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Paul Ryan blasts Boehner for budget deal

By Jake Sherman

Rep. Paul Ryan blasted Speaker John Boehner, Senate leadership and the White House for cutting a budget deal behind closed doors, saying the "process stinks."

Ryan said he hasn't gone through the agreement, which was posted last night.

"This is not the way to do the people's business," the Wisconsin Republican said. "And under new management we are not going to do the people's business this way. We are up against a deadline - that's unfortunate. But going forward we can't do the people's business. As a conference we should've been meeting months ago to discuss these things to have a unified strategy going forward."

For Ryan, it's the clearest public split with Boehner thus far.

Ryan, the likely next speaker, has not said how he'll vote on the accord, which is expected on the House floor Wednesday. The deal, however, helps Ryan immensely. It sets budget levels for two years, lifts the debt ceiling until March 2017 and removes the threat of a government shutdown until October 2016. Ryan did not negotiate the deal, and wants to put some space between himself and the accord. Many Republicans are expected to vote against it.

The House Republican Conference will vote on Ryan's candidacy for speaker Wednesday and the full House will vote on the next speaker Thursday.