Paul Ryan Predicts a Shutdown

Former Speaker Paul Ryan (R-WI) said he has a “hard time seeing” how Congress averts a government shutdown, calling hard-right resistance to a spending deal nothing more than “nihilism,” the Madison Capital Times reports.

Said Ryan: “There’s just a small handful of members. I think they think they win by losing. I think they win under any scenario. … We look like fools, we look like we can’t govern.”