Ryan Consolidates Support for House Speaker

“House Republicans continued to coalesce behind Rep. Paul Ryan (R-WI) as their next speaker Thursday as two influential GOP blocs threw him their support as was widely expected,” the Washington Post reports.

“The moderate Tuesday Group, which has 55 members, backed Ryan by acclamation in a morning session, while the conservative Republican Study Committee, which has more than 170 members, announced its endorsement in the afternoon… Ryan requested both endorsements as part of a three-pronged condition of GOP unity set set out before he formally agreed to serve as speaker. The third prong, the hard-line House Freedom Caucus, said Wednesday night Ryan had ‘supermajority’ support in its ranks.”