Search results
Results From The WOW.Com Content Network
Paul Davis Ryan (born January 29, 1970) is an American politician who served as the 54th speaker of the United States House of Representatives from 2015 to 2019. A member of the Republican Party, he was the party's vice presidential nominee in the 2012 election running alongside Mitt Romney, losing to President Barack Obama and Vice President Joe Biden.
Kentucky's current congressional delegation in the 119th Congress consists of its two senators, both of whom are Republicans, and its six representatives: five Republicans and one Democrat. The current dean of the Kentucky delegation is Representative and Dean of the House Hal Rogers of the 5th district, having served in the House since 1981.
This is a list of United States senators from Kentucky. The state's senators belong to class 2 and class 3. Kentucky is currently represented in the U.S. Senate by Republicans Mitch McConnell (serving since 1985) and Rand Paul (serving since 2011). Currently, on his seventh term in office, McConnell is Kentucky's longest-serving senator.
Paul's potential candidacy was discussed in the Los Angeles Times [58] and locally in the Kentucky press. [59] Paul's father said, "Should Senator Bunning decide not to run, I think Rand would make a great U.S. Senator." [60] On April 15, Paul gave his first political speech as a potential candidate at a Tea Party rally held in his town of ...
Donald Trump, Mike Pence, Paul Ryan, and McConnell celebrate the passage of the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act of 2017, December 2017. McConnell initially endorsed fellow Kentucky senator Rand Paul for president in 2016. Paul withdrew from the race after the Iowa caucuses, and McConnell endorsed presumptive nominee Donald Trump on May 4, 2016. [74]
Paul Ryan said he wants to unify the Republican party, but he still sounded leery of supporting Donald Trump in a new interview he did with Politico. Paul Ryan urges GOP unity, but he's not ...
Kentucky's 31st Senatorial district is one of 38 districts in the Kentucky Senate. Located in the eastern part of the state, it comprises the counties of Elliott, Johnson, Lawrence, Martin, and Pike. It has been represented by Phillip Wheeler (R–Pikeville) since 2019. [1] As of 2023, the district had a population of 114,618. [2]
Ex-House Speaker Paul Ryan remains confident that Congress will eventually raise the debt ceiling and avoid default, but he says Republicans shouldn't let it happen without getting something in ...