He added that even though Republicans can’t pass everything into law that they want at the moment, it shouldn’t stop them from “trying, and from offering ideas”. “We’ve got not a lot of time between now and then, so we are going to have to put together appropriations”, Ryan said. “And we fully expect in that we are going to exercise in that power”, Ryan stated when pressed over whether or not he planned to attach so-called “policy riders” to a must-pass spending bill in that Congress must approve before December 11. “We haven’t done that as a Republican Party, and we have to do that”. President Barack Obama has also threatened to veto legislation with such provisions attached.
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Ryan, the 2012 Republican vice presidential nominee, also called on his party to be more aggressive and “go a different direction” to show how Republicans can get things done.
So Ryan is electioneering from the Speaker’s office. Y’all, that was just talk!
U.S. Rep. Paul Ryan (R-Wis.) was elected by the House as the new leader of the body on October 29. Republicans continue to try and block the President’s immigration relief for 4 million people, and yet, continue to offer no legislative solution.
Are you missing John Boehner yet?
Perhaps the most controversial amendment that is set for a voteon Tuesdayis a proposal to allow states to decide whether they want to increase a current limit of 80,000 pounds for cargo trucks to 91,000 pounds, in an attempt to end a bitter fight over truck weights that has raged for years in Washington. How do we hold this government accountable and get rid of the waste and the abuse? Naturally, he cited the Constitution. Most parents I know would happily pay a bit more in taxes if it meant they didn’t have to choose between getting paid and caring for a sick kid or being rushed back to work after having a child.
By ruling out immigration reform, Ryan seems to be doing Rubio a favor in the short term, during the Republican primary. Remember? “I don’t have the time”. White House spokesman Josh Earnest said Ryan’s comments on immigration reform on 1 November were “preposterous” and disappointing.
Ryan has the experience and is willing to work toward bettering the nation as a whole. So following along with his promise to be bipartisan, he’s already blaming the President on his first few days in office.
“And the reason is simple: The American people can’t trust him to uphold the law”, Ryan wrote in a short op-ed in USA Today.
“The president has proven himself untrustworthy on this issue, because he tried to unilaterally rewrite the law himself. I think if we reach consensus on something like border enforcement, interior security, that’s one thing”, Ryan told NBC’s Chuck Todd on Meet the Press.
“The highway bill is a good place to start”, Ryan said. Not lately. So I say, “Prove it, sir”.
Illegal immigration is one of the main issues on which Ryan will have to unify Republicans. He said Obama can not be trusted on the issue because he went around Congress to take executive actions shielding from deportation millions of people living in the country illegally.
Now we’re deep in the Ryan flip-flop. Just trust that he’s telling the truth here.
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Apparently that understanding and cooperation does not extend to the president of the United States.
