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House Set to Vote on $6 Trillion Spending Cut Plan

WASHINGTON -- A bold but politically risky plan to cut trillions of dollars from the federal budget steamed toward a party-line House vote Friday, as insurgent Republicans rallied behind the idea of fundamentally reshaping the government's role in health care for the elderly and the poor. The GOP plan proposes a federal...

Congress Sends Budget Cut Bill to Obama

Congress sent President Barack Obama hard-fought legislation cutting a record $38 billion from domestic spending on Thursday, bestowing bipartisan support on the first major compromise between the White House and newly empowered Republicans in Congress. "Welcome to divided government," said House Speaker John Boehner of...

Likely GOP Presidential Candidates Slam Obama Budget Plan

CONCORD, N.H. -- The Republicans vying to challenge President Barack Obama next year are universally panning his budget proposal as political gimmickry and another example of his inability to lead. The likely candidates lined up Wednesday against Obama's budget proposal, which would cut the federal deficit by $4 trillion...

Obama: Cut Spending, Raise Taxes on the Wealthy

WASHINGTON -- President Barack Obama coupled a call for $4 trillion in long-term deficit reductions with a blistering attack on Republican plans for taxes, Medicare and Medicaid on Wednesday, laying down markers for a roiling debate in Congress and the 2012 presidential campaign to come. Obama said spending cuts and...

House GOP Budget Retains Democratic Medicare Cuts

WASHINGTON -- In a postelection reversal, House Republicans are supporting nearly $450 billion in Medicare cuts that they criticized vigorously last fall after Democrats and President Barack Obama passed them as part of their controversial health care law. The cuts are included in the 2012 budget that Rep. Paul Ryan,...

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Paul Krugman: Paul Ryan's Budget Plan Is 'A Fraud'

Paul Krugman took on Paul Ryan's budget plan on ABC's 'This Week'.

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Paul Ryan: Obama A 'Failed President'

Congressman Paul Ryan (R-WI), a potential vice presidential pick for Mitt Romney, had harsh words for President Barack Obama Tuesday evening, but told the crowd the nation could get back on the right track with the 2012 election.

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The Ryan Budget Fails to Effectively Address Economic Challenges, Unlike the 'Budget for All'

The 2012 budget season saw two competing proposals that were commonly described as spanning from the political right to left in their approach: the fiscal 2013 budget resolution proposed by House Budget Committee Chairman Paul Ryan (R-Wis.), which passed the U.S. House of Representatives on a party-line vote, and the...

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More Hypocrisy From GOP's Crack Team of Health Care Con Artists

The Republican leaders in Congress have mostly defined themselves by what they're against, but now they've announced what they're for -- the most popular parts of the Affordable Care Act (ACA).

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Eric Schoenberg: A Tale of Two Loopholes: The President's Taxes and Mine

President Obama recently released his 2011 tax return , showing an adjusted gross income (AGI) of $789,674 on which he paid federal income tax of $162,074, or 20.5 percent.

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06/03/12 Generational Theft Source: Firedoglake Before I get to a recent report issued by UNICEF on childhood poverty around the globe (PDF) , I'd like to provide a little perspective.
06/03/12 John Cochrane Admits to Being Lazy Source: EconoSpeak John Cochrane launched what appears at first to be a critique of Paul Krugman.
06/03/12 Paul Krugman: Paul Ryan's Budget Plan Is 'A Fraud' Source: The Huffington Post - Business Paul Krugman took on Paul Ryan's budget plan on ABC's 'This Week'.
06/03/12 Letters to the Editor: June 4 Source: Federal Times Federal workers' pay and benefits always seem to be under attack by Rep. Paul Ryan, R-Wis., "House panel OKs 5% hike in pension contributions, May 14 issue].
06/03/12 Krugman slams Romney advisor: Truth on Ryan's... Source: The Raw Story New York Times columnist Paul Krugman once again slammed Rep. Paul Ryan's (R) budget Sunday morning, chastising Mitt Romney's advisor Eric Fehrnstrom for firmly standing behind it.

Background on paul ryan

Paul Davis Ryan (born January 29, 1970) is the U.S. Representative for , serving since 1999. He is a member of the Republican Party, and has been ranked among the party's most influential voices on economic policy.

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