Paul Ryan
PAUL RYAN’S new path to power – POLITICO
By MB Snow at February 5, 2013 | 10:25 am
By MIKE ALLEN and JIM VANDEHEI | 2/5/13 4:34 AM EST -- Paul Ryan feels pinched by competing paths to power. His friends tell us the most obvious route — a run for the White House in 2016 — holds less appeal to him with each passing day. “He has no interest in the sheer grind of campaigning,” said a conservative who recently spent time with Ryan. “It’s ... Go To Article
FRED BARNES: Paul Ryan, Mr. Prudence | WeeklyStandard
By MB Snow at January 26, 2013 | 12:30 am
FEB 4, 2013, VOL. 18, NO. 20 • BY FRED BARNES -- No More Swinging for the Fences Paul Ryan is chairman of the House Budget Committee, an unofficial but influential member of the House Republican leadership, and a loyal ally of Speaker John Boehner. As such, he is counseling “prudence” in dealing with President Obama, which he defines as “choosing your fights ... Go To Article
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PAUL RYAN asks if Obama will meet deadline to submit a budget request this year – The Hill
By MB Snow at January 10, 2013 | 12:10 am
By Erik Wasson - 01/09/13 05:22 PM ET -- House Budget Committee Chairman Paul Ryan (R-Wis.) on Wednesday asked the White House if it will once again miss the legal deadline for submitting an annual budget to Congress. Under the law, Obama must submit a budget by the first Monday in February, but he has met the deadline only once. The annual budget submission is ... Go To Article
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JENNIFER RUBIN:: Getting Ryan right – WaPo
By MB Snow at January 3, 2013 | 12:52 pm
Posted by Jennifer Rubin on January 3, 2013 at 1:59 pm -- Many political reporters see every event as a horse race. Who is ahead? Who’s behind? Whose team are you on? Unfortunately, they miss a lot or misread a lot. The failure to take seriously deep philosophical issues and matters of character renders political reporting devoid of content and ultimately unhelpful ... Go To Article
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ROBERT COSTA: Inside the Boehner-Ryan Alliance – NRO
By MB Snow at December 12, 2012 | 11:13 am
By Robert Costa, DECEMBER 12, 2012 -- The speaker and the former GOP veep contender are quiet partners. Paul Ryan spent the summer and fall in the national spotlight, but this winter he’s a subdued presence. He’s rarely granting interviews, and his public appearances have been scattered, with the most high profile a speech at the Kemp Foundation dinner. His ... Go To Article
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HOUSE GOP Makes Budget Counteroffer – WSJ
By MB Snow at December 3, 2012 | 2:30 pm
By JANET HOOK, December 3, 2012, 5:10 p.m. ET House Republicans Monday made a new deficit proposal to the White House that calls for $800 billion in increased tax revenue, half of what President Barack Obama proposed and an amount Republicans say could be achieved without increasing tax rates. The tax proposal, part of a new, broader Republican plan to resolve the ... Go To Article
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TOBIN: Will Ryan Lead GOP Resistance to Deal? « Commentary Magazine
By MB Snow at November 29, 2012 | 10:24 am
Jonathan S. Tobin, 11.29.2012 -- As negotiations over a deal on the federal deficit continue, President Obama pressed his advantage with his House Republican antagonists yesterday with his latest speech harping on the need to raise taxes. Though he calls his plan a “balanced approach,” as the New York Times notes today, “the high-profile public campaign he has ... Go To Article
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PAUL RYAN gets standing O from House GOP – POLITICO
By MB Snow at November 14, 2012 | 9:49 am
By JAKE SHERMAN | 11/14/12 9:41 AM EST -- Rep. Paul Ryan received a standing ovation at a closed House Republican conference meeting Wednesday morning, his first talk to the party since losing the White House. Ryan (R-Wis.) said the 2012 campaign was a “very positive experience” and his running mate Mitt Romney is a “wonderful man,” according to a source in ... Go To Article
PAUL RYAN Breaks Post-Election Silence – Washington Wire – WSJ
By MB Snow at November 13, 2012 | 12:03 am
That put Mr. Ryan broadly in sync with the position laid out by House Speaker John Boehner (R., Ohio), who has dialed back the party’s anti-tax rhetoric by being open to a budget deal that brings in more revenues, but remaining resolutely opposed to President Barack Obama’s demand to increase tax rates for upper income brackets. Mr. Ryan, who was consulted by Mr. ... Go To Article
PAUL RYAN: I will return to claim Budget gavel – POLITICO
By MB Snow at November 7, 2012 | 9:52 am
By JOHN BRESNAHAN and JAKE SHERMAN | 11/7/12 11:49 AM EST -- Republican vice presidential nominee Paul Ryan will return the House and resume his duties as chairman of the Budget Committee, putting aside immediate questions about the Wisconsin Republican’s future in D.C. But even some of Ryan’s closest colleagues in the House wonder how long he can stay — or ... Go To Article
