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1st LD: U.S. House Speaker Paul Ryan won't run for re-election -- reports

Xinhua,April 11, 2018 Adjust font size:

WASHINGTON, April 11 (Xinhua) -- U.S. House Speaker Paul Ryan will not run for re-election, multiple reports said on Wednesday.

The Wisconsin Republican is expected to announce his decision that he will not run again in November as soon as Wednesday, according to the CNBC news channel.

Ryan has been in Congress since 1999 and became House speaker in 2015. He achieved his long-held goal of passing a tax reform bill late last year. Enditem