GOP Nominates Paul Ryan to be Speaker

As expected, House Republicans nominated Rep. Paul Ryan (R-WI) to be the 62nd speaker of the House, turning to the young chairman of the Ways and Means Committee to replace John Boehner, who was driven into retirement by an angry uprising of conservative hard-liners, the New York Times reports.

Washington Post: “According to a tally announced inside the room, Ryan won support from 200 of the 247-member GOP conference. A House floor vote to select the new speaker is set for Thursday morning, bringing an end to a five-week scramble to find Boehner’s replacement.”