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      <excerpt> Back in the Spring, when Democrats were putting together the federal budget, House Budget Committee ranking member Paul Ryan (R-WI) released a much-mocked ... </excerpt>
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      <excerpt>...to a separate bill and  pretended it was unrelated to their health care work.  Megan McArdle of The Atlantic reports that Rep. Paul  Ryan of Wisconsin asked the Congressional Budget Office what the  total price would be if the &quot;doc fix&quot; and House health</excerpt>
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      <excerpt> &amp;quot;We were missing a few of our top guys, but I was still pretty confident in our lineup,&amp;quot; said Paul Ryan, the bac&amp;#39;s owner and squash pro. ... </excerpt>
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      <excerpt> Paul Ryan is vice-president, Shayne Dawes secretary, Paul Ryan treasurer and Alan Messiter publicity officer. The general committee is comprised of Peter ... </excerpt>
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      <title>Top players cue up for Trophy</title>
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      <excerpt> Marge Krupp&amp;#39;s deceptive &amp;quot;facts&amp;quot; must be what Don Quixote meant when he said, &amp;quot;Facts are the enemy of truth.&amp;quot; Thank you Paul Ryan, for being on the people&amp;#39;s ... </excerpt>
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      <excerpt>...to a separate bill and pretended it was unrelated to their health care work. Megan McArdle of The Atlantic reports that Rep. Paul Ryan of Wisconsin asked the Congressional Budget Office what the total price would be if the &quot;doc fix&quot; and House health car</excerpt>
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      <excerpt>...a separate bill and pretended it was unrelated to their healthcare work.   Megan McArdle of The Atlantic reports that Rep. Paul Ryan of Wisconsin asked the Congressional Budget Office (CBO) what the total price would be if the &quot;doc fix&quot; and House health</excerpt>
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      <excerpt>...to a separate bill and pretended it was unrelated to their health care work. Megan McArdle of The Atlantic reports that Rep. Paul Ryan of Wisconsin asked the Congressional Budget Office what the total price would be if the &quot;doc fix&quot; and House health car</excerpt>
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      <excerpt> ... House Minority Leader John Boehner, R-Ohio; Senate Minority Whip Jon Kyl, R-Ariz.; House Minority Whip Eric Cantor, R-Va.; Rep. Paul Ryan, R-Wisc.; ... </excerpt>
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      <excerpt> (For a small-bore example of how this works, look at Paul Ryan, who&amp;#39;s made a substantial name for himself by being one of the few House Republicans willing ... </excerpt>
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      <excerpt>Paul Ryan (R-WI) Jean Schmidt (R-OH) Peter Sessions (R-TX) John Shadegg (R-AZ) Lamar Smith (R-TX) Addison Wilson (R-SC) Rob Wittman (R-VA). I want to thank my rep, Marsha Blackburn, for putting common sense and national security BEFORE ...</excerpt>
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      <excerpt>Number Five: Paul Ryan Draws Line On Graph Back in the Spring, when Democrats were putting together the federal budget, House Budget Committee ranking member Paul Ryan (R-WI) released a much-mocked Republican alternative &#8230; his numbers ...</excerpt>
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      <excerpt>Paul Ryan: Number 5! by folkbum. Number five on the list of top Republican distortions, anyway. Although I would argue he should also be number three, since he was caught using that fake statistic just two weeks ago. Labels: Paul Ryan ...</excerpt>
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