That didn’t take long. Only a week in office, and the newest Speaker of the House, Paul Ryan, R-Wisc., is already backing down from President Barack Obama.
In a recent interview with CNN’s “State of the Union”, Ryan was asked about fighting the President and defunding Planned Parenthood. Ryan said simply that it’s time for him and other Congressional leaders to be “honest with people up front about what it is you can and cannot achieve.”
“I think we need to be very clear about what we can and cannot achieve and not set expectations that we know we can’t reach given the constraints of the Constitution,” Ryan told to shows host Dana Bash.
In other words – He doesn’t think he’s capable of defeating the abortion provider… so he won’t bother trying.
Unfortunately for Ryan, the three dozen or so conservative hard-liners in the House who pushed out former Speaker John Boehner, R-Ohio, haven’t gone anywhere. Even though most of them ended up supporting newly elected speaker, they served notice that they will be watching closely to make sure he delivers on promises of a more inclusive legislative process.
As the Feb. 1 presidential caucuses in Iowa approach, the 2016 candidates in the Senate, including Ted Cruz of Texas, Rand Paul of Kentucky and Marco Rubio of Florida, could seize on the spending debate to stage fights on one issue or another.
But Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell, R-Ky., eager to hang onto his slim majority and protect vulnerable GOP senators up for re-election in politically divided states such as New Hampshire and Illinois, is also not interested in any more conflict.
Majority Republicans are trying to play down the possibility of unrest around the spending process, given that the bottom-line numbers have been set and policy fights are a regular feature of negotiations on spending bills. “It is the chairman’s expectation that we will have funding legislation that can pass the House and Senate and be signed into law,” said Jennifer Hing, spokeswoman for Rep. Hal Rogers, R-Ky., chairman of the House Appropriations Committee.
The Associated Press contributed to this article
Ryan is and was a bad choice…we need to be rid of him before one more child is aborted! Planned parenthood is planned death…have any of you wondered-what if your mother aborted you…and a planned parenthood was there to facilitate it?
it’s going to take Americans to put a stop to it.
Every American should join in and Flood their phones the emails their Poatal boxes,
CALLING FOR RYAN TO BE REMOVED. THEY WENT BEHING OUR BACKS TO MAKE BACK DOOR DEALS TO PUT THIS SCUM BAG IN THAT CHAIR. JUST LIKE THEY DID WITH JOHN KERRY.
I RYAN ALLOW FOR THE DEATH OF THOSE BABIES THEN HE TOO NEEDS TO FACE CORRUPTION CHARGES.
SEND THE LETTERS TO RYAN, THE BABY KILLER.
MAKE SURE ALL OF WISCONSIN KNOWS HE IS A BABY KILLER, THE KIDS WILL TALK ABOUT IT AND HIS KIDS WILL HEAR ABOUT IT, LET HIS KIDS GET THRU TO HIM AND ASK HIM WHY IS HE KILLING BABIES.
OUR CHILDREN ASK WHY ARE OUR POLITICIANS KILLING BABIES, TIME FOR RYAN AND THE REST OF THE POLITICIANS FACE THE SAME QUESTIONS.
HOW MANY NOTICES CAN RYAN GET TO CONVINCE HIM TO QUIT.
what an idiiotic question (if you were aborted, you would not be here!)
“Make no mistake,” Stephanie Schriock said. “This is your father’s Republican Party. This is the exact same trans-vaginal ultrasound, all White-guy committee chair, aspirin between your knees Republican Party we have been fighting for thirty years. Shame on them. They are trying to fool women. And shame on us if we let them get away with it. They don’t support women. They don’t trust women. They don’t respect women so don’t tell me that there is no war on women. And don’t bother asking for a truce. We didn’t start this fight but mark my words. We are going to win it.
But if we don’t show up for this battle in 2016, we will pay the price for a generation to come. Just imagine what a Republican President and a Republican Congress would do.
Actually, you don’t have to imagine. Just look at what Republicans Governors and Republican legislatures have already done. They will raise taxes on middle-class families and cut funding for public schools to fund more tax breaks for the wealthy. And we know they will do it because they’ve already done it in Kansas. And they will strip away basic bargaining rights that help working men and women secure fair treatment in the workplace. And we know they’ll do it because they’ve already done that in Wisconsin. And they will mandate that a woman seeking an abortion undergo an invasive ultrasound against her will. And we know they’ll do it because they’ve already done it in Texas and in North Carolina.
So we’ve already seen what Republicans would do when they have full control over our states. What do you think they will do when they get full control of Washington? What do you think will happen if they get their hands on Medicare or Social Security, or the Environmental Protection Agency, or the Department of Justice, or the courts? A Republican President and a Republican Congress would mean the end of the Affordable Care Act. The end of Roe v. Wade, the end of every right we have won through struggle and sacrifice. Every opportunity we have fought so hard to earn so we could pass it on to our own daughters and sons as their birthright. Give them a chance. And they will destroy generations of hard work just like that. We can’t give them that chance.”
…VOTE Hillary Rodham Clinton/Julian Castro 2016, 2020!
How many times are you going to try and get us to vote for a liar and a woman whose policies have not helped women at all. You put the same lame comments and accusations on the site more than twice. What exactly has your precious candidate accomplished? Let’s see, how many bills did she author while in the Senate? Which Allies are our relationships better with because of all her miles of travel? It seems the only countries who count us as a friend are Iran and North Korea. Who started the lie about the video causing an uprising in Benghazi?. No one has confessed yet but we know who kept it going – your candidate for president! The woman who viciously attacked every woman who spoke bad about her hubby. That’s right, vote for Hillary – give Bill and Barack a third term to try and destroy America!
To Mindy: Why don`t you crawl back into that hole you have been in, but take a light with you this time. Then you might be able to figure out right from wrong. It is always the dumb democrats who want to raise taxes. But then we now have a bunch of wimp republicans backing them. The politicians of both parties are corrupt, & need to be voted out, however for those of you who would vote for Hillary, you should be banned from voting all together. She is not only corrupt, but a vile person, who cares for one thing & one thing only. “Herself”
what an idiiotic question (if you were aborted, you would not be here!)
“Make no mistake,” Stephanie Schriock said. “This is your father’s Republican Party. This is the exact same trans-vaginal ultrasound, all White-guy committee chair, aspirin between your knees Republican Party we have been fighting for thirty years. Shame on them. They are trying to fool women. And shame on us if we let them get away with it. They don’t support women. They don’t trust women. They don’t respect women so don’t tell me that there is no war on women. And don’t bother asking for a truce. We didn’t start this fight but mark my words. We are going to win it.
But if we don’t show up for this battle in 2016, we will pay the price for a generation to come. Just imagine what a Republican President and a Republican Congress would do.
Actually, you don’t have to imagine. Just look at what Republicans Governors and Republican legislatures have already done. They will raise taxes on middle-class families and cut funding for public schools to fund more tax breaks for the wealthy. And we know they will do it because they’ve already done it in Kansas. And they will strip away basic bargaining rights that help working men and women secure fair treatment in the workplace. And we know they’ll do it because they’ve already done that in Wisconsin. And they will mandate that a woman seeking an abortion undergo an invasive ultrasound against her will. And we know they’ll do it because they’ve already done it in Texas and in North Carolina.
So we’ve already seen what Republicans would do when they have full control over our states. What do you think they will do when they get full control of Washington? What do you think will happen if they get their hands on Medicare or Social Security, or the Environmental Protection Agency, or the Department of Justice, or the courts? A Republican President and a Republican Congress would mean the end of the Affordable Care Act. The end of Roe v. Wade, the end of every right we have won through struggle and sacrifice. Every opportunity we have fought so hard to earn so we could pass it on to our own daughters and sons as their birthright. Give them a chance. And they will destroy generations of hard work just like that. We can’t give them that chance.”
…VOTE Hillary Rodham Clinton/Julian Castro 2016, 2020!
I AGREE HE WOULD HAVE BEEN MY LAST CHOICE FOR SPEAKER HE’S A JOKE ALWAYS HAS BEEN HE’S A GUTLESS WONDER LIKE A LOT OF OTHER’S IN OFFICE WE NEEDED A GOWDY AS SPEAKER AT LEAST HE’LL STAND UP FOR WHATS RIGHT…AND MURDERING BABIES AIN’T RIGHT NO MATTER HOW YOU LOOK AT IT …AND SELLING THERE BODY PARTS WE NEED TO SEND SOME PEOPLE TO PRISON FOR MURDER
I don’t want to be an I told you so, but I told you so. Ryan will be no better than Boehner.
Ryan is nothing but a Boehner mini-me.
Come on, does anyone think Ryan’s “election” wasn’t preordained before Boehner left office? Of course this was just going to be a Boehner mini-me who would continue Boehner’s policies and cave to Obama time and again. The Republicans continue to stand for nothing and cave on everything. The “Freedom Caucus” were complete idiots to think otherwise.
Planned parenthood is nothing more than plain and simple murder for sale of unborn baby body parts for profit and what % of the profits from the sales of these beautiful babies body parts in the form of money is returned to the democratic party in the form of campaign contrabutions to keep receiving the approval of the democratic coconsperiters that are involved in these murders?
An old friend in CA, had a bumper sticker on his vehicle. Being a vegetarian. “Meat is murder”
Well in this case to, if its meat its murder. Are all the politicians on the take from PPhood?
We used to think well of Ryan,Not:(
what an idiiotic question (if you were aborted, you would not be here!)
“Make no mistake,” Stephanie Schriock said. “This is your father’s Republican Party. This is the exact same trans-vaginal ultrasound, all White-guy committee chair, aspirin between your knees Republican Party we have been fighting for thirty years. Shame on them. They are trying to fool women. And shame on us if we let them get away with it. They don’t support women. They don’t trust women. They don’t respect women so don’t tell me that there is no war on women. And don’t bother asking for a truce. We didn’t start this fight but mark my words. We are going to win it.
But if we don’t show up for this battle in 2016, we will pay the price for a generation to come. Just imagine what a Republican President and a Republican Congress would do.
Actually, you don’t have to imagine. Just look at what Republicans Governors and Republican legislatures have already done. They will raise taxes on middle-class families and cut funding for public schools to fund more tax breaks for the wealthy. And we know they will do it because they’ve already done it in Kansas. And they will strip away basic bargaining rights that help working men and women secure fair treatment in the workplace. And we know they’ll do it because they’ve already done that in Wisconsin. And they will mandate that a woman seeking an abortion undergo an invasive ultrasound against her will. And we know they’ll do it because they’ve already done it in Texas and in North Carolina.
So we’ve already seen what Republicans would do when they have full control over our states. What do you think they will do when they get full control of Washington? What do you think will happen if they get their hands on Medicare or Social Security, or the Environmental Protection Agency, or the Department of Justice, or the courts? A Republican President and a Republican Congress would mean the end of the Affordable Care Act. The end of Roe v. Wade, the end of every right we have won through struggle and sacrifice. Every opportunity we have fought so hard to earn so we could pass it on to our own daughters and sons as their birthright. Give them a chance. And they will destroy generations of hard work just like that. We can’t give them that chance.”
…VOTE Hillary Rodham Clinton/Julian Castro 2016, 2020!
The first time you posted this brain-dead statement was once too many. You obviously don’t think or you would be able to see Hillary Clinton despises women, except when they are voting for her, and has done absolutely nothing to defend, protect, or promote their rights. She only gives it lip service and if you would shut up and observe what she does instead of automatically assuming every word she utters is absolute truth, you would see her actions never match her words. Wake up, Republicans are not the problem. The problem is the lies Democrats put forth as gospel for idiots like you who believe the lies they tell instead of observing the result.
It’s not a matter of “can we achieve” the defunding of Planned Parenthood as Ryan says. It is absolutely a matter of what happens to this nation as a result of our NOT defunding and prosecuting the sale of baby parts. Conservatives should be demonstrating in the streets against this blight on our national conscience.
Real conservatives are not properly represented in our political system. They should have a voice even if they are in the minority.
Gee! I’m shocked. NOT!!!
He is also pro-illegal immigration.
A bad choice for speaker, but I’m not really surprised he got the job.
Ryan is also kissing a– with the LG group and we can expect some anal legislation from him.
Who would of thunk it.
Don’t you know hip-hop?
Who would have thought Mr Ryan would have done that?
Go, Paul! Make abortions mandatory for EBT Cardholders and welfare cheats.
I agree that we don’t need to waste our time on measures that won’t go anywhere, but we are talking about the lives of innocent babies. If “pro-life” politicians are unwilling to stand up for the unborn we need to look for someone who will.
We may not be able to repeal Roe v Wade, but at least they should try to place more restrictions on abortion providers and cut off public funding for Planned Parenthood. I’m aware some measures will head to this president and be vetoed, but the pro-life politicians will at least know they have done what they could. The veto would then place the blood of innocent victims on Obama’s hands.
I’m having problems understanding why I need to support the Republicans if they vote as Democrats once they get into office.
another turd RINO, shoot him and put a real conservative in there!