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Paul Ryan
Paul Davis Ryan is an American former politician who served as the 54th speaker of the United States House of Representatives from 2015 to 2019. He represented Wisconsin's 1st congressional district in the U.S. House of Representatives from 1999 to 2019. A member of the Republican Party, he was the party's vice presidential nominee in the 2012 presidential election, running alongside presidential…
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2026· 10 entries
KuCoin: Paul Ryan Foundation Supports Ohio Canton Pilot for Digital Asset-Based Benefits Distribution
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Crypto Economy: Digital Asset y la Fundación de Paul Ryan lanzan un plan piloto en Canton para beneficios estatales en EE. UU.
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Crypto Economy: Digital Asset and Paul Ryan Foundation Launch Canton Pilot for US State Benefits
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cointelegraph.es: La American Idea Foundation de Paul Ryan y Digital Asset planean un piloto de prestaciones en Canton
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KuCoin: Paul Ryan Foundation and Digital Asset to Pilot Blockchain-Based State Benefits in Canton
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Crypto Briefing: Digital Asset and Paul Ryan’s foundation pilot blockchain for state benefits in 2027
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Cointelegraph: Digital Asset, Paul Ryan foundation target US state benefits with Canton pilot
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Post and Courier: Mr. Steven Paul Ryan Obituary (1953 - 2026) - Aiken, SC - The Aiken Standard
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The Baltimore Sun: Paul Ryan: The American idea remains strong | GUEST COMMENTARY
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2025· 1 entry
RealClearMarkets: Paul Ryan's Border Adjustment Tax Is a Dangerous Illusion
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2023· 2 entries
The Guardian: Trump is a ‘populist, authoritarian narcissist’, says ex-speaker Paul Ryan
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Ryan unveiled his official portrait at the U
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2019· 1 entry
The Guardian: The Hill to Die On review: Trump, Ryan and a Republican dumpster fire
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2018· 12 entries
The Guardian: Trump 'will not sign' bill to avoid shutdown, says Paul Ryan – video
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The Guardian: ‘Outrage has become a brand’: Paul Ryan bemoans 'broken politics' in farewell speech – video
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The Guardian: Paul Ryan, who bit his lip as Trump ran wild, says goodbye to politics
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The Guardian: Woodchucks join the resistance and eat Paul Ryan's car
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The Guardian: Paul Ryan says Trump should not pardon himself: 'No one is above the law'
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Snopes rated the claim “Paul Ryan nominated televangelist Joel Osteen as the new House Chaplain.” Labeled Satire.
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Ryan announced that he would not run for re-election in November, saying, "I like to think I've done my part, my little part in history to set us on a better course
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PolitiFact rated the claim “"The Koch brothers have given" Paul Ryan "$500,000 in campaign contributions."” Half True.
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While filming a segment for the PBS series Finding Your Roots, Ryan learned that his DNA results included 3 percent Ashkenazi Jewish ancestry
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Which partially repealed the Dodd–Frank Act
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As House Speaker, Ryan helped pass the Economic Growth, Regulatory Relief and Consumer Protection Act that repealed large parts of Dodd-Frank
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2020, and 2022, and said that the party should thus distance itself from Trump
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2017· 11 entries
Claimed: “Under the House Republican tax plan, in Wisconsin, “the median household of four gets about a $2,000 tax cut, on average.”” — rated Half True by PolitiFact.
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Claimed: ““Meet Cindy: a single mom, making $30,000 per year, who hopes to one day get beyond living paycheck to paycheck. With a $700 increase in her tax refund each year under our tax bill, Cindy can start saving for her future.”” — rated Two Pinocchios by The Washington Post.
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Claimed: “"VERIFIED: MacArthur Amendment strengthens AHCA, protects people with pre-existing conditions."” — rated Issue is more complex by The Washington Post.
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Claimed: “"More bills have passed in the first six months of the Trump administration in the House than under Clinton, Obama, and both Bushes.”” — rated One Pinocchio by The Washington Post.
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Claimed: “Says Aaron Rodgers "is not the highest tax rate payer" in Wisconsin, it's "the single mom getting 24 grand in benefits with two kids who will lose 80 cents on the dollar if she goes and takes a job."” — rated Mostly False by PolitiFact.
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Snopes rated the claim “Paul Ryan endorsed "antifa," saying that they stood for the "greater good."” False.
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Claimed: “"We’ve got dozens of counties around America that have zero insurers left."” — rated Pants on Fire by PolitiFact.
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Claimed: “Says the CBO said "it's not that people are getting pushed off a plan; it's that people will choose not to buy something they don't like or want."” — rated Mostly False by PolitiFact.
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Claimed: “In the United States, "we tax our exports and don't tax our imports."” — rated Half True by PolitiFact.
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Ryan told reporters a replacement for the Affordable Care Act (ACA) would be introduced "this year" amid speculation Donald Trump would not act toward doing so until the following year
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Career landmark: United States representative (2017–2019).
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2016· 6 entries
Snopes rated the claim “Paul Ryan's wife Janna is a secret liberal who voted for Obama twice.” Unproven.
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Ryan overwhelmingly defeated Nehlen, taking over 84 percent of the vote
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Trump endorsed Ryan's re-election after pressure from fellow Republican leaders
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Ryan was hesitant to endorse him, stating on May 5 that he was "not ready"
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Campaign: 2016 presidential election.
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Ryan rolled out a set of anti-poverty proposals that "seek to expand work requirements for those receiving federal benefits, to give states and local jurisdictions a greater role in administering those benefits, to bette
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2015· 3 entries
John Boehner formally announced to House Republicans his intention to resign from the speakership and the House
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Career landmark: Speaker of the United States House of Representatives (2015–2019).
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Career landmark: United States representative (2015–2017).
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2014· 1 entry
– Alexander Hamilton Award, Manhattan Institute for Policy Research
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2013· 2 entries
Awarded Irving Kristol Award (2013).
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Career landmark: United States representative (2013–2015).
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2012· 14 entries
Election lost: 2012 vice presidential election.
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Ryan debated his Democratic counterpart, incumbent Vice President Joe Biden, in the only vice presidential debate of the 2012 election cycle
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The Romney campaign announced Ryan as its choice for Vice President through its "Mitt's VP" mobile app
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Ryan formally accepted Romney's invitation to join his campaign as his running mate, in front of the USS Wisconsin in Norfolk
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The day after returning from a foreign policy trip to the United Kingdom, Poland, and Israel
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Ryan accused the nation's top military leaders of using "smoke and mirrors" to remain under budget limits passed by Congress
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Ryan supported a request for $3
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Campaign: 2012 vice presidential election.
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But the ticket ultimately lost to incumbents Barack Obama and Joe Biden in the presidential election
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Under Wisconsin election law, Ryan was allowed to run concurrently for vice president and for Congress and was not allowed to remove his name from the Congressional ballot after being nominated for the vice presidency
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Ryan supported civil unions and opposed same-sex marriage
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During a 2012 radio interview, Ryan claimed he had once run a marathon in under three hours; he later said he forgot his actual time and was just trying to give what he thought was a normal time.
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The New York Times said Ryan was "his party's most forceful spokesman for cutting entitlement spending
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Ryan voted against the Simpson–Bowles commission proposal to reduce the deficit, because the proposal raised taxes and failed to repeal the Affordable Care Act
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2011· 3 entries
Career landmark: United States representative (2011–2013).
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– Statesmanship Award, Claremont Institute
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– Freedom and Prosperity Award, Mason Contractors Association of America
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2010· 2 entries
Ryan was a member of the bipartisan National Commission on Fiscal Responsibility and Reform (Bowles-Simpson Commission), which was tasked with developing a plan to reduce the federal deficit
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“But the reason I got involved in public service, by and large, if I had to credit one thinker, one person, it would be Ayn Rand. And the fight we are in here, make no mistake about it, is a fight of individualism versus collectivism.”
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2009· 3 entries
Career landmark: United States representative (2009–2011).
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Ryan said, "What's unique about what's happening today in government, in the world, in America, is that it's as if we're living in an Ayn Rand novel right now
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Successfully advocated with the Department of Energy for stimulus funds for energy initiatives in his district
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2008· 1 entry
Ryan pledged to stop seeking earmarks
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2007· 2 entries
And became chairman of the committee in 2011 after Republicans took control of the House
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Career landmark: United States representative (2007–2009).
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2005· 1 entry
Career landmark: United States representative (2005–2007).
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2003· 1 entry
Career landmark: United States representative (2003–2005).
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2001· 2 entries
Career landmark: United States representative (2001–2003).
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And its repeal the Every Student Succeeds Act in 2015
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1999· 1 entry
Career landmark: United States representative (1999–2001).
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1998· 1 entry
Winning the 1st District seat of Republican Mark Neumann, a two-term incumbent who had vacated his seat to make an unsuccessful bid for the U
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1997· 2 entries
Returned to Wisconsin and worked for a year as a marketing consultant for the construction company Ryan Incorporated Central, owned by his relatives
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To work at his family's construction company
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1995· 1 entry
Ryan became the legislative director for then-U
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1992· 1 entry
Studied at Miami University, Bachelor of Arts (1992).
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1988· 1 entry
Studied at Joseph A. Craig High School (1988).
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1970· 3 entries
Born 1970-01-29.
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In Janesville, Wisconsin, the youngest of four children of Elizabeth "Betty" Ann, who later became an interior designer, and Paul Murray Ryan, a lawyer
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“. Los Angeles Times. Works by Ryan Ryan, Paul (2014). The Way Forward: Renewing the American Idea. Twelve. ISBN 978-1-4555-5756-1. Cantor, Eric; Ryan, Paul; McCarthy, Kevin (2010). Young Guns: A New Generation of Conservative Leaders. New York: Threshold Editions. ISBN 978-1-4516-0734-5. Ryan, Paul D. (February 13, 2009).”
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