No talk of ousting U.S. House Speaker Ryan, says key conservative
Source: Reuters
#POLITICS SEPTEMBER 10, 2017 / 12:57 PM / UPDATED 3 HOURS AGO
No talk of ousting U.S. House Speaker Ryan, says key conservative
Reuters Staff
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WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. Representative Jim Jordan, a leading House conservative, said on Sunday that fellow conservatives are not discussing replacing Speaker Paul Ryan despite unhappiness with the way Republican leaders handled last weeks debt ceiling increase that included no fiscal reforms.
Many Republicans are unhappy with the deal President Donald Trump reached last week with Democratic leaders to raise the governments debt ceiling and allow it to continue financing federal spending programs until Dec. 8.
In an interview with Fox News Sunday, Jordan, a Republican, appeared to cast blame for the debt ceiling hike on party leaders including Ryan, saying they had not provided any good options to Trump before he struck a deal with Democrats.
In this situation, he (Trump) wasnt presented with good options, said Jordan, co-founder and former chairman of the House Freedom Caucus, the most conservative group in the House.
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