Article snippet: Rep. MORE (R-Wis.) will resign soon, stepping up speculation about the Speaker’s political future. “The rumor mill is that Paul Ryan is getting ready to resign in the next 30 to 60 days and that told Nevada Newsmakers, referring to the Majority Whip from Louisiana. “Now that is interesting, because no one has talked to members on how they are going to vote," he added. "Now, maybe they have talked to all of the members but me. I don’t know, so that is the rumor mill from last week." Ryan’s office denied that the Speaker is heading for the exit. Ryan has said he and his wife will decide in the spring about whether he will run for reelection. “The speaker is not resigning,” Ryan spokeswoman AshLee Strong said in a statement Monday. Questions about Ryan’s political future — and who could replace him has Speaker — have been swirling all year. Growing concern about a Democratic wave in the midterms, as well as the passage of a massive government funding package last week, have stepped up speculation that this may be Ryan's last Congress as Speaker. Ryan also succeeded last year in shepherding tax reform through Congress, providing him with a long-sought goal. "If I was just guessing, he wanted to do the tax bill," Amodei said, when pressed on why Ryan would decide to leave now. "You know, [former Speaker] on Monday, briefly crashing the Nevada Newsmakers website. Scalise, whose star has risen since he survived a shooting at a GOP baseball practice year, and Majority L... Link to the full article to read more