• Rep. Ryan on His Medicare Plan November 17, 2010 - The following was submitted by Representative Paul Ryan, Republican of Wisconsin. More on Mr. Ryan’s plan to change Medicare and reduce the deficit is here. For Medicare to meet its mission in the 21st century, this critical 20th century program must be secured for current and future seniors. Medica... More

• Stop the Tax Hikes November 15, 2010 - Congress should act now to prevent across-the-board tax increases from hitting nearly all Americans on Jan. 1. Sustained job creation and economic growth are urgently needed — higher tax rates are not. The failure to take decisive action on this issue further heightens the uncertainty holding our ec... More

• How the Republicans can fulfill their pledge November 3, 2010 - America’s electorate has forcefully repudiated the party in power – again. In 2006 it fired a Republican party that had strayed from its principles. Then in 2008, in the midst of a financial crisis, the Democrats misinterpreted a mandate for change and President Barack Obama sought to remake America... More

• Washington vs. Paul Ryan August 12, 2010 - The immune system of the modern body politic is nothing if not resilient, and this summer all of its antibodies seem to be trained on heretofore little known Congressman Paul Ryan. That makes this a particularly instructive moment, because the attacks on the Wisconsin Republican show how deeply his ... More

• A Roadmap to America's Future June 24, 2010 - Our dire fiscal and economic challenges -- coupled with Washington's insistence on making matters worse -- are no excuse for retreat or despair. They are cause for inspiration and determination. The stakes of the debt debate present not only a challenge -- but also a once-in-a-generation opportunity... More

• We need to cut spending now June 23, 2010 - With each passing week, fresh warning signs from the markets, government reports, or events overseas underscore the need to tackle our dire fiscal and economic picture. Yet Congress stubbornly refuses to acknowledge this reality, as each week results in a fight over how much further we should expand... More

• Big government debt mortgages our children's future June 21, 2010 - Over the course of the past year Americans have been increasingly alarmed by how dangerously mired in debt our nation has become. The U.S. debt rose past $13 trillion this month, about 89% of Gross Domestic Product (GDP) , and the International Monetary Fund now projects that the U.S. government’s d... More

• Wall Street "Reform" Just More Crony Capitalism May 20, 2010 - Congress is missing its opportunity to restore accountability, transparency, and market discipline now lacking in our financial system. Instead it has chosen to rip apart the very fabric of our capital markets: the ability to invest and grow through capital formation. With the Senate poised to pass ... More

• Costs of this debacle will be high March 23, 2010 - The legislative victory among Washington’s political class comes at a high cost for Wisconsinites forced to swallow this bitter pill. This massive health care overhaul – a remake of one-sixth of our economy – will exacerbate the problems in health care this reform effort sought to address and will d... More

• The GOP's Alternative Budget April 1, 2009 - Today, the House of Representatives will consider two budget plans that represent dramatically different visions for our nation's future. We will first consider President Barack Obama's plan. To be clear, this is no ordinary budget. In a nutshell, the president and Democratic leaders in Congress are... More

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