Paul Ryan: ‘I Was Not Elected Dictator of the House’

Paul Ryan: "I was not elected dictator of the House" (CBS News)

Newly-elected House Speaker Paul Ryan, R-Wisconsin, pledged to lead the lower chamber by consensus - not by dictating his will - in an interview that will air in full Sunday on "Face the Nation."

"I was not elected dictator of the House," Ryan told host John Dickerson. "I was elected speaker of the House. And that means we do it in a bottom up approach. We reach consensus."

"As Republicans, we have common principles. We need to take those common principles and apply them to the problems of the day through consensus to show the country a better way forward," Ryan added. "And it's my job to lead to that consensus, but not to dictate that consensus."