Ryan distances himself from spending bill
{{#rendered}} {{/rendered}}House Speaker Paul Ryan defended but distanced himself from the $1.1 trillion spending bill Congress just passed to the dismay of many conservatives.
"This is divided government, and in divided government you don't get everything you want," Ryan, a Wisconsin Republican, said in a taped interview for NBC's "Meet the Press."
Ryan put responsibility for the agreement on his predecessor, former Speaker John Boehner, R-Ohio. Ryan said the bill was largely negotiated when he became speaker seven weeks ago.
{{#rendered}} {{/rendered}}"I walked into the speakership seven weeks ago with this process already in place, with this cake already baked," he told host Chuck Todd.