• Paul Ryan on the Need to Combat Cronyism and Promote Upward Mobility June 1, 2012 - Following another dismal jobs report, the House Budget Committee held a hearing this morning on cronyism and the government-imposed barriers to economic growth and upward mobility. Throughout this morning’s hearing, Chairman Paul Ryan of Wisconsin, former Governor Jeb Bush of Florida, and members of... More

• House GOP Budget to Target Tax Rates March 19, 2012 - House Republicans, seizing on what they hope is a potent campaign issue in the midst of a muddled political and economic landscape, will introduce a 2013 budget Tuesday that cuts tax rates and provides for two individual brackets of 10% and 25%. The budget would end the Alternative Minimum Tax, whic... More

• The Path to Prosperity Budget: Your Country. Your Future. Your Choice. March 19, 2012 - @RepPaulRyan: If you agree it’s morally wrong to ignore the most predictable crisis in U.S. history, this is your budget: Americans have a choice to make. A choice that's going to determine our country’s future. Will it be a future that looks like the America we know? One of greater opportunity, gre... More

• Strengthening Health and Retirement Security: A Call To Action February 28, 2012 - The House Budget Committee held a hearing today on the critical need to save and strengthen Medicare and Social Security. In revealing testimony, Richard Foster, Chief Actuary of the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services, and Stephen Goss, Chief Actuary of the Social Security Administration, pr... More

• Associated Press: Obama's budget: Government still getting bigger February 13, 2012 - By Andrew Taylor Associated Press Taking a pass on reining in government growth, President Obama unveiled a record $3.8 trillion election-year budget plan Monday, calling for stimulus-style spending on roads and schools and tax hikes on the wealthy to help pay the costs. The ideas landed with a thud... More

• Senate Democrats’ 1000 Days of Debt and Disappointment January 23, 2012 - Tomorrow will mark a sad milestone in the history of the United States Senate: the 1,000th day since Senate Democrats last offered a budget plan to the American people. Senate Democrats abandoned their official duty to prioritize Americans’ hard-earned tax dollars and tackle our nation’s most pressi... More

• What Others Are Saying About the Wyden-Ryan Effort to Save and Strengthen Medicare December 20, 2011 - Last week, Senator Ron Wyden and Representative Paul Ryan unveiled a new bipartisan plan to strengthen Medicare and offer expanded health choices to all Americans. Opinion leaders from across the political spectrum were quick to hail the plan as a breakthrough that could pave the way toward saving a... More

• Capitalism and the Right to Rise December 19, 2011 - Congressman Paul Ryan recently coined a smart phrase to describe the core concept of economic freedom: "The right to rise." Think about it. We talk about the right to free speech, the right to bear arms, the right to assembly. The right to rise doesn't seem like something we should have to protect. ... More

• Lawmakers Offer Bipartisan Plan to Overhaul Medicare December 14, 2011 - WASHINGTON — A Democratic senator, Ron Wyden of Oregon, and a Republican representative, Paul D. Ryan of Wisconsin, unveiled a bipartisan plan on Wednesday to revamp Medicare and make a fixed federal contribution to the cost of coverage for each beneficiary. The lawmakers aim to reshape the debate o... More

• Ryan, Wyden back a new Medicare option December 14, 2011 - Democratic Sen. Ron Wyden and House Budget Committee Chairman Paul Ryan on Thursday plan to introduce a new Medicare reform plan that would allow seniors to choose between traditional Medicare and new private insurance programs. The plan has some key differences from the Ryan blueprint that Republic... More

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