WASHINGTON (AP) — Top House Republicans announced their recommendations Tuesday for the new Congress' committee chairmanships, an all-male list that includes returning Paul Ryan to the Budget panel and seven new faces to head other committees.
The leaders proposed waiving the GOP's six-year term limit for Ryan, R-Wis., to keep his chairmanship.
At that perch on the Budget Committee, Ryan became one of the Congress' highest-profile conservatives even before GOP presidential nominee Mitt Romney picked him this summer as his vice presidential running mate, thanks to Ryan's tax-and-spending blueprints calling for overhauling Medicare and cutting taxes. Ryan is considered a potential 2016 GOP presidential contender.
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