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  • Give president more veto power
    Dec 6, 2011  - A Wisconsin State Journal editorial SCOTT ANDERSON | Racine Journal Times The effort by U.S. Rep. Paul Ryan, R-Janesville, to give presidents limited yet additional veto power deserves support. It won’t fix America’s finances on its own. But it will reduce waste and improve Washington’s woeful reput... More
  • Strong tool to limit spending
    Dec 5, 2011  - A Beloit Daily News editorial FOR MANY YEARS — at least since then-Gov. Tommy Thompson taught the world how to creatively use a line-item veto club — we have supported similar authority for the nation’s chief executive. The occupant of the White House has veto power, of course. But that veto can be ... More
  • Ryan Targets Wasteful Spending
    Dec 1, 2011  - Andrew Beckett, WRN: Legislation from Congressman Paul Ryan would give the president line item veto authority over appropriations bills Congressman Ryan: This gives the President the ability to take a specific spending item or piece of pork out of the bill, send it back to Congress, and then Congre... More
  • The waste eraser
    Nov 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
  • Paul Ryan speaks! … On Occupy Wall Street, inequality, taxes, and more!
    Nov 17, 2011  - By James Pethokoukis This morning I sat down for a chat with Rep. Paul Ryan of Wisconsin, the powerful Republican chairman of the House Budget Committee, in his Capitol Hill office. Here is the first part of the interview: Are you keeping track of how Occupy Wall Street is trying to shut down the NY... More
  • Ryan discusses his plan on fiscal restraint, economic growth
    Nov 2, 2011  - Congressman Paul Ryan, R-Janesville, addresses fiscal concerns with audience members during a listening session held at the Monte Carlo Room in Elkhorn last Friday. By MAUREEN VANDER SANDEN Elkhorn Independent Editor More than 200 residents from throughout Wisconsin's First Congressional District c... More
  • The Divider vs. the Thinker
    Oct 29, 2011  - By PEGGY NOONAN, The Wall Street Journal People are increasingly fearing the divisions within, even the potential coming apart of, our country. Rich/poor, black/white, young/old, red/blue: The things that divide us are not new, yet there's a sense now that the glue that held us together for more tha... More
  • Congressman Paul Ryan Outlines Path to Economic Prosperity
    Oct 27, 2011  - By Daniel Doherty, Townhall.com On Wednesday, Rep. Paul Ryan (WI-R) gave a major address at the Heritage Foundation entitled “Saving the American Ideal: Rejecting Fear, Envy and the Politics of Division.” Since winning elected office in 1998, Congressman Ryan has worked tirelessly to end the tide of... More
  • Conference call with Paul Ryan: Fighting for a “new American Renaissance”
    Oct 26, 2011  - by Ed Morrissey, Hot Air Paul Ryan held a conference call with new-media representatives about his speech, expressing his concern that Barack Obama has moved from hope and change to “fear and resentment.” Ryan accused Obama of telling people that they are stuck without hope is reprehensible, but mor... More
  • Paul Ryan’s Strong Antidote to Obama Health Care
    Oct 3, 2011  - By Ramesh Ponnuru Republicans say they want to “repeal and replace” the health-care law President Barack Obama signed last year, but they are a lot more specific about the first half than the second. Representative Paul Ryan wants to bring some balance to the slogan. In a Sept. 27 speech to the Hoov... More