Wisconsin congressman confirms willingness to hold over from John Boehner but needs to muster votes across conservatives,moderates and hardlinersThe 2012 Republican vice-presidential candidate Paul Ryan has announced he will be a candidate for Speaker of the House whether all three factions of House Republicans agree to unite behind him.
Ryan would need the support of the moderate Tuesday Group, the conservative Republican Study Committee and the hardline House Freedom Caucus by Friday to move forward. As Representative Darrell Issa of California told reporters: By the finish of the week he wants to go domestic to his wife and family tell them either sterling news or bad news, and you can decide which is which.”Continue reading...
Source: theguardian.com