Brian4Liberty
10-27-2015, 05:06 PM
Paul Ryan blasts Boehner over budget deal (http://www.politico.com/story/2015/10/paul-ryan-blasts-john-boehner-senate-white-house-budget-deal-215182)
'I think the process stinks,' Ryan says of the secretive talks that produced the tentative budget and debt ceiling agreement.
By Jake Sherman - 10/27/15
Rep. Paul Ryan on Tuesday blasted Speaker John Boehner, Senate leadership and the White House for the secretive process they used to negotiate a two-year budget and debt ceiling agreement that appears poised to pass Congress this week.
"I think the process stinks," said Ryan, who is expected to be elected speaker on Thursday. The Wisconsin Republican added that he hadn't gone through the details of the agreement, which was released Monday night.
"This is not the way to do the people's business," Ryan said. "And under new management we are not going to do the people's business this way. We are up against a deadline — that's unfortunate. But going forward we can't do the people's business (this way). As a conference we should've been meeting months ago to discuss these things to have a unified strategy going forward."
Ryan has promised major changes to the legislative process as speaker in response to complaints from conservatives. They say Boehner's style has been too top-down and crisis-driven, largely ignoring the input of committees and rank-and-file members.
Ryan has been an ally of Boehner's throughout the Ohio Republican's five years as speaker. Ryan's remarks criticizing how the deal came to fruition represent his starkest public split with the man he's set to replace as Republican leader.
Boehner said he wasn't a fan of the process himself. "Totally agree, totally agree," the outgoing speaker said in response to Ryan's criticism.
Parroting Ryan's own terminology, Boehner added, "It stinks. This is not the way to run a railroad."
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Ryan, the likely next speaker, has not said how he'll vote on the accord, which is expected on the House floor Wednesday. The deal, however, helps Ryan immensely. It sets budget levels for two years, lifts the debt ceiling until March 2017 and removes the threat of a government shutdown until October 2016. Ryan did not negotiate the deal, and wants to put some space between himself and the accord. Many Republicans are expected to vote against it.
The House Republican Conference will vote on Ryan's candidacy for speaker Wednesday and the full House will vote on the next speaker Thursday.
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More: http://www.politico.com/story/2015/10/paul-ryan-blasts-john-boehner-senate-white-house-budget-deal-215182
'I think the process stinks,' Ryan says of the secretive talks that produced the tentative budget and debt ceiling agreement.
By Jake Sherman - 10/27/15
Rep. Paul Ryan on Tuesday blasted Speaker John Boehner, Senate leadership and the White House for the secretive process they used to negotiate a two-year budget and debt ceiling agreement that appears poised to pass Congress this week.
"I think the process stinks," said Ryan, who is expected to be elected speaker on Thursday. The Wisconsin Republican added that he hadn't gone through the details of the agreement, which was released Monday night.
"This is not the way to do the people's business," Ryan said. "And under new management we are not going to do the people's business this way. We are up against a deadline — that's unfortunate. But going forward we can't do the people's business (this way). As a conference we should've been meeting months ago to discuss these things to have a unified strategy going forward."
Ryan has promised major changes to the legislative process as speaker in response to complaints from conservatives. They say Boehner's style has been too top-down and crisis-driven, largely ignoring the input of committees and rank-and-file members.
Ryan has been an ally of Boehner's throughout the Ohio Republican's five years as speaker. Ryan's remarks criticizing how the deal came to fruition represent his starkest public split with the man he's set to replace as Republican leader.
Boehner said he wasn't a fan of the process himself. "Totally agree, totally agree," the outgoing speaker said in response to Ryan's criticism.
Parroting Ryan's own terminology, Boehner added, "It stinks. This is not the way to run a railroad."
...
Ryan, the likely next speaker, has not said how he'll vote on the accord, which is expected on the House floor Wednesday. The deal, however, helps Ryan immensely. It sets budget levels for two years, lifts the debt ceiling until March 2017 and removes the threat of a government shutdown until October 2016. Ryan did not negotiate the deal, and wants to put some space between himself and the accord. Many Republicans are expected to vote against it.
The House Republican Conference will vote on Ryan's candidacy for speaker Wednesday and the full House will vote on the next speaker Thursday.
...
More: http://www.politico.com/story/2015/10/paul-ryan-blasts-john-boehner-senate-white-house-budget-deal-215182