Ryan says he will return to Congress
BOSTON (AP) — Paul Ryan said Wednesday that he will return to Congress, but will spend some time with his family first.
Ryan was re-elected Tuesday to his House seat from southeastern Wisconsin on the same night he and Mitt Romney came up short in their bid to unseat President Barack Obama and Vice President Joe Biden.
State law allowed him to run for both offices simultaneously. He would have had to resign from Congress had he won both.
In a written statement released from Boston, Ryan said he was grateful for the chance to be part of a national campaign.
"I am immensely proud of the campaign we ran, and I remain grateful to Gov. Romney for the honor of being his running mate," he said. "I look forward to spending some time with my family in the coming days and then continuing my responsibilities as chairman of the House Budget Committee and representative of Wisconsin’s First Congressional District."
Ryan and his family spent the night in Boston after attending what they had hoped would be a victory celebration after the presidential election was decided. They were scheduled to return to their home in Janesville, Wis., later in the day.
Advisers had been weighing whether Ryan would be best served by returning to Congress for an eighth term if he were planning to run for president in 2016.
Even before he was tapped to be Romney’s running mate, the 42-year-old father of three was seen as a rising star within the Republican Party. As chairman of the powerful Budget Committee, Ryan gained national prominence when he drew up an austere budget blueprint that would reshape Medicare and retain tax breaks set to expire at year’s end.
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Nov 7, 2012 at 7:23 p.m.
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We dont have a spending problem as much as we have a revenue problem. No money coming in to run a governement.
Nov 7, 2012 at 7:01 p.m.
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"if he were planning to run for president in 2016."
it'll never happen; the big $$ donors all know that u don't bet on a losing horse twice...
Nov 7, 2012 at 6:11 p.m.
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Don't forget to take the traffic barricades around your home with you, Paul - enough is enough! Let's get back to..."normal(?)"...around here and quit worrying about what you eat and read and wear and whatever.
Oh, and don't forget to concentrate on doing something FOR YOUR DISTRICT AND CONSTITUENTS NOW!!!
Nov 7, 2012 at 5:20 p.m.
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"with his tail between his legs"
Nov 7, 2012 at 4:51 p.m.
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Yep-so he can get high pay for doing absolutely nothing because he acts like he knows everything but the American public saw right through his and Romneys lies and got them out of here!!!!He should go back to licking envelopes at the law firm---JOKE!!!!
Nov 7, 2012 at 4:41 p.m.
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Of course he's going to take the govt paycheck and all that goes with.
By the way: Check out how badly Ryan lost Rock County -twice. What gives?
http://199.233.45.158/results11062012
Nov 7, 2012 at 4:37 p.m.
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Treating Congress as a consolation prize after "winning" by a GOP redistricting scheme giving him the infamous Waukesha Co. does not bode well that he will DO anything that benefits anyone but Paul Ryan. http://bdgrdemocracy.wordpress.com/2012/...
Nov 7, 2012 at 3:28 p.m.
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As Moody considers another downgrade, the left still doesn't find the fiscal problem to be of significance, simply astounding.
Nov 7, 2012 at 2:18 p.m.
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I see why your screen name is merrypoppins, you must be living in a fantacy land if you think the next 4 years will be sunnyside up.
Nov 7, 2012 at 1:56 p.m.
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Life can sure be sunnyside up, viva Obama/Biden. Down with FAUX noise and Romney/Ryan
Nov 7, 2012 at 1:32 p.m.
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Wow, by reading the posts on here, you are huge supporters of Ryan! Feel the Love!
Nov 7, 2012 at 1:23 p.m.
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Get to work Ryan.
Nov 7, 2012 at 1:15 p.m.
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He should be going back to work today (along with the rest of congress). The financial cliff needs to be addressed now, not later.
Nov 7, 2012 at 12:52 p.m.
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IMOP political candidates should not be allowed to run for two offices simultaneously.
Nov 7, 2012 at 12:39 p.m.
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bennetonf1 - I was wondering what the long term plan was for that situation if he won. I bet leaf collection was fun with the barricades. Hopefully they get them out of there before the first snow fall.
Nov 7, 2012 at 12:30 p.m.
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is the RYAN GAZETTE done publishing ?
Nov 7, 2012 at 12:25 p.m.
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can we have our street back now?
Nov 7, 2012 at 12:22 p.m.
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Of course he'll return to Congress. He's a career politician. What else would he do? He's incapable of getting or holding a real job.
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