Ryan to face chaos if elected speaker
WASHINGTON – The honeymoon might be over before it even begins for House Speaker-in-waiting Paul Ryan when he is elevated to the top job this coming week.
The Wisconsin Republican, on track to prevail in secret-ballot GOP elections Wednesday and in a full House vote Thursday, would take over at a moment of chaos notable even for a Congress where crisis has become routine.
Lawmakers are barreling toward a Nov. 3 deadline to raise the federal borrowing limit or face an unprecedented government default, and there’s no plan in sight for averting it. Crucial highway funding authority is about to expire, requiring a short-term extension that no one supports.
And early December will bring the next chapter in the government shutdown wars, with a must-pass deadline for spending legislation a ripe opportunity for brinksmanship.
Trump bashes Bush’s recent campaign cuts
JACKSONVILLE, Fla. – Republican presidential hopeful Donald Trump mocked former Florida Gov. Jeb Bush in his own state on Saturday, saying recent campaign cuts show he’s not ready to be president.
“Here’s a guy who wants to run our country, and he can’t even run his own campaign. And you know what? He’s cutting back big,” Trump told a raucous crowd of thousands gathered along the riverfront of one of Florida’s most conservative cities.
The comment came the day after the Bush campaign said it was cutting payroll by 40 percent by trimming staff and requiring an across-the-board pay cut for those remaining.
Boyfriend’s front-page proposal draws a ‘yes!’
CANTON, Ohio – A man looking to write a new chapter for his relationship turned to a newspaper’s front page to pop the question.
Robbie Paxton says it felt like the longest seven minutes of his life waiting for girlfriend Tina Troyer to notice the front-page ad he’d placed in The Repository on Friday.
The 50-year-old Canton man says he was making breakfast and wondering why Troyer wasn’t saying anything after he set out the paper and her morning coffee. Paxton was just about to ask if she’d read the paper when she responded with a resounding “yes!”
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