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Paul Ryan: IRS connection to Obamacare is ‘rotten to the core’
Former Republican vice presidential candidate Paul Ryan (R-WI) on Sunday used the news that the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) had scrutinized tea party groups to slam the agency’s connection to President Barack Obama’s heath care reform law. Host Chris Wallace pointed out to Ryan on Fox News Sunday that the…
More short term budget fixes to come: Paul Ryan rules out ‘grand bargain’ with Democrats
Republican budget negotiator Paul Ryan has publicly ruled out a long sought-after “grand bargain” with Democrats over taxation and spending, saying the two sides are “too far apart” for any comprehensive agreement and should focus on short term fixes instead. “I don’t see a grand bargain happening,” he told a…
Nun wishes Pope Francis would write to Paul Ryan about his ‘extremely unjust’ budget
A nun with the Catholic social justice group NETWORK Lobby said in an interview with Raw Story on Friday that she was encouraged by the new pope’s emphasis on income inequality, and her “secret dream” was for Pope Francis to write a letter to Rep. Paul Ryan (R-WI) about his…
Obama says U.S. won’t balance budget in next 10 years
President Barack Obama warned America will not balance its budget within a decade because Republican plans to do so would entail slashing social programs many citizens rely on for support. Even as he set out to woo lawmakers Tuesday on Capitol Hill, including Republican foes, Obama called for an approach…
Rachel Maddow mocks Paul Ryan’s budget: ‘Republicans have seen how this movie ends’
On her show Tuesday night, MSNBC host Rachel Maddow said House Budget Committee chairman Paul Ryan was acting as if he hadn’t lost the 2012 election. The former Republican vice presidential candidate unveiled a budget plan earlier in the day that was strikingly similar to the one he had previously…
Rep. Alan Grayson: Paul Ryan wants sick poor people to die
Rep. Alan Grayson, a notably blunt Democrat from Florida, blasted House Budget Committee chairman Paul Ryan (R-WI) on Tuesday night. While discussing the Republican congressman’s latest budget proposal on Current TV, Grayson accused Ryan of wishing a large swath of Americans would die. “In one case after another, you look…
MSNBC contributor slams Rep. Paul Ryan’s ‘austerity at all costs’ fetish
Joy-Ann Reid, the managing editor of TheGrio.com and a MSNBC contributor, blasted House Budget Committee Chairman Paul Ryan (R-WI) on Monday for saying his budget plan included the repeal of Obamacare. “Paul Ryan is essentially proposing to balance the budget in ten years, his previous draconian budget did so in…
Paul Ryan: Republican budget assumes repeal of Obamacare
Former Republican vice presidential candidate Paul Ryan on Sunday admitted that the entire Republican budget was based on repealing Obamacare, President Barack Obama’s health care reform law. During an interview on Fox News Sunday, host Chris Wallace asked Ryan how the Republican budget could cut $770 billion out of Medicare…
ABC confronts Paul Ryan for praising sequester before using it to slam Obama
ABC News host Jonathan Karl on Sunday suggested that Rep. Paul Ryan (R-WI) was guilty of hypocrisy because he slammed President Barack Obama for the automatic spending cuts in the so-called sequester — even though congressman had personally praised it in the past. “Don’t forget it was the president who…
Paul Ryan: Leave Wisconsin’s electoral college rules alone
While some Republican lawmakers in Wisconsin have mulled over changing the state’s electoral college process to split the electoral vote, former vice-presidential candidate Rep. Paul Ryan (R-WI) expressed opposition to the idea, even though it would have helped his campaign in the 2012 election. “I’ve always kind of liked the…
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