His other major piece of legislation, the American Health Care Act of 2017, passed the House but failed in the Senate by one vote. As Speaker he played a key role in the passage of the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act of 2017 and the Economic Growth, Regulatory Relief and Consumer Protection Act in 2018, which partially repealed the Dodd–Frank Act.

During the 2010s, two proposals heavily influenced by Ryan-' The Path to Prosperity' and ' A Better Way'-became part of the national dialogue advocating for the privatization of Medicare, the conversion of Medicaid into a block grant program, the repeal of the Affordable Care Act, and significant federal tax cuts.

He chaired the House Budget Committee from 2011 to 2015 and briefly chaired the House Ways and Means Committee in 2015 prior to being elected Speaker of the House in October 2015 following John Boehner's retirement.Ī self-proclaimed deficit hawk, Ryan was a major proponent of Social Security privatization in the mid-2000s. Ryan would represent the district for 20 years. He was elected to Congress to represent Wisconsin's 1st congressional district the following year, replacing Mark Neumann, who vacated the seat to run for U.S. He became a speechwriter and returned to Wisconsin in 1997 to work at his family's construction company. He spent five years working for Congress in Washington, D.C.

Ryan is a native of Janesville, Wisconsin and graduated from Miami University in 1992. A member of the Republican Party, he was the vice presidential nominee in the 2012 election with Mitt Romney, but the ticket lost to incumbents President Barack Obama and then-Vice President Joe Biden. Paul Davis Ryan (born January 29, 1970) is an American politician who served as the 54th speaker of the United States House of Representatives from 2015 to 2019.

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