Paul Ryan by the Numbers: $5 Trillion in Federal Savings

Rep. Paul Ryan, R-Wis., makes his first solo campaign trip to the Iowa State Fair Monday, just two days after Mitt Romney's campaign announced the 42-year-old as the GOP pick for vice president. The Associated Press reports Ryan's stop in Des Moines will shadow campaign appearances by President Barack Obama in Iowa the same day.

Ryan is seen as a conservative pick for the presumptive GOP nominee. Some of the representative's numbers show him to be a high-risk, high-reward candidate.

7: The number of times Ryan has been elected to Congress . The man from Janesville, Wis., has served as the representative from his state's First District since 1999.

3: The number of committees upon which Ryan serves in Congress. His most powerful assignment is the chairman of the House Budget Committee. Ryan is also the senior member of the House Ways and Means Committee in addition to serving on the Health Subcommittee.

179,819: The number of people who voted for the incumbent in the 2010 general election . Ryan's opponent, John Heckenlively, earned just 79,363 votes. In the 2010 primary contest , Ryan picked up 76,542 votes as the only Republican candidate in his district.

28: The number of years old Ryan was when he earned his first bid for Congress in 1998. Ryan received the support of 108,475 voters, the least of any of his federal elections. The most votes Ryan earned in any single general election was 233,372 in 2004. The Republican earned 231,009 votes four years later, according to the Associated Press.

5 trillion: The number of dollars Ryan's "Path to Prosperity " plan cuts from the federal budget in the coming decade. Ryan does so while promising not to raise taxes. The budget plan also lowers federal spending to just 3 percent of the country's gross domestic product by 2015. The plan has been circulated as Ryan's idea for the House Budget Committee to consider.

554 billion: The number of dollars Ryan's plan sets aside for annual Department of Defense spending. This amount is said to "keep America safe" with defense budgeting at levels requested by military commanders.

3: The number of children Ryan and his wife Janna have. The representative is the youngest of four children himself. In 2011, the Wisconsin native was runner-up for Time magazine's "Person of the Year " award.

63,575: The number of people who live in Janesville , the seat of Rock County, Wis. Janesville is the state's 10th largest city, 40 miles from Madison and 75 miles from Milwaukee in southern Wisconsin near the Illinois border.

William Browning is a research librarian specializing in U.S. politics.

Source: http://news.yahoo.com/paul-ryan-numbers-5-trillion-federal-savings-171500579.html

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