• The Radical Gradualism of Paul Ryan April 11, 2011 - Late last month, Senator Charles Schumer of New York led a conference call in which Senate Democrats briefed reporters about the ongoing budget battle. At the outset, unaware that his comments were already audible to reporters on the line, Schumer provided some marching orders, advising his colleagu... More

• Ryan: "Time to put an end to the empty promises & advance a plan to prosperity.” April 9, 2011 - In this week's address, House Budget Committee Chairman Paul Ryan (R-WI) highlights the Path to Prosperity, the Republican budget that would spur private-sector job growth, stop Washington from spending money it doesn't have, and lift the crushing burden of debt that threatens our future. Ryan also ... More

• The GOP Path To Prosperity April 5, 2011 - Congress is currently embroiled in a funding fight over how much to spend on less than one-fifth of the federal budget for the next six months. Whether we cut $33 billion or $61 billion—that is, whether we shave 2% or 4% off of this year's deficit—is important. It's a sign that the election did in f... More

• Behind the Scenes: Budget Listening Session with Paul Ryan March 18, 2011 - Washington (CNN) -- In a small conference room deep inside the Capitol, House Budget Chairman Paul Ryan could be mistaken for a traveling salesman at a business meeting. Using a PowerPoint presentation with alarming charts and frightening graphs, the Wisconsin Republican is trying to sell the need ... More

• Ryan: No More Empty Promises March 16, 2011 - In a particularly painful-to-watch moment from The Office, Michael Scott (the hopelessly inept boss played by Steve Carell) must tell an entire class of graduating high-school seniors that he will not be able pay their college tuition — having publicly pledged to do so years earlier in a quixotic fi... More

• Robbing the future February 16, 2011 - The message the American people continue to receive from President Obama and the Democrats is that more spending, taxing and borrowing are the only ways to grow our economy and create jobs. Yet after two years, our country still suffers with historic unemployment and the highest debt in U.S. history... More

• A lesson in "math and economics" from Secretary Geithner February 16, 2011 - At the House Budget Committee, Treasury Secretary Tim Geithner was pressed on President Obama’s claim that a budget that adds $13 trillion to the debt “will not be adding more to the national debt.” House Budget Committee freshman Rep. Reid Ribble asked a simple question of the Treasury Secretary: D... More

• Obama's Budget ducks tough choices February 14, 2011 - President Obama likes to talk about those "Sputnik moments" when the nation rises to difficult challenges like the one posed by the Soviet space program in the 1950s. On Monday, he had a chance to turn his federal budget proposal into his own such moment. He whiffed. Obama and his aides boasted that... More

• Republican freshman: Obama budget is a 'joke' February 14, 2011 - Some Republicans are playing President Barack Obama’s budget as an opportunity missed. The GOP freshmen — sent to Washington to shake things up — are putting it a little more bluntly. “Let me see if I can say this as politically correctly as I can,” Mick Mulvaney, a freshman from South Carolina who ... More

• Congress must embrace budget challenges February 14, 2011 - Today, President Obama submitted his budget proposal for FY2012. Now, the American people will be able to see just how serious Mr. Obama is about getting our federal spending under control. From what I can see, we have a long way to go. As a Member of the Budget Committee, my colleagues and I welcom... More

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