Paul Ryan

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** FILE ** In this June 1, 2011 photo, House Budget Committee chairman Rep. Paul Ryan, Wisconsin Republican, is seen outside the White House in Washington. House Republicans follow up their frugal — but nonbinding — tea party budget with less stringent cuts. (AP Photo/Charles Dharapak, File)

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Rep. Paul Ryan, Wisconsin Republican

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California Rep. Dan Lungren suggests that Rep. Paul Ryan is the "political heir" of the late Jack Kemp.

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Mitt Romney speaks at a building supply store in Green Bay, Wis., on Monday as Rep. Paul Ryan looks on. (Associated Press)

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House Budget Chairman Rep. Paul Ryan, Wisconsin Republican, speaks March 29, 2012, during a news conference on Capitol Hill after Republicans pushed an election-year, $3.5 trillion budget through the House. (Associated Press)

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**FILE** House Budget Chairman Rep. Paul Ryan (right), Wisconsin Republican, with Republican Conference Chairman Rep. Jeb Hensarling of Texas, holds a copy of their budget proposal during a news conference March 29, 2012, on Capitol Hill. (Associated Press)

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** FILE ** House Budget Committee Chairman Rep. Paul Ryan, Wisconsin Republican, speaks about his budget plan during a news conference on Capitol Hill in Washington, Tuesday, March 20, 2012. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin)

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** FILE ** Rep. Paul Ryan, Wisconsin Republican, introduces a plan on Tuesday, March 20, 2012, to overhaul Medicare. The proposal would have the federal program competing with private plans. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin)

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Rep. Paul Ryan, Wisconsin Republican, speaks about his budget plan during a news conference on Capitol Hill in Washington on Tuesday, March 20, 2012. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin)

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House Budget Committee Chairman Rep. Paul Ryan, Wisconsin Republican, has developed a proposal with Sen. Ron Wyden, Oregon Democrat, that would keep traditional Medicare as an option, competing with private plans. People now 55 or older wouldn't have to make any changes. (Associated Press)

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House Budget Committee Chairman Rep. Paul Ryan, Wisconsin Republican, has teamed with Sen. Ron Wyden, Oregon Democrat, to offer offering seniors a choice between private plans and a traditional Medicare plan. (Associated Press)

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Wisconsin Rep. Paul Ryan, the top Republican budget writer in the House, has a new plan for Medicare - devised with Democratic Sen. Ron Wyden of Oregon - that would set up a regulated competition with private insurance. (Associated Press)

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Illustration: Paul Ryan by Linas Garsys for The Washington Times

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ASSOCIATED PRESS House Majority Leader Eric Cantor says Rep. Paul Ryan, the author of a plan to overhaul government health care programs, would make a good presidential candidate. Mr. Ryan said he is not planning to run for president.

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ASSOCIATED PRESS PHOTOGRAPHS His current position "allows me to have a greater impact in averting this debt-fueled economic crisis than if I were to run for the United States Senate," said Rep. Paul Ryan (top). His decision clears the way for former Gov. Tommy Thompson (above).