Rep. Paul Ryan

Republican  •  1st District, Wisconsin  •  7th Term  •  Sworn In 1999
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06/03/12
Paul Krugman: Paul Ryan Budget That Romney Supports Is a 'Fraud'

This morning on "This Week," New York Times columnist Paul Krugman called Rep. Paul Ryan's proposed budget plan a "fraud" as Romney campaign senior advisor Eric Fehrnstrom confirmed his candidate's support for the plan that would trim trillions in ...

Source: YAHOO!
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06/03/12
Paul Krugman: Paul Ryan's Budget Plan Is 'A Fraud'

Paul Krugman took on Paul Ryan's budget plan on ABC's 'This Week ... This is hardly the first time the New York Times columnist has criticized the GOP rep's budget plan. In April, he called the plan "the most fraudulent budget in American ...

Source: Huffington Post
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06/03/12
Challenger Jessica Ehrlich criticizes Rep. C.W. Bill Young

...Jessica Ehrlich , 38, who in a Political Connections interview airing today on Bay New 9 makes clear she will try to wrap the Paul Ryan budget proposal revamping Medicare around Young's neck. "Bill Young has definitely served this district with distinct

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06/03/12
Racine Tea Party Rally for Scott Walker/Kleefisch (Also Paul Ryan, Dana Loesch, Tony Katz, More)

...Tea Party rally in support of Wisc. Governor Scott Walker. Speakers included the lovely Rebecca Kleefisch (Wis. Lt. Gov.), Rep. Paul Ryan, State Senator Van Wanggaard, Talk Show Host Tony Katz, Breitbart Editor Dana Loesch and more. It was a beautifully

Source: Wizbang
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06/02/12
GOP leaders rally ahead of Wis. recall

Republican leaders are telling Gov. Scott Walker's supporters to stick with him in Tuesday's recall election. U.S. Rep. Paul Ryan, a Janesville Republican, and Republican National Committee Chairman Reince Priebus appeared at a tea party rally in Caledonia

Source: msnbc.com
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06/02/12
GOP leaders make final push for Wisconsin Gov. Walker

...waves throughout America. It is a momentum maker or a momentum breaker. The stakes are as high as they ever could be,” Rep. Paul Ryan (R-WI) proclaimed as he spoke before the Tea Party crowd of a couple thousand. The Wisconsin Congressman, RNC Chairma

Source: MSNBC Blogs
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06/01/12
Jeb Bush Smacks Down Debbie Wasserman Schultz During House Budget Hearing

as opposed to public education or healthcare. Rep. Paul Ryan (R-WI) interrupted her remarks, asking “Is the gentlelady going to give gentleman time to respond?”

Source: FOX News
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06/01/12
Fewer Than 1,000 People Show Up for Bill Clinton-Tom Barrett Rally in Milwaukee

Congressman Paul Ryan has been known to draw hundreds of people to some of his townhall meetings in the Milwaukee exurbs. Before Clinton's 18-minute speech, rally-goers were treated to a poem and song, "Hit the Road Scott," by Rep. Gwen Moore. "This guy is

Source: Weekly Standard
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06/01/12
Jeb Bush, Grilled on Capitol Hill, Differs from Party on No-Tax Pledge

I'm from Florida where we don't start that way in life, but it's great to be here." Bush was invited by Rep. Paul Ryan, who read  a Wall Street Journal editorial written by Bush called "Capitalism and the Right to Rise," which started out quoting Ryan's .

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06/01/12
Jeb Bush rejects Grover Norquist’s pledge but stands with Republicans on taxes

That’s more than, say, Rep. Paul Ryan (Wis.) has been willing to offer so far in terms of the particulars of a potential tax overhaul. But, ultimately, there’s not much, if any, daylight between Jeb Bush’s position on taxes and that of his ...

Source: Washington Post
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06/01/12
Quiet on Veep, Paul Ryan Preps to Help Mitt Romney

...Rep. Paul Ryan (R-Wis.) is angling to be Mitt Romney’s running mate, he’s nailed the art of campaigning for the job. In an interview Thursday, the House Budget chairman declined to discuss the topic, waving me off mid-question as I tried to gauge hi

Source: Roll Call
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06/01/12
Jeb Bush: I’d Accept Tax Increase in Budget Deal

...to ⦠our problems,â Mr. Bush said. âThat we identify aspirational people, allow them to come in to pursue their dreams in our own country.â âYour immigration views sounded good to me,â Rep. Paul Ryan (R., Wis.), the committee chairman, said in r

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06/01/12
Jeb Bush rejects Grover Norquist’s pledge but stands with Republicans on taxes

...for any specific company but that such changes should be industry-wide, in exchange for lower rates. That’s more than, say, Rep. Paul Ryan (Wis.) has been willing to offer so far in terms of the particulars of a potential tax overhaul. But, ultimately

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06/01/12
Jeb Bush, Grilled on Capitol Hill, Differs from Party on No-Tax Pledge

...in Washington. I’m from Florida where we don’t start that way in life, but it’s great to be here.” Bush was invited by Rep. Paul Ryan, who read a Wall Street Journal editorial written by Bush called “Capitalism and the Right to Rise,” which

Source: ABC News
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06/01/12
Florida Morning: Judge strikes portion of election law; Scott appeals drug testing case

...is defending Florida's controversial 2011 overhaul of state elections law. PolitiFact http://bit.ly/N1zxx9 JEB TO SPEAK AT PAUL RYAN’S BUDGET COMMITTEE: Former Florida Gov. Jeb Bush will speak Friday morning at the House Budget Committee in Washington

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06/01/12
Jeb Bush Takes On Debbie Wasserman Schultz During House Budget Hearing

...tax dollars to lure to Florida the private research institute Scripps, as opposed to public education or healthcare. Rep. Paul Ryan (R-WI) interrupted her remarks, asking “Is the gentlelady going to give gentleman time to respond?” The congresswoman

Source: Mediaite.com
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06/01/12
S.Con.Res.41 A concurrent resolution setting forth the President's budget request for the United States Government for fiscal year 2013, and setting forth the appropriate budgetary levels for fiscal years 2014 through 2022.

...Wednesday rejected President Obama's proposed federal budget for fiscal 2013 and later years (S Con Res 41). Compared to Rep. Paul Ryan's GOP budget (above ... Did you find this article useful? Your opinion counts - together, we're finding the very best

Source: OpenCongress
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05/31/12
Want To Fix Medicine? Fix The Doctors First

It is interesting to see Democratic Senator Ron Wyden (OR) and Republican Congressman Paul Ryan (WI) collaborating on an approach to control future Medicare spending. Approaches that transition Medicare to a more competitive insurance program ...

Source: Forbes
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05/31/12
Paul Ryan on Bloomberg's proposed 'Big Gulp ban': 'You can't make this stuff up'

Rep. Paul Ryan (R-Wis.), asked Thursday about New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg's proposed ban on selling oversized sugary drinks within city limits, laughed and said, "You can't make this stuff up, can you? "I gave up pop for Lent three years ago and I ...

Source: Thehill.com
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05/31/12
House, Senate face off over defense bill

while the House follows the fiscal plan put forward by Rep. Paul Ryan (R-Wis.), chairman of the House Budget Committee. Sen. Carl Levin (D-Mich.), chairman of the Armed Services Committee, said: “We’re within the Pentagon’s budget — $631 ...

Source: Politico.com
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05/31/12
Florida's congressional Democrats talk Medicare -- without Republicans

...up with some buzz words that warn seniors about proposed Republican changes to Medicare under the budget offered by Rep. Paul Ryan, R-Wisc. Hastings said after the meeting that he had invited Florida's congressional Republicans. Until early 2011, they h

Source: Miami Herald
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05/31/12
Video: Rep. Paul Ryan on Fixing the Fiscal Cliff

Representative Paul Ryan (R-WI) discusses efforts made to prevent the fiscal cliff from happening at the end of the year. "The president hasn't proposed a single solution [to the fiscal cliff] in any of his four budget submissions he sent to Congress,"..

Source: MSNBC
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05/30/12
Is Chris Christie is a phony?

Krugman’s crosshairs also include Rep. Paul Ryan and presidential nominee Mitt Romney, calling them “fake deficit hawks” who pretend to preach fiscal restraint when, in reality, they’re simply doing the bidding of their wealthy supporters.

Source: NJ.com
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05/30/12
National Service Ignored In 2012 Candidates' Discussion Of Jobs Crisis

And if Rep. Paul Ryan's (R-Wis.) budget blueprint ever becomes a reality, AmeriCorps and other service programs would lose all their federal funding. Most politicians insist that creating jobs is a top priority. Yet the issue of national service ...

Source: Huffington Post
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05/30/12
Common sense approach to national fiscal security

Rep. Paul Ryan may call his budget plan the “Path to Prosperity,” but it is more like a “Path to Security.” His plan will skillfully return almost $200 billion of the nearly $500 billion in military cuts slashed by the Budget Control Act ...

Source: Examiner
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05/30/12
Republicans have turned to tribal politics

Even U.S. Rep. Paul Ryan's budget has 4 percent growth built in. I remember when Ronald Reagan was governor. He cut benefits, but he didn't cut growth. Growth and spending are two different things. Are Republicans are burning down the village to ...

Source: Sacramento Bee
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05/30/12
Democratic primary candidates sharpen their arguments against U.S. Rep. Frank LoBiondo, R-2nd

Hughes particularly criticized LoBiondo for his support of Rep. Paul Ryan’s budget, which proposes large cuts to areas such as education, social programs and transportation, as well as for President Bush’s Medicare bill — which she said ...

Source: Atlantic City Press
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05/30/12
Mitt Romney's financial plan cribbed from Paul Ryan budget, guts Dodd-Frank

All of this is taking the lead from House Republicans, and specifically Rep. Paul Ryan, who seems to be calling all the shots in Romney's policy formation, such as it is. For example, the Ryan budget protects too-big-to-fail banks by undoing the ...

Source: DAILY KOS
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05/30/12
'Let Me Get This Straight' by Barry Knister

I decided to write on the subject because President Obama had recently charged Representative Paul Ryan of Wisconsin with being a Social Darwinist. Ryan is chairman of the House Budget Committee, so the subject seemed worthy of a second look.

Source: Marconews.com
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05/30/12
Obama’s bubble of misinformation

With him, it’s basically gimmicks (the Buffett tax) and hurling insults (“Social Darwinism!”) at Rep. Paul Ryan (R-Wis.) Listen, Obama isn’t running for office to cut the welfare state, so why should he clutter his mind with details like ...

Source: Washington Post
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