Paul Ryan

I Am a Business Owner, and I Fully Support a Public Health Option

Kathleen Slattery-Moschkau | Posted 09.17.2009 | Politics


Kathleen Slattery-Moschkau

I am not an expert on health care reform. But I am an individual who is sick and tired of having one industry have so much control over my personal and business life.

Beer: It's Also For Political Fundraising

Sunlight Foundation. | Sunlight Foundation | Posted 08.29.2009 | Home


Beer: it's not just for diffusing racial tensions. It's also for political fundraising. As are wine, bourbon, cocktails, margaritas, and mojitos -- al...

Sam Stein

Republican Health Care Plan Unveiled

HuffingtonPost.com | Sam Stein | Posted 06.20.2009 | Politics


Republicans in Congress are slated to unveil their health care reform plan on Wednesday, a proposal that relies heavily on private mechanisms, contain...

Arthur Delaney

Paul Ryan: "Most Of Us Think" Norm Coleman Has Lost Senate Race (VIDEO)

HuffingtonPost.com | Arthur Delaney | Posted 05.31.2009 | Politics


In an interview with Katie Couric on the CBS News webcast after Obama's press conference Wednesday, Rep. Paul Ryan (R-Wisc.) said he doesn't hold out ...

Republicans Cave on Majority Vote for Health Care and Waste Senate Time Instead

Jason Rosenbaum | Posted 05.25.2009 | Politics


Jason Rosenbaum

The GOP has a choice: They can work with Democrats in good faith, or they can be ignored as Democrats pass the health reform this country so desperately need.

Ryan Grim

Rep. Paul Ryan: Dems Have "Right" To Push Health Care Overhaul Through Congress

HuffingtonPost.com | Ryan Grim | Posted 05.24.2009 | Politics


Shortly after President Obama's Inauguration, House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) let Republicans know that the election would come with consequence...

GOP Budget "Progressive," Rep. Paul Ryan Claims

ThinkProgress | Posted 05.11.2009 | Politics


On April 1, the House Republicans released a budget plan fitting of the holiday, promising to revoke the stimulus, freeze all spending, and slash taxe...

Insane Republicans Reveal An Insane Budget Plan

Bob Cesca | Posted 05.02.2009 | Politics


Bob Cesca

Congratulations, Republicans, you just released a budget that rewards wealthy corporate executives while blocking any attempt to dig us out of the economic catastrophe they created. Smart!

Sam Stein

GOP Bashed Obama Budget Using Bush Era Numbers

HuffingtonPost.com | Sam Stein | Posted 05.02.2009 | Politics


As part of the alternative budget rollout on Tuesday, Rep. Paul Ryan published in a Wall Street Journal op-ed a chart plotting out the spending projec...

GOP Rep: GOP Budget Would Increase The Deficit "A Lot"

Think Progress | Posted 04.30.2009 | Politics


Last week, the House GOP presented its alternative budget proposal. Members of the media, including conservative commentators, widely panned the docum...

Paul Ryan Throws A Poisoned T-Bone Towards The Blue Dogs

Howie Klein | Posted 04.26.2009 | Politics


Howie Klein

Last week Ryan did something he had never ever, ever thought he would do -- he voted against the rich, corrupt banksters who have completely financed his disgraceful political career.

Ryan Grim and Julie Satow

Levin In Talks With Treasury To Kill Tax Break For Financiers

HuffingtonPost.com | Ryan Grim and Julie Satow | Posted 04.11.2009 | Politics


It took an unlikely alignment of events to create a situation where venture capitalists and private equity managers could pay a lower tax rate than th...

John Bolton At CPAC: Jokes About Nuking Chicago

Mother Jones | Posted 03.29.2009 | Politics


Former UN Ambassador John Bolton believes the security of the United States is at dire risk under the Obama administration. And before a gathering of ...

Those Republicans Know How to Throw a Party

Rick Horowitz | Posted 03.13.2009 | Politics


Rick Horowitz

Is it curious that the Republicans suddenly remembered that they're against government spending at the same moment that a guy with a "D" after his name moved into the White House?

Not Another Stimulus Package!

Michael Pento | Posted 11.22.2008 | Business


Michael Pento

In a very sad sense, there appears to be no true ceiling to the debt ceiling. Congress raised the debt ceiling to $10.6 trillion in July 2008 and is currently proposing an additional $700 billion.