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Paul Ryan's Fiscal-Cliff Dilemma: Purity or Pragmatism?

Source: The Atlantic, Nov 27 2012, 9:32am CST

As the GOP House budget guru looks to 2016 and his congressional future, both paths are fraught. The Wisconsin congressman, known for his zeal for budget cutting, could opt for ideological purity and eme ...

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Budget Dispute Deepens a Rift Within G.O.P.

Source: The New York Times  |   May 24 2013, 8:56pm CDT

WASHINGTON — Senate Republicans are locked in a widening internal dispute over future budget negotiations, splitting along generational and ideological lines on the party’s approach to the central issue that drove the conser ...

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Budget delay and Memorial Day layoffs

Source: The Morning Call  |   May 24 2013, 4:25pm CDT

The Legislature could reinstate the positions and stop the closures as part of budget talks that will take place, mostly behind closed doors, until the June 30 budget deadline. House Republicans apparently will not be r ...

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25 weeks ago


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"My strategy is to acknowledge Obama won, cut the best deal you can, and live to fight another day for big tax and entitlement reform"


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Wis. Rep. Paul Ryan to write book

Source: WISC Madison  |   May 24 2013, 3:46pm CDT

Wisconsin Representative Paul Ryan is set to write a political autobiography. Often such books precede presidential runs, a fact that may serve to start rumors about 2016. According to a National Review article, "Ryan is wo ...

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House Dems push for pre-conference deal on 2014 budget

Source: Washington Examiner   |   May 24 2013, 3:15pm CDT

"Look, that's part of the regular order. Those are the rules of the House — those are the Republican rules. I don't think people should be using that as an excuse for not trying and move forward." - Chris Van Hollen, ranking Democrat on the House ...

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Kansas governor: Right tax policy worth lawmakers’ OT

Source: Kansas.com  |   May 24 2013, 2:40pm CDT

TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) – Gov. Sam Brownback says Kansas residents want their legislators to get tax policy right and are willing to accept the annual session going longer than anticipated. The Republican governor said in a statement Friday that it’s challengi ...

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Why Dems haven’t (completely) given up hope on GOP cooperation

Source: The Washington Post  |   May 24 2013, 2:37pm CDT

In an interesting paradox, the most ostentatious display of Tea Party intransigence in quite some time is persuading Democrats not to (completely) give up on the prospects for cooperation from Republicans. As I’ve bee ...

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Zebulon lobbies lawmakers for extended hold harmless funding

Source: The News & Observer  |   May 24 2013, 1:48pm CDT

RALEIGH — If the General Assembly doesn’t extend hold harmless funding, taxes in Zebulon will go up. Without the funding, which is set to expire in June, Zebulon will face a $420,000 budget shortfall in next year’s town budget. To compensate, property ta ...

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9 hours ago

Post-policy House Republicans double their priority agenda!

Source: The Washington Post  |   May 24 2013, 1:31pm CDT

House Speaker John Boehner of Ohio gestures Thursday toward a stack of paper representing the Affordable Health Care Act regulations. (Molly Riley/Associated Press) A month ago, I noted an oddity about House Re ...

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House — both left and right — is grumpy over budget deal

Source: Dallas Morning News - Blogs  |   May 24 2013, 1:11pm CDT

The House has dispatched some key members to the Senate to convey the House’s displeasure over some late changes senators made to a second, emergency spending bill that is a linchpin to the budget package. Hou ...

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