question: Washington (CNN) -- With his budget approved by the House, Paul Ryan is turning his attention to Iowa to headline a high-profile Republican event that will only fuel speculation he's laying the groundwork for a potential presidential run in 2016.

Lawmakers approved the Wisconsin Republican's 2015 spending plan on Thursday. But there were notable conservative defections, making his appearance at Friday's Lincoln Dinner in Cedar Rapids more interesting.

The question that confronts Ryan is whether his budget, dubbed the "path to prosperity," will help pave a path for him to compete in the early contest state in two years. Or will it prove a political liability when Republicans choose their next White House nominee?

Ryan's role as the chief fiscal expert in the GOP is the main reason he was tapped as Mitt Romney's running mate in 2012, and remains his main calling card in a potential national campaign.

Since Republicans took control of the House in 2010, top GOP leaders have deferred to the Budget Committee chairman to construct the party's blueprint to address the growing national debt.

He has shepherded four budgets through the House and brokered a deal with Democrats last fall to avoid another government shutdown and possible default on the nation's credit limit.

Ryan budget details

Some say not aggressive enough

But that resume has not won over some tea party groups who believe Ryan isn't' being aggressive enough about slashing the size of the federal government.

The group of fiscal conservatives in the House introduced an alternative budget that balances the federal budget in four years, instead of the 10 years in Ryan's plan.
1. What did lawmakers approve?
2. What year?
3. What state is he from?
4. What political offilliation is he with?
5. When was this approved?
6. What is he paying attention to now?
7. Why?
8. What do they think he is doing?
9. For what year?
10. What is Ryan's current role?
11. Was he a running mate for someone previously?
12. Who?
13. What year?
14. When did Republicans take over the House?
15. How many budgets has he pushed through?
16. What happened last fall?
17. To do what?
18. And what could have possibly happened?
19. Does everyone think Ryan is aggressive enough at deals?
20. What alternative budget was introduced?
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answer: 1. Paul Ryan's spending plan
2. 2015
3. Wisconsin
4. Republican'
5. on Thursday
6. Iowa
7. to headline a high-profile Republican event
8. he's laying the groundwork for a potential presidential run
9. 2016.
10. the chief fiscal expert in the GOP
11. Yes
12. Mitt Romney
13. 2012
14. 2010,
15. Four
16. brokered a deal with Democrats
17. to avoid another government shutdown
18. possible default on the nation's credit limit.
19. No
20. One that balances the federal budget in four years

Anthony Charles Lynton Blair (born 6 May 1953) is a British politician who served as Prime Minister of the United Kingdom from 2 May 1997 to 27 June 2007 and Leader of the Labour Party from 21 July 1994 to 24 June 2007. He previously served as Leader of the Opposition from 21 July 1994 to 2 May 1997. He is the most recent British Labour Party leader to have won a general election.

From 1983 to 2007, Blair was the Member of Parliament (MP) for Sedgefield. He was elected Labour Party leader in July 1994, following the sudden death of his predecessor, John Smith, who together with his predecessor, Neil Kinnock, had started to move the party closer to the political centre, in the hope of winning power. Under Blair's leadership, the party used the phrase "New Labour", to distance it from previous Labour policies and the traditional conception of socialism. Blair declared support for a new conception that he referred to as "social-ism", involving politics that recognised individuals as socially interdependent, and advocated social justice, cohesion, the equal worth of each citizen, and equal opportunity, also referred to as the Third Way. Critics of Blair denounced him for bringing the Labour Party towards the perceived centre ground of British politics, abandoning 'genuine' socialism and being too amenable to capitalism. Supporters, including the party's public opinion pollster Philip Gould, stated that (after four consecutive general election defeats) the Labour Party had to demonstrate that it had made a decisive break from its left-wing past, in order to win an election again. What are the answers to this following set of questions: 1. Who was a leader of the Labour party?
2. when?
3. What phrase did he use to distant himself?
4. what was he trying to distant his party from?
5. and?
6. When was he elected Labour party leader?
7. after what?
8. who was that?
9. What did his critics think he was too amenable to?
10. did they think he abandoned anything?
11. what?
12. did they have an opinion on how he treated capitalism?
Answer: 1. Anthony Charles Lynton Blair
2. 21 July 1994 to 24 June 2007
3. New Labour
4. previous Labour policies
5. traditional conception of socialism
6. July 1994
7. death of predecessor
8. John Smith
9. for bringing Labour Party towards centre ground of British politics
10. Yes
11. 'genuine' socialism
12. Yes

input: Make use of the article to answer the questions. "It was amazing, just impressive," Holly Budge, a 29-year-old British woman, said after making a safe landing at a spot 12,350 feet (3,765 meters) above sea level -- the highest "drop zone" achieved by a parachutist . "We had one minute of freefall and while we were above the clouds you could see Everest and the other high mountains popping out of the top," she said.

Ms Budge and her two fellow daredevils, Wendy Smith, from New Zealand, and Neil Jones, from Canada, jumped out of an aircraft at about 29,500 feet, just higher than the peak of the world's highest mountain. They fell at speeds reaching 140mph, past the highest ridges of the snow-covering Himalayas, before each released a parachute . The jumpers wore oxygen masks to keep their lungs working as they fell. Wearing neoprene underwear was compulsory -- to prevent them from being frozen to death.

The adventure, advertised by its organizers as "a feast for those who seek to stimulate all their senses to the full", appeared to have lived up to its billing. "I had never seen so many mountains before," Ms Smith said. "To be on top of the world was simply stunning ."

The expedition also offered a way by which to celebrate her 30th birthday later this month, she said. Besides, her jump raised funds for charities in Britain and Nepal, including more than PS10,000 for the Hampshire Autistic Society.

In the next few days the feat will be repeated by about 30 others, weather permitting. Each has paid at least PS12,675 to High and Wild, the British adventure travel company behind the project. Ms Budge said: "It was worth the money. It is something that has never been done before." 1. How much has each person paid?
2. To whom did they pay it?
3. What nationality is that company?
4. What is their business about?
5. Does that mean it's boring?
6. Who thought they were worth the money?
7. Was it something that had been done before?
8. Could Ms Budge be referred to as a daredevil?
9. Was she the only one?
10. How many others were there?
11. What was one of their names?
12. Where was she from?
13. What was the other daredevil's name?
14. What country did he hail from?
15. What did they all exit abruptly?
16. At what height?
17. Is that higher or lower than the world's highest mountain?
18. How fast did they fall?
19. What did they wear to keep their lungs working as they fell?
20. Did they have on special underwear?
numbered_answers:
1. at least PS12,675
2. High and Wild
3. British
4. adventure travel
5. no
6. Ms Budge
7. no
8. yes
9. no
10. two
11. Wendy Smith
12. New Zealand
13. Neil Jones
14. Canada
15. an aircraft
16. about 29,500 feet
17. higher
18. 140mph
19. oxygen masks
20. yes