Tag: Paul Ryan

The listening sessions are part of a GOP management overhaul spearheaded by House Speaker Paul Ryan, R-Wis., who has promised to end the party's top-down governing style. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik)

Washington Secrets

Paul Ryan ‘passed’ on Senate bids for House chairmanships

Paul Bedard · May 4, 2015 4:45 pm

A bill to fund military construction and veterans affairs for fiscal 2016 was expected to sail through the House on Wednesday. (iStock)

House will struggle to pass spending bills that adhere to caps

Susan Ferrechio · May 4, 2015 9:00 am

"After a 50-year war on poverty and trillions of dollars spent, we still have the same poverty rates, 45 million people in poverty," Ryan, a Wisconsin Republican and former GOP vice presidential nominee, said. (Graeme Jennings/Examiner File)

Ryan: War on Poverty not working

Susan Ferrechio · May 3, 2015 4:41 pm

"I think the flat tax, that direction is the best way to go in my personal opinion," saidÂ Ryan.Â (AP Photo)

Paul Ryan talks flat tax, abolishing the IRS

Jason Russell · April 30, 2015 11:02 pm

Washington Secrets

Ryan calls for ‘another round of welfare reform’ to ‘save lives’

Paul Bedard · April 30, 2015 2:59 pm

Rep. Paul Ryan has pushed Republicans to have legislation in place by the time the decision is handed down providing for an "off-ramp" from Obamacare. (Getty)

How Republicans could avoid spending offsets on Supreme Court Obamacare ‘fix’

Joseph Lawler · April 28, 2015 9:00 am

All these recent bipartisan agreements have been reached with little or no involvement by President Obama. They were forged by knowledgeable members of Congress skillful at bridging differences with colleagues across the aisle.

Bipartisanship is busting out all over

Michael Barone · April 27, 2015 9:00 am

In this Nov. 14, 2014 file photo, Rep. Paul Ryan, R-Wis. walks on Capitol Hill in Washington. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite, File)

National Security

Obama, GOP find Zen in weekly addresses on trade

Tara Copp · April 25, 2015 10:01 am

On business taxation, "the United States has fallen so out of step with the rest of the world," Obama economic adviser Jason Furman said. (AP File Photo)

Few options for the biggest obstacle to tax reform

Joseph Lawler · April 24, 2015 9:00 am

House Ways and Means Committee Chairman Rep. Paul Ryan, R-Wis., left, joined at right by Rep. Tom Price, R-Ga., heads to a meeting of House Republicans on Capitol Hill in Washington. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

IRS diverted millions from taxpayer assistance to pay for employee bonuses

Sarah Bedford · April 22, 2015 4:33 pm

Sen. Ted Cruz, R-Texas, and Rep. Paul Ryan, R-Wis., penned a joint op-ed for the Wall Street Journal Wednesday calling on Congress to pass Trade Promotion Authority legislation. (AP Photos)

Cruz, Ryan urge Senate to pass Fast Track

Sean Higgins · April 22, 2015 2:18 pm

The latest push by President Obama to win fast-track trade promotion authority in order to subsequently gain approval of a major trade deal with 11 Asian countries is a bridge too far, several conservative groups argue. (AP Photo)

In trade pitch to Dems, Obama has to watch his right flank too

Susan Crabtree · April 22, 2015 9:00 am