republicans who have a very complicated midterm election year facing them at this point. the second is the idea that this now likely throw the house republican conference which john as you know quite well can be often a divisive place into a nasty leadership battle where people don t understand or know necessarily who s going to take speaker ryan s place so long as republicans remain in power. those were things expected paul ryan to do. why he decided to do this now? here s what i ve been told based on some individuals that spoke to the speaker this morning. he cited two things on those calls, first and foremost, his family. he does have a young family and while i know this is the common refrain as to why people leave positions in washington, this one s pretty true. he s stated this too close confidant and to some of us over the course of his time as speaker, that with three kids, very close to his wife with the fund-raising schedule, with dealing with a rather rowdy conference, with t
it sounds like the president hasn t left a lot of wiggle room. you said all options are on the table but when the president said get ready russia, the missiles are coming, how is that anything but an announcement of a pending air strike. that is certainly one option. but that doesn t mean it is the only option or the only thing that the president may or may not do. just because he does one thing doesn t mean he can t do a number of other actions as well [ inaudible question ]. and he hasn t laid out the timetable which would be broadcasting his intentions. and one thing on speaker ryan s announcement, there were fears up on capitol hill and we understand some in the white house that have democratic wave could sweep the republicans out of power in the house and that could potentially lead to impeachment proceedings that the democrats could bring forward. what is the president s thinking of on that and your thinking on that. like i said earlier, we re confident in the recor
when the president says get ready, russia, they will with coming, the missiles are coming, how is that anything but an announcement of a pending air strike? that s one option. that doesn t mean it s the only option or the only thing that the president may or may not do. just because he does one thing doesn t mean he can t do other actions as well as he hasn t laid out the timetable that would be broadcasting his intentions. one other quick things on speaker ryan s announcement. there s fears on capitol hill and some in the white house that a democratic wave is coming and could sweep the republicans out of power in the house and could lead to impeachment proceedings that the democrats could bring forward. what is the president s thinking on that and what is your thinking on that? like i said earlier, we re confident in the record we have and the successful first year in office and we expect to take
house speaker john boehner. jake, start with you. how much do you think president trump played in speaker ryan s decision to hang it up? you know, that s a question the speaker has to answer. i will say this. paul ryan, his speakership will undoubtedly be colored in many ways and defined and read through the prism of donald trump s presidency, which is ironic in many ways, not least because paul ryan was not entirely supportive of donald trump s becoming president. not up for debate. the speaker weeks before the election got on a conference call with house republican colleagues and said feel free to abandon the president if you think it will save your election. help you politically. now, i think we ll spend a lot of time in the years to come and the months to come, certainly in the book that i m writing talking about, because paul ryan through the prism of donald trump and, listen, you have to give to paul ryan and donald trump this they got through a massive rewrite of the tax cod
solutio solution. congressman, yoor in the weeds on this. you can t say definitively if you re a yes or no? that s correct. nancy pelosi has said no, she will oppose the spending bill to keep the government open unless speaker ryan guarantees her this open debate and vote on immigration. she made it clear she was speaking for herself and not whipping other members against it. still, congressman meeks, would you feel free as a democrat to vote yes? i am undecided at this moment because the devil is always in the details. when you talk about infrastructure spending, i need to know how and where that money is coming from. you talk about disaster relief, especially for the virgin island, puerto rico and others. i m looking at a budget in a