For Ryan and McConnell, a Year of Spoiled Strategies

For Ryan and McConnell, a Year of Spoiled Strategies-nationaljournal: Each lead­er had his own vis­ion for 2016. House Speak­er Paul Ry­an wanted to pro­ject a uni­fied policy agenda; Sen­ate Ma­jor­ity Lead­er Mitch Mc­Con­nell wished to prove Re­pub­lic­ans can gov­ern, mostly by restor­ing the ap­pro­pri­ations pro­cess.