New York Times: “Mr. Ryan has for the most part pushed the privilege of crafting legislation — and with it, the inherent responsibilities — out of the leadership offices and back into the hands of members, replacing Mr. Boehner’s smoke-filled rooms, at least for now, with energy bar-lined committee conference rooms… He has been having weekly dinners in a historic reception room in the Capitol with a vast array of Republican colleagues, unlike Mr. Boehner, who preferred to mingle with a small group of insiders at an Italian eatery nearby. He makes regular rounds on television to make the case for a conservative agenda, unlike Mr. Boehner, who largely eschewed the small screen.”
And Mr. Ryan meets weekly with a newly assembled group of members from the most conservative and most moderate ends of his conference, unlike Mr. Boehner, who tended to surround himself with an inner circle of his peers.”
