Paul Ryan
Environmentalist critical of Republican Paul Ryan’s record
With Paul Ryan set to be officially named the Republican Party’s vice presidential candidate, environmentalists are looking back at his record with a critical eye. They say he has a lengthy record of voting against the environment, unless it also benefits his fiscal conservative push.
Budget Fights Shape Up in Washington
One thing we know, or can be pretty sure about, is that long after there is a new pope at the Vatican, the bickering over the next U.S. Federal Budget will continue, and in Congress there is no pope to hurry things along. Congress will soon be considering as many as three budget proposals. There’ll […]
Paul Ryan Budget Creates Friction in Congressional Race
The Paul Ryan budget may have sprung the Republican vice presidential candidate to national prominence, but it is not playing out as well in local races throughout the country. The plan, also named, “The Path to Prosperity,” served as the basis for legislation passed earlier this year by the House of Representatives (and later rejected […]
Top of the Hour: Congress Rejects President Obama’s Budget Proposal, Morning Headlines
Today, members vote on House Budget Committee Chairman Paul Ryan’s plan (R-Wis.) after the GOP-dominated house rejected both President Obama’s proposed budget and a bipartisan measure that combined spending cuts with tax hikes. In other headlines, Supreme Court justices begin their private debate over health care reform; an ambush of a NATO supply convoy in […]
2013 Budget Gives Republicans a Chance at Redefinition
After a short reprieve, the budget fight is back on in Congress. Today, Congressman Paul Ryan will give a speech introducing his 2013 budget, the Republican answer to the budget Obama proposed last month. In an election year, Ryan’s budget is partially a manifesto of what America can expect from many – but not all – […]
New Republican Budget to Cause Rifts in Congress
The budget fight returns to Congress this week. Representative Paul Ryan, chairman of the House Budget Committee, is leading the Republican charge to present a budget plan that cuts 2013 federal spending. But Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid says Republicans are turning on the agreement the two parties reached last August. Todd Zwillich is the […]