{"id":142578,"date":"2018-04-11T09:34:10","date_gmt":"2018-04-11T14:34:10","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/?p=142578"},"modified":"2018-04-11T09:39:55","modified_gmt":"2018-04-11T14:39:55","slug":"paul-ryan-not-seeking-re-election-to-us-house","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/?p=142578","title":{"rendered":"Paul Ryan not seeking re-election to US House"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-86115\" src=\"http:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/RyanPaul11-300x202.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"202\" srcset=\"https:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/RyanPaul11-300x202.jpg 300w, https:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/RyanPaul11-259x175.jpg 259w, https:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/RyanPaul11.jpg 445w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/>WASHINGTON (AP) \u2014\u00a0 Republican House Speaker<a href=\"http:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/\"> Paul Ryan<\/a> will not run for re-election, his office announced Wednesday, injecting another layer of uncertainty as Republicans face worries over losing their majority in the fall.<\/p>\n<p>Ryan&#8217;s plans have been the source of much speculation and will set off a scramble among his lieutenants to take the helm. A self-styled budget guru, Ryan had made tax cuts a centerpiece of his legislative agenda, and a personal cause, and Congress delivered on that late last year.<\/p>\n<p>Ryan, 48, announced his plans at a closed-door meeting of House Republicans Wednesday morning, according to those present. His tone was somber, and he read directly from prepared remarks.<\/p>\n<p>President Donald Trump says that while Republican House Speaker Paul Ryan has decided not to run for re-election, Ryan leaves a &#8220;legacy of achievement.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Trump says on Twitter Wednesday: &#8220;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. We are with you Paul!&#8217;<\/p>\n<p>House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi says she hopes House Speaker Paul Ryan will spend his final months in office working with Democrats &#8220;constructively&#8221; for all Americans.<\/p>\n<p>In a statement on Ryan&#8217;s decision to retire, Pelosi doesn&#8217;t cite any specific issues she wants to tackle with the Republican she has opposed on nearly every issue.<\/p>\n<p>It&#8217;s unlikely that the two sides will compromise on much legislation in an election year.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>WASHINGTON (AP) \u2014\u00a0 Republican House Speaker Paul Ryan will not run for re-election, his office announced Wednesday, injecting another layer of uncertainty as Republicans face worries over losing their majority in the fall. Ryan&#8217;s plans have been the source of much speculation and will set off a scramble among his [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":2143,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[35],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-142578","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-state"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/142578","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=142578"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/142578\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":142582,"href":"https:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/142578\/revisions\/142582"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/2143"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=142578"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=142578"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=142578"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}