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Taking the politics of extortion past the breaking point
With the House and Senate both having passed budget resolutions, the next step in the process should be a conference committee, which Republican leaders said they wanted. Recently, however, they changed their mind and now refuse to allow the process to proceed. Why? I've worked …
Top White House Aide Has A Secret Beer With Rep. Paul Ryan
On April 10, the day President Obama released his 2014 budget, White House Chief of Staff Denis McDonough held a secret meeting with House Budget Committee Chairman Paul Ryan at a K Street restaurant, Brasserie Beck, to talk, among other things, about possible resolutions to the deficit reduction standoff. Show More Summary
Reid sees Cruz as a 'schoolyard bully'
With both the House and Senate having already approved budget resolutions, Democrats are eager to do what Republicans originally said they wanted to do -- follow "regular order" and hash out the differences in a conference committee. Except, as we discussed yesterday, GOP leader …
Mr. Forgetful strikes again
House Budget Committee Chairman Paul Ryan (R-Wis.) hosted a town-hall meeting in his district this week, and heard from a constituent who works for the Environmental Protection Agency. Racine resident David Novak explained that, thanks to the sequestration cuts, he's lost thousa …
Ryan's culture war agenda takes a detour
As recently as a few weeks ago, House Budget Committee Chairman Paul Ryan (R-Wis.) reminded the political world of his aggressive culture-warrior side, speaking to a far-right group and urging his party to never stray from its opposition to reproductive rights. "Our critics say w …
House Backtracks On Prohibiting Committee Video, But Removes Funding For The Project
In was one step forward and two steps back in the House today on the issue of transparency. Last week the House approved a version of the legislature’s budget which specifically prohibited the creation of an online video streaming/archiving system for legislative committee hearings. The state has – brand new to this session – an [...]Show More Summary
Ryan on Immigration Reform: 'I Don't Worry About Moving Too Quickly'
On Monday, House Budget Committee Chairman Rep. Paul Ryan (R-WI) appeared jointly with Rep. Luis Gutierrez (D-IL) at the City Club of Chicago as part of a bipartisan effort to promote immigration reform. The event sparked controversy...Show More Summary
Budget Conference on Ice
Senate Democrats on Tuesday tried to step up pressure on House Republicans to begin formal negotiations on their competing budget blue prints, but the GOP is trying to postpone the appointment of a conference committee until they make more progress toward compromise in private talks.
Gary Lanigan's Head: Stuck In the Sand
As reported by the Star-Ledger, New Jersey State Corrections Commissioner Gary Lanigan had the audacity to tell members of the State Budget Committee today he has no major concerns about how halfway houses are run in New Jersey. "I think our program is working," he said. Show More Summary
Secretary Kerry Testifies on the FY 2014 Foreign Affairs Budget
On April 17, Secretary of State John Kerry testified before the House Foreign Affairs Committee and the House Appropriations Committee regarding the Foreign Affairs budget for 2014. In his opening remarks, Secretary Kerry reaffirmedShow More Summary
What to ask John Kerry
Secretary of State John Kerry will testify this morning before the House Foreign Affairs Committee on the 2014 State Department budget. The committee members should make the best use of the opportunity. Here are some questions they might want to … Continue reading ?
'The Excel Error Heard Round the World'
House Budget Committee Chairman Paul Ryan (R-Wis.), at the height of the Republicans' debt-ceiling crisis in 2011, said he and his party were justified in prioritizing immediate debt reduction. Economists, he said at the time, "tell us that letting total debt rise above 90% of GD …
Now: Live-Tweeting Assembly Budget Committee Public Hearing
In the nearly-full Committee Room 11 at the State House Annex, the Assembly Budget Committee has just begun their public hearing to discuss Department of Human Services/Medicaid portion of the Fiscal Year 2014 budget. Hearing started a few minutes late, with a moment of silence for the victims of yesterday's Boston Marathon bombing. Show More Summary
Ryan: GOP must not 'abandon' far-right line on reproductive rights
I don't imagine I'll ever convince the Beltway establishment that its perceptions of House Budget Committee Chairman Paul Ryan (R-Wis.) are wrong. He's seen as a deficit hawk, which he isn't. He's considered a whip-smart wonk, which isn't true, either. And Ryan is viewed as some …
Republicans Press Treasury To Support Tax Reform Allowing Corporations To Offshore More Profits
Treasury Secretary Jack Lew appeared Thursday in front of the House Ways and Means Committee to testify about the Obama administration’s budget and corporate tax reform, and Republicans quickly peppered him with questions about the possibility of moving to a “territorial” tax system, favored by both the GOP and corporate lobbying groups, that would exempt [...]
House GOP campaign chief doubles down on attack against Obama budget's Social Security cut
Despite receiving a smattering of pressure from the right for attacking President Obama's Social Security cut proposal, Rep. Greg Walden, the head of the House GOP's campaign committee, is standing by his criticism of the president's...Show More Summary
Thank you, Greg Walden, for saving the Democratic Party from itself
As Joan McCarter wrote earlier, Rep. Greg Walden, the head of the House GOP's campaign committee, told CNN's Wolf Blitzer that President Obama's budget represents "a shocking attack on seniors." Blitzer then asked: BLITZER: What's so...Show More Summary
GOP campaign chairman calls chained CPI 'trying to balance the budget on the backs of seniors'
Ladies and gentlemen, here's your preview of the 2014 Republican campaign commercials, from Rep. Greg Walden (R-OR), who is chairman of the NRCC, the GOP's House re-election committee. BLITZER: Well, let's talk about these proposed changes...Show More Summary
Ryan: Obama Never Followed Up
Representative Paul Ryan hasn’t heard from President Obama since their lunch meeting in early March, the House budget committee chairman told reporters on Wednesday. “Not that I know of,” Ryan said when asked if the president had made...Show More Summary
Ryan: "I don't think we should talk about a grand bargain"
House Budget Committee Chairman Paul Ryan, architect of the House of Representatives' Republican budget plan, was not optimistic Wednesday about a big budget deal. "I don't want to foreclose any opportunities in the future by commenting on what the process...