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Former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney, right, and his former vice presidential running mate U.S. Rep. Paul Ryan, R-Wis., arrive for a dinner at the Union Club on Thursday, Aug. 21, 2014, in Chicago. (AP Photo/Charles Rex Arbogast) ** FILE **

Mitt Romney nudges Paul Ryan toward presidential run

By S.A. Miller - The Washington Times

** FILE ** This May 12, 2014, file photo shows Rep. Paul Ryan, R-Wisc., as he speaks at the Manhattan Institute for Policy Research Alexander Hamilton Award Dinner in New York. (AP Photo/John Minchillo, File )

Paul Ryan tip: When John Boehner smokes, the meeting’s gone bad

By Cheryl K. Chumley - The Washington Times

Paul Ryan, inspiring Democrats

PRUDEN: Democrats swimming in a sea turning red

By Wesley Pruden - The Washington Times

Illustration on block grants to states for social services by Alexander Hunter/The Washington Times

KEENE: Thinking outside nanny-state box with Paul Ryan

By David Keene - The Washington Times

** FILE ** In this June 6, 2014, file photo, Rep. Paul Ryan, R-Wis., gestures as he speaks during a gala prior to the start of the Virginia GOP Convention in Roanoke, Va. Ryan proposed a new plan Thursday to merge up to 11 anti-poverty programs into a single grant program for states that he said would allow more flexibility to help lift people out of poverty, in a speech to the American Enterprise Institute. (AP Photo/Steve Helber)

MORICI: Ryan’s entitlement reforms would promote work

By Peter Morici

Jane Hampton Cook wrote about the first White House evacuation during the War of 1812 in her latest book, “The Burning of the White House: James and Dolley Madison and the War of 1812." (Vita Images)

Inside the Beltway: Just a little media protection for the White House

By Jennifer Harper - The Washington Times

** FILE ** In this June 6, 2014, file photo, Rep. Paul Ryan, R-Wis., gestures as he speaks during a gala prior to the start of the Virginia GOP Convention in Roanoke, Va. Ryan proposed a new plan Thursday to merge up to 11 anti-poverty programs into a single grant program for states that he said would allow more flexibility to help lift people out of poverty, in a speech to the American Enterprise Institute. (AP Photo/Steve Helber)

Paul Ryan offers to repair U.S. economic safety net with a single grant stream

By S.A. Miller - The Washington Times

** FILE ** Sen. Elizabeth Warren, D-Mass. (Associated Press)

West Virginia Senate candidates seek partisan help in Medicaid battle

By S.A. Miller - The Washington Times

Incoming House Majority Whip Rep. Steve Scalise, Louisiana Republican (left), talks with Majority Leader-elect Rep. Kevin McCarthy, California Republican. Mr. Scalise was seen as the choice of conservatives eager to install a voice of their own in the upper ranks of leadership. (Associated Press)

Scalise takes conservative stances on spending issues, hawkish on energy

By David Sherfinski - The Washington Times

House Budget Committee Chairman Rep. Paul Ryan, R-Wis. speaks at the Center for New Security's Eight Annual National Security Conference in Washington, Wednesday, June 11, 2014. (AP Photo/Lauren Victoria Burke)

Ryan: Fiscal reform key to U.S. national security

By Seth McLaughlin - The Washington Times

** FILE ** Republican senatorial hopeful Ed Gillespie. (AP Photo/Steve Helber)

Ed Gillespie selected as GOP’s nominee in Virginia race against Sen. Mark Warner

By Phillip Swarts - The Washington Times

FILE - In this June 15, 2011 file photo, protester Jeremy Ryan is removed from the state assembly gallery by Wisconsin State Patrol officers at the state Capitol in Madison, Wis. The Republican Party of Wisconsin is challenging the nomination papers of a well-known Madison protester who is vying to unseat U.S. Rep. Paul Ryan. (AP Photo/Wisconsin State Journal, M.P. King, File)

Wisconsin GOP files complaint in Paul Ryan’s race

By Taylor W. Anderson - Associated Press

Rep. Paul Ryan joked Wednesday about how Americans keep mistaking him for disgraced politician Anthony Weiner, who then ironically called the comparison insulting. (Associated Press/Carolyn Kaster)

Paul Ryan: People keep mistaking me for Anthony Weiner

By Jessica Chasmar - The Washington Times

SIMMONS: It’s time to reassess anti-poverty policy

By Deborah Simmons - The Washington Times

Sen. Marco Rubio, Florida Republican, spoke out Tuesday in favor of gradually raising the retirement age, which currently sits at 67, and transitioning Medicare to a voucher system. (associated press)

Sen. Marco Rubio takes on entitlement reform

By Seth McLaughlin - The Washington Times

Vice President Joe Biden delivers the keynote speech during commencement exercises at the University of South Carolina in Columbia, S.C., Friday, May 9, 2014. (AP Photo/The State, Tracy Glantz) ALL LOCAL MEDIA OUT, (TV, ONLINE, PRINT)

Presidential checklist: preparations in motion

By CALVIN WOODWARD - Associated Press

Police: Pot might be factor in Montana killing

Associated Press

US Rep. Ryan to Wisconsin GOP: Time to unify

Associated Press

In this picture taken Wednesday, April 30, 2014, the soccer team of 17-year old German exchange student Diren Dede SC Teutonia 1910 holds a minute of silence prior to a soccer match in Hamburg, northern Germany. The father of the student who was killed in the United States criticized the country’s gun laws upon his arrival in Montana where his son was fatally shot. Celal Dede told the German news agency dpa Thursday that “America cannot continue to play the cowboy.” (AP Photo/dpa, Daniel Reinhardt)

Slain German student’s father criticizes US

By KIRSTEN GRIESHABER and BILL GORMAN - Associated Press

FILE - House Budget Committee Chairman Paul Ryan, R-Wis., goes before the House Rules Committee for final work on his budget to fund the government in fiscal year 2015, at the Capitol in Washington, in this April 7, 2014 file photo. The plan being considered Thursday April 10, 2014 is a nonbinding framework aimed more at engaging GOP voters than rival Democrats. The budget plan from Rep. Paul Ryan, R-Wis., revives a now-familiar list of spending cuts to promise balance, including $2.1 trillion over 10 years in health care subsidies and coverage under the Affordable Care Act; $732 billion in cuts to Medicaid and other health care programs; and almost $1 trillion in cuts to other benefit programs like food stamps, Pell Grants and farm subsidies. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite, File)

Black lawmakers meet with Paul Ryan: ‘We didn’t get a whole lot accomplished’

By Jessica Chasmar - The Washington Times