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The Hill - Cristina Marcos
A bipartisan group of House lawmakers is urging newly minted Speaker Paul Ryan (R-Wis.) to schedule a vote on authorizing U.S. troops to fight Islamic State in Iraq and Syria (ISIS) militants.
Washington Post - Greg Jaffe
A bipartisan group of 35 House lawmakers is pressing new House Speaker Paul D. Ryan (R-Wis.) to move forward with a long-stalled effort to provide the White House with specific authority to fight the wars in Iraq and Syria.
As long as President Obama is in office and Republicans control Congress, the nation will remain in an era of divided government. Given our system of checks and balances, true negotiation must take place and real compromise must be reached to govern effectively. And like I’ve said on numerous occasions, neither side can ever get all that it wants in a negotiation.
The Oklahoman - Chris Casteel
Along with the Wisconsin family cheering Paul Ryan's ascension to speaker of the House on Thursday was an Oklahoma contingent, including Ryan's father-in-law and former U.S. Rep. Dan Boren.
Wall Street Journal - John McKinnon
Paul Ryan is a small-government conservative who hopes to use innovative policy solutions to make the GOP a big-tent party again.