Members: Ryan crushed it at the GOP retreat

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Washington Examiner:

Susan Ferrechio

1/18/16

 

BALTIMORE — There was a deep contrast between the young speaker and the older majority leader on display. With nearly three decades separating them, House Speaker Paul Ryan and Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell are at least a generation apart, and Republican lawmakers are taking notice of the different leadership styles that come with the age gap.

 

At the annual GOP retreat last week, the rank-and-file had their first chance to compare the two top leaders in Congress when McConnell of Kentucky and Ryan of Wisconsin gave back-to-back presentations on the 2016 agenda at the Baltimore Marriott Wednesday night.

 

Ryan, House lawmakers reported, received a thunderous standing ovation after a rousing speech calling on the House and Senate to put forward a bold, conservative agenda they can sell to the public ahead of the November election.

 

"It was by far the best political speech by a member of the House or Senate that I have ever seen," said House Intelligence Chairman Devin Nunes, of California.

 

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