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  • Ryan Statement on Earmark Moratorium
    October 13, 2010 - WASHINGTON – House Budget Committee Ranking Member Paul Ryan (WI-01) issued the following statement in support of House Minority Whip Eric Cantor’s continued efforts to combat Washington’s pork-barrel spending: “Earlier this year, House Republicans stood on principle with a self-imposed earmark mora... More
  • The Bipartisan Case for Entitlement Reform
    October 13, 2010 - Political observers often refer to Social Security and Medicare as the “third rails” of politics: touch them and you die. This year is no exception. Once again, the political rhetoric has been dialed up to attack those advocating reforms to save these programs. Despite these politically motivated at... More
  • The Continuing Resolution for Fiscal Year 2011
    October 8, 2010 - On 30 September 2010, President Obama signed a continuing resolution [CR] (Public Law 111-242), a stopgap measure to provide temporary funding for Federal agencies through 3 December 2010. Although its total spending is roughly the same as the past year’s, the CR exploits two already-scheduled spend... More
  • Social Security: The Draconian Do-Nothing Plan
    October 7, 2010 - Social Security helps fulfill the promise of retirement security for millions of America’s seniors. Serving a critical component of the “three-legged stool” for retirement (along with personal investments and employer pensions), Social Security is in dire need of reform in order to make good on the ... More
  • Fed Chairman Ben Bernanke on the Urgent Need to Tackle the Debt Threat
    October 5, 2010 - Leading economic and fiscal experts continue to call for serious entitlement reform to avert the explosion in debt and the shredding of the social safety net. In a speech delivered in Rhode Island last night, Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke issued a clear warning for policymakers to fix Washin... More
  • Paul Ryan: Fiscal Year Ends in Fiscal Failure
    September 30, 2010 - WASHINGTON – House Budget Committee Ranking Member Paul Ryan (WI-01) issued the following statement after House Democrats’ passed a short-term stop-gap spending bill to fund the Federal government, failing to complete any of the 12 annual Appropriations bills, failing to pass a budget resolution, fa... More
  • The Budget Record of the 111th Congress
    September 29, 2010 - After 21 months of controlling both the White House and Congress, here is what the Democrats have done: Failed to Support Jobs and Economic Growth. More than a year-and-a-half after adoption of the $814-billion “stimulus,” job creation remains anemic and economic growth is slowing. Increased Spendin... More
  • Paul Ryan: Pledge Marks Critical Step toward Getting America Back To Work and Back on Track
    September 23, 2010 - WASHINGTON – House Budget Committee Ranking Republican Paul Ryan (WI-01) issued the following statement upon joining the House Republicans’ Pledge to America – a principled governing agenda with policy solutions to help spur job creation, cut government spending and reform government: “I stand in st... More
  • The Impact of Looming Tax Increases
    September 23, 2010 - With a huge tax increase scheduled to begin in January, the debate has been turned upside down, distorting the picture of what is at stake – especially in light of the unprecedented deficits burdening the Federal budget. The way the subject is framed has created a bias toward higher taxes, and has c... More
  • The Small Business Jobs and Credit Act
    September 22, 2010 - As small businesses grapple with a sluggish economy, a 9.6-percent unemployment rate, mounting costs from the recently passed health care legislation, and tax hikes that could arrive on New Year’s Day, the administration and Congressional Majority have conjured what they consider a solution: a bill ... More