House Conservatives Warn Paul Ryan: ‘Honeymoon Is Over’

House Speaker Paul Ryan has said he wants to pursue a proactive conservative agenda in 2016, and his peers are holding him to that

Josh Siegel, --January 7, 2016

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House conservatives on Wednesday challenged Speaker Paul Ryan to fulfill his pledge to play offense in 2016, warning their leader that “the honeymoon” period of his tenure is over.
As House and Senate Republicans get set next week to lay out their goals for 2016 during a joint retreat, conservatives say they want Ryan, R-Wis., to act on legislation that contrasts with the policies President Barack Obama has implemented while in office. “It is fundamentally unfair to judge the speakership of Paul Ryan over the last month or so, but as I have also said, the honeymoon is over,” said Rep. Raúl Labrador, a leader of the House Freedom Caucus. More...

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