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Mar 19, 2014
Post Crescent: Rep. Reid Ribble Advocates Compromise to Ease Bipartisan Gridlock
Issues: Congressional Reform
Before U.S. Rep. Reid Ribble was elected to Congress, he envisioned Democrats and Republicans gathering together to debate important issues and develop legislation. He was stunned when he arrived in Washington to find that members of the two parties often don’t come together until it’s time to mark up bills, and by then, they already feel antagonistic.
Feb 18, 2014
Appleton Post Crescent Editorial: Thumbs Up and Down
Thumbs Up: To U.S. Rep. Reid Ribble, R-Sherwood, for pushing a bill that would require two-year federal budgets. Though it can be argued that, since Congress seems to have so much trouble passing a one-year budget that a two-year budget would make it even worse, a two-year budget makes more sense. Going to a two-year budget theoretically would allow more time to look at each section of spending and determine what’s needed and what’s wasteful. More practically, the current system just isn’t working. So a two-year plan appears to have enough advantages to make it worthwhile.
Feb 14, 2014
| The Fiscal Times
Fiscal Times: Will a Two-Year Budget End Fiscal Fights?
News alert for Washington’s budget mavens: While the spotlight was riveted on the House action Tuesday to raise the debt ceiling, the House Budget Committee was quietly endorsing a measure that eventually may produce a dramatic overhaul of the byzantine budget process. With a bipartisan vote of 22 to 10, the committee approved a bill drafted by Rep. Reid Ribble (R-WI) that would shift the budgeting process from an annual to a bi-annual affair.
Feb 12, 2014
| Wisconsin Ag Connection
Wis. Ag Connection: Wisconsin Reps. Split on 'House' Farm Bill Vote
Issues: Agriculture
"While far from perfect, the 2014 farm bill will save taxpayers $23 billion from the previous farm bill," Ribble said. "The bill eliminates direct payments to farmers who were previously paid regardless of market conditions, and this bill repeals or consolidates nearly 100 additional programs.
Feb 12, 2014
| Fox 11 News
Fox 11: Ribble, Petri plan to support new version of farm bill
Issues: Agriculture
Congressional farm committee leaders have finally agreed on a multi-year deal. Congress let the current farm bill expire more than a year ago. Lawmakers have been working on it for more than two years.
Feb 12, 2014
| Milwaukee Journal Sentinel
Milwaukee Journal Sentinel: Federal farm bill overhauls milk pricing system
Issues: Agriculture
Wisconsin farmers say they're hopeful that a long fight over federal dairy subsidies has ended with the biggest overhaul of the milk pricing system in a generation.
Feb 11, 2014
| The Fiscal Times
Fiscal Times: End Beltway Brawls? Try Biennial Budgeting
The Biennial Budgeting and Enhanced Oversight Act. So far, that bill has attracted 136 Republican and Democratic co-sponsors, including Ryan and a small handful of other committee chairmen and leadership members.
Feb 11, 2014
| USA Today
USA Today: 14 years later, lawmakers still trying to move to a 2-year budget
The funny thing is — this idea has been around for decades with broad bipartisan support in part because just about everybody who does budget policy agrees it would be a better system. Which is probably the best reason to assume Congress won’t pass Ribble’s bill. However, it is worth noting that the budget deal hammered out at the end of last year by House Budget Chairman Paul Ryan, R-Wis., and Senate Budget Chairwoman Patty Murray, D-Wash., was a two-year budget plan. So, Ribble & Co. have a head start.
Oct 7, 2013
BusinessWeek: Frustrated Republicans Pressure Boehner to End Shutdown
More than a dozen House Republicans who want to drop attempts to undermine the health-care law and reopen the government are meeting among themselves and with House Speaker John Boehner -- and he’s listening.
May 23, 2013
| No Labels
No Labels: A Special Order of Problem Solvers
Issues: Congressional Reform
Congressman Ribble led a Special Order on the House floor. One by one, 19 members of the No Labels Problem Solvers stood up to tell their colleagues, constituents and all of America that they are committed to working across the aisle.
