former Democratic Representative [[Dan Boren]] (D-OK).<ref name="Auto2A-154"/> She is also a granddaughter of [[1970 Oklahoma gubernatorial election|Reuel Little]], who helped found the [[American Party (1969)|American Party]] to support the 1968 presidential campaign of [[George Wallace]].<ref>{{cite news|last1=DeMillo|first1=Andrew|date=August 14, 2012|title=Ryan's wife comes from storied Oklahoma Democratic family|work=[[Las Vegas Sun]]|agency=[[Associated Press]]|url=https://lasvegassun.com/news/2012/aug/14/ryans-wife-comes-storied-oklahoma-democratic-famil/|access-date=March 20, 2019}}</ref><ref>{{cite magazine|author=Steinmetz, Katy|date=August 12, 2012|title=A Brief Introduction to Janna Ryan, Potential Second Lady|url=https://swampland.time.com/2012/08/12/a-brief-introduction-to-janna-ryan-potential-second-lady/|magazine=Time}}</ref> Through his marriage, Ryan is related to [[Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States|Supreme Court justice]] [[Ketanji Brown Jackson]].<ref name="wapo2022-02-25">{{cite news |last1=Roberts |first1=Roxanne |author-link1=Roxanne Roberts |title=How Paul Ryan is related to Ketanji Brown Jackson |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/lifestyle/2022/02/25/paul-ryan-ketanji-brown-jackson/ |newspaper=[[The Washington Post]] |date=February 25, 2022 |access-date=April 11, 2022 |archive-date=February 25, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220225220455/https://www.washingtonpost.com/lifestyle/2022/02/25/paul-ryan-ketanji-brown-jackson/ |url-status=live }}</ref>

Due to a family history of fatal heart attacks before age 60, Ryan is involved in an intense cross-training fitness program called [[P90X]].<ref name="Auto2A-158">{{cite web |first1=Janice |last1=Lloyd |url=https://www.usatoday.com/news/health/story/2012-08-13/paul-ryan-fitness/57039866/1?csp=34news |title=Ryan's fitness regimen is not for the faint of heart |website=USA Today |access-date=August 17, 2012 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120819021129/https://www.usatoday.com/news/health/story/2012-08-13/paul-ryan-fitness/57039866/1?csp=34news |archive-date=Aug 19, 2012 |date=Aug 13, 2012 }}</ref> He has always been a fitness enthusiast and was a personal trainer after graduating from college. Speaking of P90X he said, "It works because it's called muscle confusion. It hits your body in many different ways. Pull-ups, push-ups, sit-ups, lots of cardio, karate, jump training. It has results, it works. It's a good workout."<ref name="politicop90x">{{cite web|last1=Allen|first1=Mike|title=Interview with Paul Ryan|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8wb374ZdZ2w| archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/varchive/youtube/20211030/8wb374ZdZ2w| archive-date=October 30, 2021|website=Politico|publisher=Youtube|access-date=December 9, 2016|date=March 27, 2010}}{{cbignore}}</ref><ref name="BIp90x">{{cite web|last1=Spector|first1=Dina|title=Paul Ryan Can Thank This 54-Year-Old Man For His Ripped Body|url=http://www.businessinsider.com/tony-horton-p90x-inventor-paul-ryan-fitness-2012-9|website=Business Insider|access-date=December 9, 2016|date=September 27, 2012}}</ref>

In a 2010 ''[[Politico]]'' interview he stated that he weighed 163 pounds and maintained his body fat percentage between 6% and 8%. [[Tony Horton (personal trainer)|Tony Horton]], creator of P90X, who has personally trained Ryan many times, reiterated the claim saying, "He is very, very, very lean. I know what 6 to 8 percent body fat looks like, and there's no fat anywhere on the man. I'm around 9 percent and he's much leaner than I am. He's easily 6 to 8 percent body fat. You just have to eat right and exercise every day, and that’s what he does."<ref name="politicop90x"/><ref name="BIp90x"/><ref name="Slatep90x">{{cite web|last1=Gifford|first1=Bill|title=Paul Ryan, Ubermensch|url=http://www.slate.com/articles/news_and_politics/politics/2012/09/paul_ryan_claims_he_has_6_to_8_percent_body_fat_.single.html#prclt-FR9jDk2Z|website=Slate|access-date=December 9, 2016|date=September 17, 2012}}</ref>

During a 2012 radio interview, Ryan claimed he had once run a [[marathon]] in under three hours;<ref name="Auto2A-159">{{cite news |title=Paul Ryan Interview |url=http://www.hughhewitt.com/blog/g/3229320e-2c55-4122-93f1-2ebe4fbc8663 |publisher=hughhewitt.com |date=August 22, 2012 |access-date=September 4, 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130129235533/http://www.hughhewitt.com/blog/g/3229320e-2c55-4122-93f1-2ebe4fbc8663 |archive-date=January 29, 2013 |url-status=dead}}</ref> he later said he forgot his actual time and was just trying to give what he thought was a normal time.<ref name="Auto2A-160">{{cite news |last=Wing |first=Nick |title=Paul Ryan Explains Marathon Time Snafu: I Made Up What I Thought Was 'An Ordinary Time' |url=http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/09/05/paul-ryan-marathon-lie_n_1858384.html |access-date=October 23, 2012 |newspaper=The Huffington Post |date=May 9, 2012}}</ref> His one official marathon time is recorded as slightly over four hours.<ref name="Auto2A-161">{{cite news |url=http://www.salon.com/2012/09/02/paul_ryans_marathon_lie/ |title=Paul Ryan's marathon lie |date=September 2, 2012 |work=Salon}}</ref><ref name="Auto2A-162">{{cite news |url=http://news.runnersworld.com/2012/08/31/paul-ryan-says-hes-run-sub-300-marathon/ |title=Paul Ryan Has Not Run Sub-3:00 Marathon |date=August 31, 2012 |work=Runner's World |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120901181741/http://news.runnersworld.com/2012/08/31/paul-ryan-says-hes-run-sub-300-marathon/ |archive-date=September 1, 2012}}</ref>

==Awards and honors==
* 2004, 2010&nbsp;– Guardian of Small Business Award, [[National Federation of Independent Business]]<ref name="Auto2A-164"/><ref name="Auto2A-165"/>
* 2008&nbsp;– Defending the American Dream Award, [[Americans for Prosperity]], Wisconsin chapter<ref name="Auto2A-166"/>
* 2009&nbsp;– Manufacturing Legislative Excellence Award, [[National Association of Manufacturers]]<ref name="Auto2A-167"/>
* 2009&nbsp;– Honorary Degree, [[Miami University]]<ref name=miamiu/><ref name="driehaus"/>
* 2010&nbsp;– Legislator of the Year Award, International Franchise Association<ref name="Auto2A-168"/>
* 2011&nbsp;– Statesmanship Award, [[Claremont Institute]]<ref name="Auto2A-169"/>
* 2011&nbsp;– Fiscy Award for responsible financial stewardship and fiscal discipline in government.<ref name="Auto2A-170"/><ref name="Auto2A-171"/>
* 2011&nbsp;– Leadership Award, [[Jack Kemp]] Foundation<ref name="Auto2A-172"/>
* 2011&nbsp;– Freedom and Prosperity Award, [[Mason Contractors Association of America]]<ref name="Auto2A-173"/>
* 2012&nbsp;– Chair, Honorary Board of the [[Archery Trade Association]]<ref name="Auto2A-174"/>
* 2014 – Alexander Hamilton Award, [[Manhattan Institute for Policy Research]]<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.manhattan-institute.org/html/alexander-hamilton-2014-award-dinner-7730.html|title=Alexander Hamilton 2014 Award Dinner|website=Manhattan Institute|date=September 20, 2015|access-date=April 15, 2016}}</ref>
* 2018 – [[File:US DoD Distinguished Public Service Award BAR.svg|23px]] [[Department of Defense Medal for Distinguished Public Service]]<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://thehill.com/homenews/house/418864-paul-ryan-receives-dod-distinguished-public-service-award-from-secretary|website=The Hill|title=Paul Ryan receives DOD Distinguished Public Service Award from Secretary Mattis|date=November 29, 2018|access-date=November 30, 2018}}</ref>

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<ref name="WOP_report">{{cite news |last=Mascaro |first=Lisa |title=Rep. Paul Ryan calls for cuts in anti-poverty programs |url=https://www.latimes.com/nation/la-na-ryan-poverty-20140304-story.html |newspaper=[[Los Angeles Times]] |access-date=March 6, 2014 |date=March 3, 2014}}</ref>

<ref name="Auto2A-119">{{cite web |title=Paul Ryan Gets Serious About Poverty |url=https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2014-03-06/paul-ryan-gets-serious-about-poverty |publisher=[[Bloomberg BusinessWeek]] |access-date=March 9, 2014 |date=March 6, 2014}}</ref>

<ref name="Beast08122012">{{citation |last=Goldberg |first=Michelle |author-link=Michelle Goldberg |title=Paul Ryan's Extreme Abortion Views |newspaper=[[The Daily Beast]] |date=August 11, 2012 |url=http://www.thedailybeast.com/articles/2012/08/11/paul-ryan-s-extreme-abortion-views.html |access-date=August 16, 2012}}</ref>

<ref name=Bloomberg-822>{{cite news |author1=Homan, Timothy R. |author2=Walsh, Steve |name-list-style=amp |title=Ryan's Record of Abortion Opposition Consistent With Akin's |date=August 22, 2012 |url=https://www.bloomberg.com/news/2012-08-22/ryan-opposition-to-abortion-consistent-with-akin-s-no-exceptions.html |publisher=[[Bloomberg L.P.]] |access-date=August 27, 2012}}{{subscription required}}</ref>

<ref name=cnn20121020>{{cite news |title=Obama, Romney equal on gender pay inequality |first1=Halimah |last1=Abdullah |first2=Allison |last2=Brennan |publisher=[[CNN]] |date=October 20, 2012 |url=http://www.cnn.com/2012/10/19/politics/romney-obama-women-hiring/ |access-date=February 12, 2017}}</ref>

<ref name=abc20121017>{{cite news |title=Romney Campaign Wavers On Lilly Ledbetter Act |date=October 17, 2012 |first=Michael |last=Falone |work=[[ABC News (United States)|ABC News]] |url=https://abcnews.go.com/blogs/politics/2012/10/romney-campaign-wavers-on-lilly-ledbetter-act/ |access-date=February 12, 2017 }}</ref>

<ref name="FiveIssues">{{citation |last=Blake |first=Aaron |title=Five issues where Mitt Romney and Paul Ryan differ |newspaper=[[The Washington Post]] |date=August 12, 2012 |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/the-fix/post/five-issues-where-mitt-romney-and-paul-ryan-differ/2012/08/12/8000db2e-e49e-11e1-936a-b801f1abab19_blog.html |access-date=August 17, 2012}}</ref>

<ref name=wapo20120811>{{cite news |first=Valerie |last=Strauss |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/answer-sheet/post/paul-ryan-on-education-policy-vouchers-for-profit-colleges-local-control/2012/08/11/4eb74a7c-e3b2-11e1-98e7-89d659f9c106_blog.html |title=Paul Ryan on education policy: vouchers, for-profit colleges, local control |date=August 11, 2012 |newspaper=[[The Washington Post]] |access-date=July 12, 2017}}</ref>

<ref name=wapo20151210>{{cite news |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/local/education/obama-signs-new-k-12-education-law-that-ends-no-child-left-behind/2015/12/10/c9e58d7c-9f51-11e5-a3c5-c77f2cc5a43c_story.html|title=Obama signs new K-12 education law that ends No Child Left Behind |newspaper=[[The Washington Post]] |date=December 10, 2015 |access-date=February 13, 2016 |last=Layton |first=Lyndsey}}</ref>

<ref name=nyt20120814>{{cite news |last=Confessore |first=Nicholas |author-link=Nicholas Confessore |title=Ryan has Kept Close Ties to Donors on the Right |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2012/08/14/us/politics/paul-ryan-has-kept-close-ties-to-conservative-and-libertarian-donors.html |newspaper=[[The New York Times]] |date=August 14, 2012 |access-date=February 18, 2017}}</ref>

<ref name=time20141014>{{cite news |title=Paul Ryan Says Humans May Not Cause Climate Change |first=Justin |last=Worland |date=October 14, 2014 |access-date=January 22, 2017 |magazine=[[Time (magazine)|Time]] |url=https://time.com/3505656/paul-ryan-climate-change/}}</ref>

<ref name="Auto2A-116">{{cite news| last=Efstathiou | first=Jim Jr. |title=Ryan Energy Views Seen Easing Conservatives' Worries |work=Bloomberg BusinessWeek |access-date=August 16, 2012 |date=August 14, 2012 |url=http://www.businessweek.com/news/2012-08-14/ryan-energy-views-seen-easing-conservatives-worries |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120816230441/http://www.businessweek.com/news/2012-08-14/ryan-energy-views-seen-easing-conservatives-worries |url-status=dead |archive-date=August 16, 2012 }}</ref>

<ref name="CNN Ryan Vote">{{cite news |first1=Ted |last1=Barrett |first2=Tom |last2=Cohen |publisher=[[CNN]] |date=May 25, 2011|url=https://edition.cnn.com/2011/POLITICS/05/25/senate.medicare/ |title=Senate rejects budget measure containing medicare overhaul |access-date=February 13, 2017}}</ref>

<ref name="crawford">{{cite news |first=Jamie |last=Crawford |url=http://security.blogs.cnn.com/2012/08/13/ryans-foreign-policy-views-shaped-by-his-budget-battles/ |archive-url=https://archive.today/20130102082729/http://security.blogs.cnn.com/2012/08/13/ryans-foreign-policy-views-shaped-by-his-budget-battles/ |url-status=dead |archive-date=January 2, 2013 |title=Ryan's foreign policy views shaped by his budget battles |date=August 13, 2012 |agency=[[CNN]]}}</ref>

<ref name="Auto2A-53">{{cite news |date=August 11, 2012 |url=https://www.foxnews.com/politics/rep-ryan-built-clear-minded-reputation-as-policy-point-person-despite-extreme-label |title=Rep. Ryan built 'clear-minded' reputation as policy point-person, despite 'extreme' label |publisher=[[Fox News]] |access-date=August 15, 2012}}</ref>

<ref name=msnbc20140407>{{cite news |title=Getting to know VP candidate Paul Ryan |date=April 7, 2014 |url=https://www.msnbc.com/the-last-word/getting-know-vp-candidate-paul-ryan |publisher=[[MSNBC]] |access-date=February 12, 2017}}</ref>

<ref name="Auto2A-63">{{cite news |first=Paul |last=Ryan |url=http://www.realclearpolitics.com/articles/2010/05/20/wall_street_reform_just_more_crony_capitalism_105659.html |title=Wall Street "Reform" Just More Crony Capitalism |date=May 20, 2010 |publisher=[[RealClearPolitics]] |access-date=July 12, 2017}}</ref>

<ref name=roadmap2>{{cite web |last=Ryan |first=Paul |title=A Roadmap for America's Future (version 2.0) |date=January 2010 |url=http://paulryan.house.gov/uploadedfiles/rfafv2.0.pdf |access-date=September 29, 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120928155152/http://paulryan.house.gov/uploadedfiles/rfafv2.0.pdf |archive-date=September 28, 2012 |url-status=dead }}</ref>}}

==Further reading==
===Works about Ryan===
* {{cite news |author=Klein, Ezra |date=August 13, 2012 |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/wonkblog/wp/2012/08/13/wonkbook-a-paul-ryan-primer/ |title=Wonkbook: Everything you need to know about Paul Ryan |newspaper=The Washington Post}}
* {{cite web |author=ProPublica |date=August 15, 2012 |url=https://www.propublica.org/article/paul-ryan-reading-guide-the-best-reporting-on-the-vp-candidate |title=Paul Ryan Reading Guide: The Best Reporting on the VP Candidate |work=ProPublica}}
* {{cite news |author=Mitchell, Daniel |date=August 15, 2012 |url=https://www.wsj.com/articles/SB10000872396390444508504577590842237559890 |title=What's Really in the Ryan Budget |work=The Wall Street Journal}}
* {{cite web |author=Serafini, Marilyn Werber |date=August 16, 2012 |url=https://www.pbs.org/newshour/rundown/2012/08/faq-how-paul-ryan-proposes-to-change-medicare.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120816210346/http://www.pbs.org/newshour/rundown/2012/08/faq-how-paul-ryan-proposes-to-change-medicare.html |url-status=dead |archive-date=August 16, 2012 |title=Primer: How Paul Ryan Proposes To Change Medicare |work=PBS NewsHour}}
* {{cite news |author=Semuels, Alana |date=August 17, 2012 |title=Paul Ryan now says his office requested stimulus funds |url=https://www.latimes.com/politics/la-xpm-2012-aug-17-la-pn-paul-ryan-now-says-his-office-requested-stimulus-funds-20120817-story.html |work=Los Angeles Times}}

===Works by Ryan===
* {{cite book |year=2014 |title=The Way Forward: Renewing the American Idea |first=Paul |last=Ryan |publisher=Twelve |isbn=978-1-4555-5756-1 |title-link=The Way Forward: Renewing the American Idea }}
* {{cite book |title=Young Guns: A New Generation of Conservative Leaders |author1=Cantor, Eric |author2=Ryan, Paul |author3=McCarthy, Kevin |year=2010 |publisher=Threshold Editions |location=New York |isbn=978-1-4516-0734-5 |url=https://archive.org/details/isbn_9781451607345|url-access=registration }}
* {{cite news |author=Ryan, Paul D. |date=February 13, 2009 |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2009/02/14/opinion/14ryan.html |title=Thirty Years Later, a Return to Stagflation |work=The New York Times}}
* {{cite news |author=Ryan, Paul D. |date=January 26, 2010 |url=https://www.wsj.com/articles/SB10001424052748703808904575025080017959478 |title=A GOP Road Map for America's Future |work=The Wall Street Journal}}
* {{cite news |author=Ryan, Paul D. |date=April 5, 2011 |url=https://www.wsj.com/articles/SB10001424052748703806304576242612172357504 |title=The GOP Path to Prosperity |work=The Wall Street Journal}}

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