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  • Getting America out of deep debt
    December 12, 2011 - For three straight years, the U.S. government has run trillion-dollar deficits. In total, the nation has recently surpassed $15 trillion in debt — a number that continues to rise. For nearly 1,000 days, the Democrat-led Senate has refused to write a budget while Washington continues to careen from o... More
  • Middle Class Tax Relief and Job Creation Act of 2011
    December 9, 2011 - Budget Impact H.R. 3630 extends the payroll tax holiday, reforms and extends unemployment insurance benefits, and provides for a two-year extension of the Medicare “doc fix.” The bill is fully offset over a ten-year period based on Congressional Budget Office estimates. The table below shows the bud... More
  • Repairing the Broken Budget Process
    December 7, 2011 - WASHINGTON – This morning, Members of the House Budget Committee introduced a comprehensive package of ten legislative reforms designed to help repair the broken budget process. House Budget Committee Chairman Paul Ryan issued the following statement upon release of these reforms: “The federal budge... More
  • Line-item veto would help slash wasteful spending
    December 1, 2011 - In Wisconsin, congressional leaders have a long tradition of putting partisanship aside to solve problems. In recent years, I’ve upheld this tradition by teaming with Janesville native and former Democratic Sen. Russ Feingold to advance legislation providing the president with a line-item veto to cu... More
  • Line-item veto would slow down Washington’s big spenders
    November 30, 2011 - Members of Congress, even with supercommittee powers, are incapable of cutting spending. With the public debt growing more and more out of control, something has to be done. So House Budget Committee Chairman Paul Ryan, Wisconsin Republican, joined his ranking member, Rep. Chris Van Hollen, Maryland... More
  • Ryan & Van Hollen Advance Bipartisan Budget Reform Aimed At Deficit Reduction
    November 30, 2011 - WASHINGTON – Earlier today, House Budget Committee Ranking Member Chris Van Hollen (D-MD) and House Budget Committee Chairman Paul Ryan (R-WI) introduced the Expedited Line-Item Veto and Rescissions Act of 2011, an act to help lawmakers target wasteful government spending to reduce the deficit and ... More
  • Expedited Line-Item Veto and Rescissions Act of 2011
    November 30, 2011 - Mr. Speaker, I rise today to introduce the "Expedited Line-Item Veto and Rescissions Act of 2011" along with my friend and colleague House Budget Committee Ranking Member Chris Van Hollen of Maryland. The fiscal and economic challenges facing our nation are immense. In addition to the alarming budge... More
  • Ryan Statement on Joint Committee’s Missed Opportunity
    November 21, 2011 - WASHINGTON – House Budget Committee Chairman Paul Ryan of Wisconsin released the following statement with respect to the Joint Select Committee on Deficit Reduction: “I commend my colleagues for their efforts to find common ground in dealing with the drivers of our debt and advancing pro-growth refo... More
  • Inequality, Opportunity and The American Idea
    November 17, 2011 - The economic hardships brought about by the financial crisis and the weak recovery have reopened our longstanding national debate over the meaning of the proposition that we are all created equal. In the Founders' vision, the self-evident truth of this belief guaranteed all Americans equal rights to... More
  • A Deeper Look at Income Inequality
    November 17, 2011 - KEY POINTS: The question for policymakers is not how best to redistribute a shrinking economic pie. The focus ought to be on increasing living standards, expanding the pie of economic opportunity, and promoting upward mobility for all. Conventional wisdom on government’s role in inequality often has... More