Paul Ryan Fast Facts

Birth place: Janesville, Wisconsin

Birth name: Paul Davis Ryan

Father: Paul M. Ryan, an attorney

Mother: Elizabeth “Betty” (Hutter) Ryan Douglas

December 2013 – Ryan and Senate Budget Chairman Patty Murray strike a budget deal that avoids a shutdown until 2015. It passes the House 332-94 and the Senate 64-36 and is signed by President Barack Obama.

July 24, 2014 – Ryan releases a 73-page plan to fight poverty, called “Expanding Opportunity in America.”

November 4, 2014 – Ryan wins re-election to the House, defeating Democrat Rob Zerban 63% to 37%.

2015-present – Chairman of the Committee on Ways and Means.

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