**FILE** House Budget Committee Chairman Rep. Paul Ryan, Wisconsin Republican, holds up a copy of the House Budget Committee 2014 Budget Resolution as he speaks during a news conference on Capitol Hill in Washington on March 12, 2013. (Associated Press)
**FILE** House Budget Committee Chairman Rep. Paul Ryan, Wisconsin Republican, holds up a copy of the House Budget Committee 2014 Budget Resolution as he speaks during a news conference on Capitol Hill in Washington on March 12, 2013. (Associated Press)
**FILE** House Budget Committee Chairman Rep. Paul Ryan, Wisconsin Republican, holds up a copy of the House Budget Committee 2014 Budget Resolution as he speaks during a news conference on Capitol Hill in Washington on March 12, 2013. (Associated Press)
**FILE** House Budget Committee Chairman Paul Ryan, Wisconsin Republican, touts his 2012 federal budget during an April 5, 2011, news conference on Capitol Hill in Washington. (Associated Press)
**FILE** House Budget Committee Chairman Rep. Paul Ryan (second from right), Wisconsin Republican, accompanied by fellow committee members, gestures Dec. 7, 2011, during a news conference on Capitol Hill in Washington. From left are Republican Reps. Diane Black of Tennessee, Tom Price of Georgia, Ryan, and Jason Chaffetz of Utah. (Associated Press)
**FILE** House Budget Committee Chairman Rep. Paul Ryan (second from right), Wisconsin Republican, accompanied by fellow committee members, gestures Dec. 7, 2011, during a news conference on Capitol Hill in Washington. From left are Republican Reps. Diane Black of Tennessee, Tom Price of Georgia, Ryan, and Jason Chaffetz of Utah. (Associated Press)
**FILE** House Budget Committee Chairman Paul Ryan, Wisconsin Republican, puts up a chart on Feb. 14 while delivering the GOP response to President Obama's budget submission for fiscal 2012 on Capitol Hill. The nation faces a possible government shutdown if Democrats and Republicans have not agreed by March 4 on an extension for funding the federal government. (Associated Press)
