• Jobs and the Punting of Responsibility July 8, 2011 - Today’s shocking jobs report represents a modern record of 29 straight months with unemployment above 8 percent, and falls on the 800th day since congressional Democrats have passed a budget. This report is more proof that job creation in America is nowhere near where it needs to be for a strong rec... More

• Avoiding the Credit Cliff June 22, 2011 - The shadow of an oncoming debt crisis is hindering job growth today and threatening our fiscal and economic future. The latest warning came today from “The Long-Term Budget Outlook,” an annual report from the Congressional Budget Office (CBO) which details the state of the nation’s finances. This ye... More

• Obama's Economic Experiment Has Failed -- Time to Get Back to What Works June 13, 2011 - A flurry of recent economic news – especially the May jobs report – confirms what many have feared for some time: This president’s leadership deficit has caused a disastrous jobs deficit, and where he has led, his policies have made things worse. The president clearly inherited a difficult fiscal an... More

• How Giving Consumers Choice Can Save Health Care May 25, 2011 - The failure of politicians in Washington to address the crisis in Medicare is putting the health security of Americans at risk. The U.S. House of Representatives recently passed a budget that advances a plan to save Medicare for today’s senior citizens and strengthen it for future generations. But i... More

• Paul Ryan's reality check on budget hysteria: GOP plan bolsters the safety net May 18, 2011 - The ink wasn't even dry on the proposal when the wailing began. You might be excused for thinking the safety net was being dismantled. One Democratic senator wondered aloud whether the bill would prompt the widespread auctioning of abandoned children into slavery. A senior Democrat in the House of R... More

• Four Pro-Growth Axioms To Avert Shared Scarcity May 17, 2011 - A phrase you hear in Washington a lot these days is “shared sacrifice.” To an alarming degree, the budget debate has degenerated into a game of green-eyeshade arithmetic, with many in Washington demanding that we trade ephemeral spending restraints for large, permanent tax increases. The only winner... More

• The budget debate we all deserve May 15, 2011 - Despite Washington coming to grips with the fact that the debt threat is real, policymakers still are not having the debate Americans deserve. The talk is too often restricted to "shared sacrifice." This sets up a debate where we are really just arguing over whom to hurt and how best to manage the d... More

• A budget for the 21st century April 14, 2011 - This week the House of Representatives will take the first real step in addressing our looming fiscal crisis by bringing “The Path to Prosperity,” a budget resolution for next year and beyond, to the House floor. This budget offers a clear contrast to the president’s speech on Wednesday. It offers a... More

• Charting a path to prosperity March 10, 2011 - When it comes to the generation-defining challenge of our time - the explosive growth of our national debt - the president has failed to lead. His budget proposal doubles the debt, raises taxes by $1.6 trillion and locks in spending at historically high levels. We can do better. The American story i... More

• House GOP committed to cut spending, reform government and grow the economy February 20, 2011 - Last week, the president offered a disappointing step in the wrong direction with a budget that locks in Washington's spending spree and adds $13 trillion to the debt. His budget would stifle job growth today and cripple future generations with a crushing burden of debt and taxes. Job creators under... More

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