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Paul Davis Ryan was born on January 29, 1970 in [[Janesville, Wisconsin]], the youngest of four children of Elizabeth "Betty" Ann (née Hutter),<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.geni.com/people/Elizabeth-Betty-Ryan/6000000017432723144|title=Elizabeth "Betty" Ann Ryan|publisher=Geni.com}}</ref> who later became an interior designer, and Paul Murray Ryan, a lawyer.<ref name="mother_snowbird">{{cite web|last1=Barszewski|first1=Larry |title=Paul Ryan's mom a Lauderdale-by-the-Sea snowbird|url=http://articles.sun-sentinel.com/2012-08-13/news/fl-lbts-paul-ryan-mom-20120813_1_paul-ryan-lauderdale-by-the-sea-republican-caucus |publisher=Sun Sentinel|access-date=January 28, 2017|date=August 13, 2012}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.latimes.com/world/la-xpm-2012-aug-25-la-na-ryan-assets-20120826-story.html|title=Despite working-class image, Ryan comes from family of wealth|date=August 25, 2012|via=LA Times}}</ref> He is a fifth-generation Wisconsinite. His father was of [[Irish American|Irish]] ancestry and his mother of [[German American|German]] and [[English American|English]] descent.<ref name="tale"/> One of Ryan's paternal ancestors settled in Wisconsin prior to the [[American Civil War|Civil War]].<ref name="branches"/> His great-grandfather, Patrick William Ryan, founded an [[Heavy equipment (construction)|earthmoving]] company in 1884, which later became P. W. Ryan and Sons and is now known as Ryan Incorporated Central.<ref name="Auto2A-7"/><ref name="Auto2A-8"/> Ryan's grandfather, Stanley M. Ryan, was appointed [[United States Attorney]] for the [[United States District Court for the Western District of Wisconsin|Western District of Wisconsin]].<ref name="LA Times family wealth"/><ref name="Journal Sentinel 2009"/> In 2018, while filming a segment for the PBS series ''[[Finding Your Roots]]'', Ryan learned that his DNA results included 3 percent [[Ashkenazi Jew]]ish ancestry.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.haaretz.com/us-news/house-speaker-paul-ryan-finds-out-he-s-3-jewish-1.6338184 |title=House Speaker Paul Ryan Finds Out He's 3% Jewish |date=August 1, 2018 |access-date=August 2, 2018 |newspaper=Haaretz |agency=Associated Press}}</ref> | Paul Davis Ryan was born on January 29, 1970 in [[Janesville, Wisconsin]], the youngest of four children of Elizabeth "Betty" Ann (née Hutter),<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.geni.com/people/Elizabeth-Betty-Ryan/6000000017432723144|title=Elizabeth "Betty" Ann Ryan|publisher=Geni.com}}</ref> who later became an interior designer, and Paul Murray Ryan, a lawyer.<ref name="mother_snowbird">{{cite web|last1=Barszewski|first1=Larry |title=Paul Ryan's mom a Lauderdale-by-the-Sea snowbird|url=http://articles.sun-sentinel.com/2012-08-13/news/fl-lbts-paul-ryan-mom-20120813_1_paul-ryan-lauderdale-by-the-sea-republican-caucus |publisher=Sun Sentinel|access-date=January 28, 2017|date=August 13, 2012}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.latimes.com/world/la-xpm-2012-aug-25-la-na-ryan-assets-20120826-story.html|title=Despite working-class image, Ryan comes from family of wealth|date=August 25, 2012|via=LA Times}}</ref> He is a fifth-generation Wisconsinite. His father was of [[Irish American|Irish]] ancestry and his mother of [[German American|German]] and [[English American|English]] descent.<ref name="tale"/> One of Ryan's paternal ancestors settled in Wisconsin prior to the [[American Civil War|Civil War]].<ref name="branches"/> His great-grandfather, Patrick William Ryan, founded an [[Heavy equipment (construction)|earthmoving]] company in 1884, which later became P. W. Ryan and Sons and is now known as Ryan Incorporated Central.<ref name="Auto2A-7"/><ref name="Auto2A-8"/> Ryan's grandfather, Stanley M. Ryan, was appointed [[United States Attorney]] for the [[United States District Court for the Western District of Wisconsin|Western District of Wisconsin]].<ref name="LA Times family wealth"/><ref name="Journal Sentinel 2009"/> In 2018, while filming a segment for the PBS series ''[[Finding Your Roots]]'', Ryan learned that his DNA results included 3 percent [[Ashkenazi Jew]]ish ancestry.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.haaretz.com/us-news/house-speaker-paul-ryan-finds-out-he-s-3-jewish-1.6338184 |title=House Speaker Paul Ryan Finds Out He's 3% Jewish |date=August 1, 2018 |access-date=August 2, 2018 |newspaper=Haaretz |agency=Associated Press}}</ref> | ||
Ryan attended St. Mary's Catholic School in Janesville, then attended [[Joseph A. Craig High School]],<ref name="Auto2A-157"/> where he was elected president of his junior class, and thus became [[prom]] king.<ref name="Auto2A-10"/> As class president Ryan was a representative of the student body on the [[school board]].<ref name="Fussbudget"/> Following his second year, Ryan took a job working the grill at [[McDonald's]].<ref name=Fussbudget/> He was on his high school's [[Skiing|ski]], track, and [[varsity team|varsity]] soccer teams and played [[basketball]] in a Catholic recreational league.<ref name="semuels"/><ref name="Auto2A-11"/><ref name="Auto2A-12"/> He participated in several academic and social clubs including the [[Model United Nations]].<ref name=Fussbudget/><ref name=semuels/> Ryan and his family often went on hiking and [[skiing]] trips to the [[Colorado]] [[Rocky Mountains]].<ref name=" | Ryan attended St. Mary's Catholic School in Janesville, then attended [[Joseph A. Craig High School]],<ref name="Auto2A-157"/> where he was elected president of his junior class, and thus became [[prom]] king.<ref name="Auto2A-10"/> As class president Ryan was a representative of the student body on the [[school board]].<ref name="Fussbudget"/> Following his second year, Ryan took a job working the grill at [[McDonald's]].<ref name=Fussbudget/> He was on his high school's [[Skiing|ski]], track, and [[varsity team|varsity]] soccer teams and played [[basketball]] in a Catholic recreational league.<ref name="semuels"/><ref name="Auto2A-11"/><ref name="Auto2A-12"/> He participated in several academic and social clubs including the [[Model United Nations]].<ref name=Fussbudget/><ref name=semuels/> Ryan and his family often went on hiking and [[skiing]] trips to the [[Colorado]] [[Rocky Mountains]].<ref name="Journal Sentinel 2009"/><ref name="milwaukeemagazine.com"/> | ||
Although Ryan's father was not a lifelong heavy drinker, staying sober for nearly twenty years after his first stint in rehabilitation, he had become an alcoholic by the time Ryan was a teenager. Ryan later commented on his relationship with his father, whom he revered as a young child, stating that "[alcohol] made him more distant, irritable and stressed ... whiskey had washed away some of the best parts of the man I knew."<ref>{{cite news |url=https://talkingpointsmemo.com/news/paul-ryan-discusses-father-s-alcoholism |title=Paul Ryan Discusses Father's Death, Alcoholism |work=Talking Points Memo |access-date=2018-09-16}}</ref> When he was 16, Ryan found his 55-year-old father lying dead in bed of a heart attack, something Ryan later partially attributed to heavy alcohol consumption.<ref name="Journal Sentinel 2009"/><ref name=Fussbudget/><ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.politico.com/magazine/story/2018/04/12/how-donald-trump-upended-paul-ryans-plans-217989 |title=The Tragedy of Paul Ryan |work=Politico |access-date=2018-09-16}}</ref> Following the death of his father, Ryan's grandmother moved in with the family. As she had [[Alzheimer's disease|Alzheimer's]], Ryan helped care for her while his mother commuted to college in Madison, Wisconsin.<ref name=Fussbudget/> From the time of his father's death until his 18th birthday, Ryan received [[Social Security (United States)#Children's benefits|Social Security survivors benefits]], which were saved for his college education.<ref name="USNews"/><ref name="who is"/><ref name="rollcallRyan"/> His mother later married widower Bruce Douglas.<ref name="mother_snowbird"/><ref>{{cite web |title=Bruce Douglas Obituary |url=http://www.schneiderfuneraldirectors.com/obituary/Bruce-Barlow-Douglas/Lauderdale-by-the-Sea/32135 |publisher=Schneider Funeral Directors |access-date=January 28, 2017}}</ref> | Although Ryan's father was not a lifelong heavy drinker, staying sober for nearly twenty years after his first stint in rehabilitation, he had become an alcoholic by the time Ryan was a teenager. Ryan later commented on his relationship with his father, whom he revered as a young child, stating that "[alcohol] made him more distant, irritable and stressed ... whiskey had washed away some of the best parts of the man I knew."<ref>{{cite news |url=https://talkingpointsmemo.com/news/paul-ryan-discusses-father-s-alcoholism |title=Paul Ryan Discusses Father's Death, Alcoholism |work=Talking Points Memo |access-date=2018-09-16}}</ref> When he was 16, Ryan found his 55-year-old father lying dead in bed of a heart attack, something Ryan later partially attributed to heavy alcohol consumption.<ref name="Journal Sentinel 2009"/><ref name=Fussbudget/><ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.politico.com/magazine/story/2018/04/12/how-donald-trump-upended-paul-ryans-plans-217989 |title=The Tragedy of Paul Ryan |work=Politico |access-date=2018-09-16}}</ref> Following the death of his father, Ryan's grandmother moved in with the family. As she had [[Alzheimer's disease|Alzheimer's]], Ryan helped care for her while his mother commuted to college in Madison, Wisconsin.<ref name=Fussbudget/> From the time of his father's death until his 18th birthday, Ryan received [[Social Security (United States)#Children's benefits|Social Security survivors benefits]], which were saved for his college education.<ref name="USNews"/><ref name="who is"/><ref name="rollcallRyan"/> His mother later married widower Bruce Douglas.<ref name="mother_snowbird"/><ref>{{cite web |title=Bruce Douglas Obituary |url=http://www.schneiderfuneraldirectors.com/obituary/Bruce-Barlow-Douglas/Lauderdale-by-the-Sea/32135 |publisher=Schneider Funeral Directors |access-date=January 28, 2017}}</ref> | ||
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[[File:Paul Ryan in 2001.jpg|thumb|upright|Official U.S. Congress portrait of Ryan in 2001]] | [[File:Paul Ryan in 2001.jpg|thumb|upright|Official U.S. Congress portrait of Ryan in 2001]] | ||
Ryan became the ranking Republican member of the [[House Budget Committee]] in 2007<ref name="Auto2A-36"/> and became chairman of the committee in 2011 after Republicans took control of the House. That same year, he was selected to deliver the [[Republican response to the State of the Union address]].<ref name="Auto2A-37"/> | Ryan became the ranking Republican member of the [[House Budget Committee]] in 2007<ref name="Auto2A-36"/> and became chairman of the committee in 2011 after Republicans took control of the House. That same year, he was selected to deliver the [[Republican response to the State of the Union address]].<ref name="Auto2A-37"/> | ||
As of August 2012, Ryan had been the primary sponsor of more than 70 [[Bill (proposed law)|bills]] or amendments,<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.snopes.com/politics/ryan/passedbills.asp|title=Bills Passed by Paul Ryan|first=David|last=Mikkelson|publisher=snopes.com|access-date=July 12, 2017}}</ref><ref name="washingtonpost1"/> and only two of those bills had become law.<ref name="WashPost"/> One, passed in July 2000, renamed a post office in Ryan's district; the other, passed in December 2008, lowered the [[excise]] tax on [[arrow]] shafts.<ref name="Auto2A-38"/><ref name="Auto2A-39"/> As of August 2012, Ryan had also co-sponsored 975 bills, of which 176 had passed; 22% of these bills were originally sponsored by a Democrat.<ref name= | As of August 2012, Ryan had been the primary sponsor of more than 70 [[Bill (proposed law)|bills]] or amendments,<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.snopes.com/politics/ryan/passedbills.asp|title=Bills Passed by Paul Ryan|first=David|last=Mikkelson|publisher=snopes.com|access-date=July 12, 2017}}</ref><ref name="washingtonpost1"/> and only two of those bills had become law.<ref name="WashPost"/> One, passed in July 2000, renamed a post office in Ryan's district; the other, passed in December 2008, lowered the [[excise]] tax on [[arrow]] shafts.<ref name="Auto2A-38"/><ref name="Auto2A-39"/> As of August 2012, Ryan had also co-sponsored 975 bills, of which 176 had passed; 22% of these bills were originally sponsored by a Democrat.<ref name=WashPost/><ref name="govtrack"/> | ||
Ryan was a "reliable supporter of the [George W. Bush] administration's foreign policy priorities" who voted for the 2002 [[Iraq Resolution]], authorizing the [[2003 invasion of Iraq]].<ref name="crawforda">Jamie Crawford, [http://security.blogs.cnn.com/2012/08/13/ryans-foreign-policy-views-shaped-by-his-budget-battles "Ryan's foreign policy views shaped by his budget battles"], cnn.com, August 13, 2012.</ref> | Ryan was a "reliable supporter of the [George W. Bush] administration's foreign policy priorities" who voted for the 2002 [[Iraq Resolution]], authorizing the [[2003 invasion of Iraq]].<ref name="crawforda">Jamie Crawford, [http://security.blogs.cnn.com/2012/08/13/ryans-foreign-policy-views-shaped-by-his-budget-battles "Ryan's foreign policy views shaped by his budget battles"], cnn.com, August 13, 2012.</ref> | ||
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In May 2017, Ryan said Congress' goal was "calendared 2017 for tax reform" and reported progress was being made in doing so.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.politico.com/story/2017/05/18/paul-ryan-trump-tax-reform-2017-238559|title=Ryan: Tax reform is happening in 2017|first=Rachael|last=Bade|date=May 18, 2017|publisher=Politico}}</ref> In December 2017, both houses of Congress passed a $1.5 trillion tax bill called the [[Tax Cuts and Jobs Act of 2017]], which Trump signed into law on December 22.<ref>{{cite news |url= https://www.cnbc.com/2017/12/22/trump-signs-gop-tax-plan-short-term-government-funding-bill.html |title= Trump signs GOP tax plan, short-term government funding bill |last=Wilkie |first= Christina |date= December 22, 2017 |work=[[CNBC]] |access-date= April 11, 2018}}</ref> The tax law is projected to add an additional $1.5 trillion to the national debt over a decade, but the nonpartisan Joint Committee on Taxation also estimated that the GDP level on average would be 0.7% higher during the same period.<ref name=":4">{{Cite news|url=https://www.politico.com/magazine/tory/2018/04/11/paul-ryan-legacy-record-budget-red-ink|title=Paul Ryan's Legacy of Red Ink|work=POLITICO Magazine|access-date=April 12, 2018}}</ref><ref name=":2" /><ref name="JCT_Econ1">{{Cite web|url=https://www.jct.gov/publications.html?func=startdown&id=5055|title=JCX-69-17|website=www.jct.gov}}</ref> In the weeks leading up to his retirement announcement, Ryan also championed a $1.3 trillion government-wide spending bill that boosted military spending significantly.<ref name=":1" /> ''Politico'' noted that Ryan "clamored for austerity when he's been in the minority, trashing Democrats as profligate budget-busters, but he's happily busted budgets in the majority."<ref name=":4" /> | In May 2017, Ryan said Congress' goal was "calendared 2017 for tax reform" and reported progress was being made in doing so.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.politico.com/story/2017/05/18/paul-ryan-trump-tax-reform-2017-238559|title=Ryan: Tax reform is happening in 2017|first=Rachael|last=Bade|date=May 18, 2017|publisher=Politico}}</ref> In December 2017, both houses of Congress passed a $1.5 trillion tax bill called the [[Tax Cuts and Jobs Act of 2017]], which Trump signed into law on December 22.<ref>{{cite news |url= https://www.cnbc.com/2017/12/22/trump-signs-gop-tax-plan-short-term-government-funding-bill.html |title= Trump signs GOP tax plan, short-term government funding bill |last=Wilkie |first= Christina |date= December 22, 2017 |work=[[CNBC]] |access-date= April 11, 2018}}</ref> The tax law is projected to add an additional $1.5 trillion to the national debt over a decade, but the nonpartisan Joint Committee on Taxation also estimated that the GDP level on average would be 0.7% higher during the same period.<ref name=":4">{{Cite news|url=https://www.politico.com/magazine/tory/2018/04/11/paul-ryan-legacy-record-budget-red-ink|title=Paul Ryan's Legacy of Red Ink|work=POLITICO Magazine|access-date=April 12, 2018}}</ref><ref name=":2" /><ref name="JCT_Econ1">{{Cite web|url=https://www.jct.gov/publications.html?func=startdown&id=5055|title=JCX-69-17|website=www.jct.gov}}</ref> In the weeks leading up to his retirement announcement, Ryan also championed a $1.3 trillion government-wide spending bill that boosted military spending significantly.<ref name=":1" /> ''Politico'' noted that Ryan "clamored for austerity when he's been in the minority, trashing Democrats as profligate budget-busters, but he's happily busted budgets in the majority."<ref name=":4" /> | ||
In June 2017, Ryan expressed support for strong sanctions on Russia in response to Russian interference in the 2016 elections and its annexation of the Crimea, saying that Russia's actions were "unacceptable".<ref name="signs">{{cite news |url= https://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-trump-russia/trump-signs-russia-sanctions-bill-moscow-calls-it-trade-war-idUSKBN1AI1Y4 |title= Trump signs Russia sanctions bill, Moscow calls it 'trade war' |date= August 2, 2017 |work= [[Reuters]] |access-date= April 11, 2018}}</ref> He urged Special Counsel [[Robert Mueller]] and Congressional oversight committees to "do their jobs so that we can get to the bottom of all of this."<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/2017/07/12/paul-ryan-russian-meddling-election-absolutely-unacceptable/471428001/ |title= Paul Ryan: Russian meddling in U.S. election is 'absolutely unacceptable' |first= Erin |last=Kelly |newspaper=USA Today |date= July 12, 2017}}</ref> In July Congress passed a bill imposing new sanctions on Russia and giving Congress the power to overrule White House attempts to roll back sanctions. Both houses passed the bill with veto-proof majorities (98-2 in the Senate, 419-3 in the House), so Trump reluctantly signed it into law on August 2, 2017.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.cnn.com/2017/08/02/politics/donald-trump-russia-sanctions-bill/index.html|title=Trump signs bill approving new sanctions against Russia|date=August 3, 2017|work=CNN|access-date=April 11, 2018}}</ref | In June 2017, Ryan expressed support for strong sanctions on Russia in response to Russian interference in the 2016 elections and its annexation of the Crimea, saying that Russia's actions were "unacceptable".<ref name="signs">{{cite news |url= https://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-trump-russia/trump-signs-russia-sanctions-bill-moscow-calls-it-trade-war-idUSKBN1AI1Y4 |title= Trump signs Russia sanctions bill, Moscow calls it 'trade war' |date= August 2, 2017 |work= [[Reuters]] |access-date= April 11, 2018}}</ref> He urged Special Counsel [[Robert Mueller]] and Congressional oversight committees to "do their jobs so that we can get to the bottom of all of this."<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/2017/07/12/paul-ryan-russian-meddling-election-absolutely-unacceptable/471428001/ |title= Paul Ryan: Russian meddling in U.S. election is 'absolutely unacceptable' |first= Erin |last=Kelly |newspaper=USA Today |date= July 12, 2017}}</ref> In July Congress passed a bill imposing new sanctions on Russia and giving Congress the power to overrule White House attempts to roll back sanctions. Both houses passed the bill with veto-proof majorities (98-2 in the Senate, 419-3 in the House), so Trump reluctantly signed it into law on August 2, 2017.<ref name = signs/><ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.cnn.com/2017/08/02/politics/donald-trump-russia-sanctions-bill/index.html|title=Trump signs bill approving new sanctions against Russia|date=August 3, 2017|work=CNN|access-date=April 11, 2018}}</ref> | ||
Ryan provided political cover for Devin Nunes, chair of the House Intelligence Committee, who many characterized as a source of the dysfunction in the committee as it investigated Russian interference in the 2016 election.<ref name=":1">{{Cite news|url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/powerpost/fiscal-hawk-ryan-leaves-behind-growing-deficits-and-a-changed-gop/2018/04/11/827b68d4-3d93-11e8-a7d1-e4efec6389f0_story.html|title=Fiscal hawk Ryan leaves behind growing deficits and a changed GOP|last=Werner|first=Erica|date=April 11, 2018|work=[[The Washington Post]]|access-date=April 12, 2018|language=en-US|issn=0190-8286}}</ref> Nunes accused the Obama administration of improperly “unmasking” the identities of Trump associates (which led Nunes' temporary recusal from the committee's Russia investigation), accused the FBI of misconduct, leaked the text messages of Senator Mark Warner (in an effort to misleadingly suggest impropriety on his behalf), and threatened to impeach FBI Director Christopher Wray and Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein.<ref name=":5">{{Cite news|url=https://www.politico.com/magazine/story/2018/04/11/paul-ryan-retire-devin-nunes-217848|title=Now You're Free, Paul Ryan. Fire Devin Nunes.|work=POLITICO Magazine|access-date=April 12, 2018}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.politico.com/story/2018/04/11/paul-ryan-do-not-fire-mueller-rosenstein-515215|title=Ryan says Mueller, Rosenstein 'should be allowed to do their jobs' despite Trump threats|work=POLITICO|access-date=April 12, 2018}}</ref> The House Intelligence Committee was one of few so-called "select" committees in Congress, which meant that it was up to Ryan to decide the chairman of the committee.<ref name=":5" /> | Ryan provided political cover for Devin Nunes, chair of the House Intelligence Committee, who many characterized as a source of the dysfunction in the committee as it investigated Russian interference in the 2016 election.<ref name=":1">{{Cite news|url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/powerpost/fiscal-hawk-ryan-leaves-behind-growing-deficits-and-a-changed-gop/2018/04/11/827b68d4-3d93-11e8-a7d1-e4efec6389f0_story.html|title=Fiscal hawk Ryan leaves behind growing deficits and a changed GOP|last=Werner|first=Erica|date=April 11, 2018|work=[[The Washington Post]]|access-date=April 12, 2018|language=en-US|issn=0190-8286}}</ref> Nunes accused the Obama administration of improperly “unmasking” the identities of Trump associates (which led Nunes' temporary recusal from the committee's Russia investigation), accused the FBI of misconduct, leaked the text messages of Senator Mark Warner (in an effort to misleadingly suggest impropriety on his behalf), and threatened to impeach FBI Director Christopher Wray and Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein.<ref name=":5">{{Cite news|url=https://www.politico.com/magazine/story/2018/04/11/paul-ryan-retire-devin-nunes-217848|title=Now You're Free, Paul Ryan. Fire Devin Nunes.|work=POLITICO Magazine|access-date=April 12, 2018}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.politico.com/story/2018/04/11/paul-ryan-do-not-fire-mueller-rosenstein-515215|title=Ryan says Mueller, Rosenstein 'should be allowed to do their jobs' despite Trump threats|work=POLITICO|access-date=April 12, 2018}}</ref> The House Intelligence Committee was one of few so-called "select" committees in Congress, which meant that it was up to Ryan to decide the chairman of the committee.<ref name=":5" /> | ||
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Ryan subscribed to [[supply-side economics]] and supported tax cuts including eliminating the [[capital gain]]s tax, the corporate income tax, the [[Inheritance tax|estate tax]], and the [[Alternative Minimum Tax]].<ref name=Ambinder/><ref name=time20111214/><ref name=roadmap2/> Ryan supports deregulation, including the [[Gramm–Leach–Bliley Act]] of 1999, which repealed some financial regulation of banks from the [[Banking Act of 1933|Glass–Steagall Act]] of 1933.<ref name=msnbc20140407/> During the economic recovery from the [[Great Recession in the United States|Great Recession of the late 2000s]], Ryan supported the [[Troubled Asset Relief Program]] (TARP), which authorized the Treasury to purchase [[toxic assets]] from banks and other financial institutions, and the [[Automotive industry crisis of 2008–10|auto industry bailout]]; Ryan opposed the [[Credit CARD Act of 2009]], which expanded consumer protections regarding credit card plans, and the [[Dodd–Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act]], which strengthened financial regulation.<ref name=msnbc20140407/><ref name="Auto2A-53"/><ref name="Auto2A-63"/> | Ryan subscribed to [[supply-side economics]] and supported tax cuts including eliminating the [[capital gain]]s tax, the corporate income tax, the [[Inheritance tax|estate tax]], and the [[Alternative Minimum Tax]].<ref name=Ambinder/><ref name=time20111214/><ref name=roadmap2/> Ryan supports deregulation, including the [[Gramm–Leach–Bliley Act]] of 1999, which repealed some financial regulation of banks from the [[Banking Act of 1933|Glass–Steagall Act]] of 1933.<ref name=msnbc20140407/> During the economic recovery from the [[Great Recession in the United States|Great Recession of the late 2000s]], Ryan supported the [[Troubled Asset Relief Program]] (TARP), which authorized the Treasury to purchase [[toxic assets]] from banks and other financial institutions, and the [[Automotive industry crisis of 2008–10|auto industry bailout]]; Ryan opposed the [[Credit CARD Act of 2009]], which expanded consumer protections regarding credit card plans, and the [[Dodd–Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act]], which strengthened financial regulation.<ref name=msnbc20140407/><ref name="Auto2A-53"/><ref name="Auto2A-63"/> | ||
In 2016, 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 better measure the results of federal programs for the poor, and to crack down on waste, fraud and abuse."<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.pressherald.com/2016/06/07/house-speaker-paul-ryan-debuts-anti-poverty-plan-limiting-federal-role/|title=House Speaker Paul Ryan debuts anti-poverty plan limiting federal role|work=PressHerald.com|last=DeBonis|first=Mike|access-date=July 29, 2018|language=en}}</ref> Ryan believes federal [[poverty reduction]] programs are ineffective and he supports cuts to welfare, child care, [[Pell Grant]]s, food stamps, and other federal assistance programs.<ref name="WOPReportDocument"/><ref name="WOP_report"/><ref name="Auto2A-119"/> Ryan supports [[block grant]]ing [[Medicaid]] to the states and the [[privatization]] of [[Social Security (United States)|social security]] and [[Medicare (United States)|Medicare]].<ref name= | In 2016, 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 better measure the results of federal programs for the poor, and to crack down on waste, fraud and abuse."<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.pressherald.com/2016/06/07/house-speaker-paul-ryan-debuts-anti-poverty-plan-limiting-federal-role/|title=House Speaker Paul Ryan debuts anti-poverty plan limiting federal role|work=PressHerald.com|last=DeBonis|first=Mike|access-date=July 29, 2018|language=en}}</ref> Ryan believes federal [[poverty reduction]] programs are ineffective and he supports cuts to welfare, child care, [[Pell Grant]]s, food stamps, and other federal assistance programs.<ref name="WOPReportDocument"/><ref name="WOP_report"/><ref name="Auto2A-119"/> Ryan supports [[block grant]]ing [[Medicaid]] to the states and the [[privatization]] of [[Social Security (United States)|social security]] and [[Medicare (United States)|Medicare]].<ref name=Ambinder/><ref name=time20111214/><ref name="Auto2A-17"/><ref name=nymag20120429/> Ryan supported the [[Medicare Part D]] prescription drug benefit and opposes the [[Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act]] (ACA), also known as "Obamacare."<ref name=msnbc20140407/><ref name=weeklystandard20120723/><ref name=propublica20120914/> Ryan supported the [[American Health Care Act of 2017]] (AHCA), the 2017 House Republican plan to repeal and replace the ACA.<ref name="NYT-20170504a"/><ref name="CNN-passage"/> In 2012, ''The New York Times'' said Ryan was "his party's most forceful spokesman for cutting entitlement spending."<ref name=nyt20120813/> | ||
Ryan's non-fiscal policy positions were subject to additional national attention with his 2012 candidacy for Vice President.<ref name="NYT-PearSocial"/> Ryan is [[United States pro-life movement|pro-life]] and opposes [[United States pro-choice movement|abortion rights]].<ref name="Beast08122012"/><ref name=Bloomberg-822/> Ryan opposed the [[Lilly Ledbetter Fair Pay Act of 2009]], which provides that the 180-day statute of limitations for filing an equal-pay lawsuit regarding pay discrimination resets with each new paycheck affected by that discriminatory action.<ref name=cnn20121020/><ref name=abc20121017/> In 2012, Ryan supported [[civil unions]] and opposed [[same-sex marriage]].<ref name="NYT-PearSocial"/><ref name="FiveIssues"/> | Ryan's non-fiscal policy positions were subject to additional national attention with his 2012 candidacy for Vice President.<ref name="NYT-PearSocial"/> Ryan is [[United States pro-life movement|pro-life]] and opposes [[United States pro-choice movement|abortion rights]].<ref name="Beast08122012"/><ref name=Bloomberg-822/> Ryan opposed the [[Lilly Ledbetter Fair Pay Act of 2009]], which provides that the 180-day statute of limitations for filing an equal-pay lawsuit regarding pay discrimination resets with each new paycheck affected by that discriminatory action.<ref name=cnn20121020/><ref name=abc20121017/> In 2012, Ryan supported [[civil unions]] and opposed [[same-sex marriage]].<ref name="NYT-PearSocial"/><ref name="FiveIssues"/> | ||