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Ryan Carves Conservative Path as Trump Agenda Stays Elusive
- House Republicans pushing platform for lawmakers’ campaigns
- Trump has yet to publicy embrace, or reject, Ryan’s agenda
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House Speaker Paul Ryan is pushing out a detailed Republican platform that hews to conservative orthodoxy in an election year when Donald Trump has found success in being unorthodox and vague.
It’s a highly unusual move -- a top lawmaker trying to set the party’s agenda ahead of the presidential nominee. And it raises the question of whether Trump, who has shown little interest in Ryan’s proposals, might adopt them, or just ignore them altogether.