Paul Ryan

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**FILE** House Speaker John Boehner (right), Ohio Republican, and Rep. Paul Ryan, Wisconsin Republican, walk in the Capitol in Washington on Sept. 13, 2012, en route to voting on a stopgap spending bill that avoids a government shutdown. (Associated Press)

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**FILE** House Budget Committee Chairman Paul Ryan, Wisconsin Republican, touts his 2012 federal budget during an April 5, 2011, news conference on Capitol Hill in Washington. (Associated Press)

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Rep. Paul Ryan, Wisconsin Republican, exits the room at the Capitol where he and other House GOP leaders met Wednesday to discuss the looming “fiscal cliff.” Amid changes of committee chairmanships, Mr. Ryan retains the Budget Committee gavel. (Barbara L. Salisbury/The Washington Times)

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Rep. Paul Ryan (R-Wisc.) leaves a room at the U.S. Capitol where he and other Republican House leadership members met Wednesday, Nov. 28, 2012 to discuss the fiscal cliff. (Barbara L. Salisbury/The Washington Times)

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The campaign team hoping to get Mitt Romney and running mate Rep. Paul Ryan elected spent twice as much as the Obama campaign on direct mail and telemarketing, paying tens of millions of dollars to two companies tied to Romney aides, a ploy that left the Republicans “exposed badly” on Election Day. (Associated Press)

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Standing with their families, Republican presidential candidate and former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney stands with his wife Ann, and Republican vice presidential candidate Rep. Paul Ryan, R-Wis., second right, stands with his wife Janna after Romney's concession speech at his election night rally in Boston, Wednesday, Nov. 7, 2012. (AP Photo/Charles Dharapak)

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Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney embraces his running mate Paul Ryan as Romney's wife, Ann, and Ryan's wife, Janna, embrace Nov. 7, 2012, after Romney conceded the race during his election night rally in Boston. (Associated Press)

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Republican presidential candidate and former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney and his wife Ann, left, and Republican vice presidential candidate, Rep. Paul Ryan, R-Wis., and his wife Janna, right, are joined by their families on stage after Romney conceded the race during his election night rally, Wednesday, Nov. 7, 2012, in Boston. (AP Photo/Elise Amendola)

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Republican presidential candidate and former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney and his wife Ann, left, and Republican vice presidential candidate, Rep. Paul Ryan, R-Wis., and his wife Janna, right, are joined by their families on stage after Romney conceded the race during his election night rally, Wednesday, Nov. 7, 2012, in Boston. (AP Photo/David Goldman)

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Republican presidential candidate and former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney, left, wife Ann Romney, center, and Republican vice presidential candidate, Rep. Paul Ryan, R-Wis., stand on stage after Romney conceded the race during his election night rally, Wednesday, Nov. 7, 2012, in Boston. (AP Photo/Stephan Savoia)

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Republican presidential candidate and former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney, his wife Ann Romney, left and Republican vice presidential candidate, Rep. Paul Ryan, R-Wis., and his wife Janna wave to supporters on stage during Romney's election night rally, Wednesday, Nov. 7, 2012, in Boston. (AP Photo/David Goldman)

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Republican presidential candidate and former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney embraces Republican vice presidential candidate, Rep. Paul Ryan, R-Wis., as Ann Romney and Janna Ryan embrace after Romney conceded the race during his election night rally, Wednesday, Nov. 7, 2012, in Boston.(AP Photo/David Goldman)

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Mitt Romney and Rep. Paul Ryan arrive at Cleveland Hopkins International Airport, one of two stops the Republican running mates made on Election Day before heading back to Boston to await the results. , “We fought till the very end and I think that is why I think we will be successful,” Mr. Romney said of his campaign for president. (Associated Press)

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Republican presidential candidate, former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney and his running mate Rep. Paul Ryan, R-Wis., wave as they exit a campaign charter airplane at Cleveland Hopkins International airport, Tuesday, Nov. 6, 2012 in Cleveland, Ohio. Ryan arrived moments earlier on his own plane and met Romney on board. (AP Photo/Mary Altaffer)