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Another republican when he retires in january. we're back with dan henninger, bill mcgurn and kate odell. so, kate, you've been following the republican conference, what do you think ryan's retirement means for their ability to govern? >> i'm not sure it's a positive sign. if you remember how we got into the ryan speakership in the first place, it was because kevin mccarthy -- who would now like to be speaker -- dropped out because he was not able to command a majority. and the reason for that was because the house freedom caucus was peeling off 30 or 40 votes. we wrote in a time in an editori...

Another republican when he retires in january. we're back with dan henninger, bill mcgurn and kate odell. so, kate, you've been following the republican conference, what do you think ryan's retirement means for their ability to govern? >> i'm not sure it's a positive sign. if you remember how we got into the ryan speakership in the first place, it was because kevin mccarthy -- who would now like to be speaker -- dropped out because he was not able to command a majority. and the reason for that was because the house freedom caucus was peeling off 30 or 40 votes. we wrote in a time in an editori...

We'll see day in, day out on capitol hill, as he tries to turn the page, as he said. it will be a real challenge for him to do that, but it will become the ryan speakership we expect, and we'll see if he can keep the conservatives in line where john boehner was not able to. >> and not a slow start. he's got a deal with the budget deal right away. tell me about that vote. >> well the bipartisan budget act, which is on the floor for the house today, is that deal that was struck between the outgoing boehner leadership and the white house which does a few things that are important, removes the thr...

The public domain as well. >> is there any chance -- i always feel like sometimes you think critique things that happen in the media. that is just not how it works right? so whenever i'm talking about congress, there is part mef that thinks i might be getting this wrong because i haven't served time. >> right. >> but i guess one of the questions i have is whether or not this is all genuinely happening or if some of this is stagecraft in order to produce, for example, a ryan speakership which is don't throw me in the briar patch which that is precisely where you want to go. >> it's true. i thin...