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FILTER RESULTS ►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
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 …
'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 …
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 …
Paul Ryan Urges an Expanded Coalition to Protect the Unborn
Tonight, in a speech at the Susan B. Anthony List’s annual dinner, Budget Committee Chairman Paul Ryan will urge the Republican party and conservative movemnet to refuse to abandon the protection of innocent human life and pro-lifers to expand the coalition defending life. “Our critics say we should abandon our pro-life beliefs. Show More Summary
Paul Ryan Calls Obama’s Budget An ‘Olive Branch,’ Expresses Optimism
House Budget Committee Chairman Paul Ryan says President Barack Obama’s recent budget proposal gives him reason to be optimistic. The Wisconsin Republican and former vice presidential candidate told NPR that he was encouraged by the gestures made in the president’s budget. “This is the first time in this presidency that I have seen a chance [...]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...
An odd approach to compromise
We'll explore President Obama's budget in more detail a little later, but before we do, I wanted to flag House Budget Committee Chairman Paul Ryan's (R-Wis.) appearance on MSNBC this morning, because there was one exchange in particular that struck me as interesting (via Travis …
'What people want'
House Budget Committee Chairman Paul Ryan (R-Wis.) recently did a series of interviews defending his far-right budget plan, arguing that his agenda is "what people want." House Speaker John Boehner (R-Ohio) recently made a similar point about his party's agenda, arguing that "80 …
Where is the Press on the Cost of Obamacare?
The House Republicans recently came out with a budget that repeals Obamacare. There have been numerous interviews with budget committee chairman Paul Ryan (R-WI) about the budget he has presented. All of the reporting seems to be focused on the political angles, or the practicality of the proposal. Show More Summary
Economists Disagree With Paul Ryan’s Claim That ‘Debt Is Crushing Our Economy’
Over the past three years, House Budget Committee Chairman Paul Ryan (R-WI) has repeatedly introduced budget resolutions that contain draconian spending cuts in an effort to stave off the debt crisis he says is right around the corner if it isn’t addressed immediately. Ryan’s plans, all three of which have passed the House of Representatives, [...]
The Myth Of ‘Dependency’: Almost All Households On Food Stamps Will Be Employed Within A Year
One of House Budget Committee Chairman Paul Ryan’s (R-WI) favorite ways of defending the House Republicans’ budget is to claim the social safety net represents a moral threat to Americans’ character, as well as a fiscal threat to their country’s budget. He’s incessantly warned of luring “able-bodied people into lives of dependency and complacency” and [...]
House approves far-right Ryan budget plan
When House Budget Committee Chairman Paul Ryan (R-Wis.) unveiled his budget plan, he acted as if the 2012 elections never happened, so there was no need for his Republican Party to change. Apparently, the vast majority of his GOP colleagues feel exactly the same way.
House Passes GOP Budget Plan Promising Deep Cuts
The measure, similar to previous plans offered by Budget Committee Chairman Paul Ryan, R-Wis., demonstrates that it's possible, at least mathematically, to balance the budget within a decade without raising taxes.
How the GOP gets it all wrong on Medicare in five charts
On Sunday, GOP House Speaker John Boehner and Budget Committee Chairman Paul Ryan agreed with President Obama "we do not an immediate debt crisis." But, as both sides similarly acknowledge, the longer term is a different story. In future decades, it is health care spending in general and Medicare in particular that is at the root of the problem. Show More Summary
Paul Ryan’s Budget: Fact, Fiction And The Hole The House GOP Has Put Itself In
The political response to the Tax Center’s analysis of House Budget Committee chairman Paul Ryan’s (R-WI) fiscal plan was predictable, and mostly based on caricatures of what TPC actually concluded. To review: TPC found that tax cuts similar to those described in the committee’s plan would add $5.7 trillion to the budget deficit over the [...]
What the Tax Policy Center Really Said About the Ryan Budget
The political response to the Tax Policy Center’s analysis of House Budget Committee chairman Paul Ryan’s (R-WI) fiscal plan was predictable, and mostly based on caricatures of what TPC actually concluded. To review: TPC found that tax cuts similar to those described in the committee’s plan would add $5.7 trillion to the budget deficit over [...]
The man with the worst memory in American politics
There's something that's been bugging me for a while about House Budget Committee Chairman Paul Ryan (R-Wis.), but I haven't been able to put my finger on it. Until now, that is. The congressman talked to Bloomberg TV this morning, and reporter Peter Cook raised the prospect of …
Congress Moves to Finally Approve 2013 Budget
(J. Scott Applewhite/AP) House Budget Committee Chairman Paul Ryan, R-Wis., appears before the House Rules Committee to testify on his party'??s budget proposal, at the Capitol on Monday. He is joined at left by Rep. Chris Van Hollen,...Show More Summary
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