WASHINGTON — Republicans are ready to make Rep. Paul Ryan the new House speaker, hoping the young but grizzled lawmaker can heal the splintered party’s self-inflicted wounds and fashion a conservative message to woo voters in next year’s elections.

The House planned to formally elect the Wisconsin Republican to the post today, with lawmakers voting aloud, one by one, in a tradition that bespeaks the dignity of a chamber that lately has been more rowdy than respectful. With the GOP controlling 247 of the House’s 435 votes, Ryan’s election was assured, despite grumbling from conservatives demanding more say in how the House operates.

In his acceptance speech, Ryan planned to ask both parties for a period of healing and to focus on working families, said an aide who described the remarks on condition of anonymity.

“If you have ideas, let’s hear them. A greater clarity between us can lead to a greater charity among us,” Ryan was planning to say, said the aide, in what seemed a bid for GOP reconciliation.

Today’s vote comes as Congress nears completion of a bipartisan accord to avert a jarring federal default next week and likely prevent a December government shutdown by setting spending levels for the next two years. The House approved the bill Wednesday 266-167, with final Senate passage on track in a few days, despite opposition from conservatives including senators seeking the GOP presidential nomination.

U.S. Rep. Mike Kelly, R-3rd, of Butler voted against the budget.

In a release he said, “After close review, I believe this particular budget deal will reverse the important progress we’ve made in Congress over the last five years and push Washington’s spending problem in the wrong direction.

“Unlike other agreements in the past, this deal includes no spending caps or reforms to help tackle our nation’s long-term debt crisis but instead removes the debt ceiling for the rest of this presidency. I simply cannot support such a bill.”