Paul Ryan

After Mr. Boehner stepped down from Speaker of the house, third in line to become a president, Republican Paul Ryan was officially elected as the 54th speaker of the House after he got the votes of 236 members of the full House of Representatives.  The 45 year old Wisconsin Republican first worked on Capitol Hill as a legislative aide in 1992 and won his house seat position in 1998 at age 28. After handed the gavel and congratulated, he turned the page saying " a lot is on our shoulders." and to pray for each other-- Republicans for Democrats, Democrats for Republicans. He is well known for attracting national attention for his sweeping proposals to overhaul Medicare and restructure the tax code.