Brady Will Challenge Ryan for Gavel

Rep. Kevin Brady (R-TX) said that he “will seek the chairmanship of the powerful House Ways and Means Committee, scrambling what was expected to be a smooth ascension to the post by Rep. Paul Ryan (R-WI), the 2012 GOP vice-presidential nominee and the party’s architect of fiscal policy in the House,” the Washington Post reports.

“Brady said in an interview that after months of weighing his options, he has decided to battle Ryan for the gavel. The move could force Ryan’s hand on a 2016 presidential run.”