At the end of September, 2008, George Bush, a very lame duck president, demanded-- and then pleaded-- with his party to go along with Secretary of the Treasury Paulsen's bankster bailout bill (the Emergency Economic Stabilization Act of 2008). Bush and Paulsen failed and the bill was defeated in the House, 205-228 , even though 65 Republicans, most of them heavily indebted to banking interests for...
Listen to Representative Paul Ryan (R-WI) talk about the future of trade agreements with the Middle East and how greater economic engagement can lead to strategic, political, and security benefits.
Republicans Rep. Paul Ryan of Janesville: Troubled by Obama's decision to publicly announce a time limit dictating troop withdrawal. "It is counterproductive to give insurgents and terrorists troop withdrawal dates to circle on their calendar." Rep. F. James Sensenbrenner of Menomonee Falls: Dismayed at Obama's decision to go against troop recommendations by commanders and fears the decision...
Panel from Fantastic Four #375 (April 1993), co-plot and script by Tom DeFalco , co-plot and pencils by Paul Ryan, inks by Danny Bulanadi, colors by Gina Going, letters by Jack Morelli and Rick Parker (Click picture to Ace bandage-size)
It's been over a month since Fedspending.org updated the budget numbers for Federal spending and assistance for fiscal year 2008. Although the numbers are partial (first two quarters of 2008 only), they are good enough to generate a base average to compare district spending with, and that's all I need to add 2008 to a running project of mine showing Rep. Paul Ryan has arbitrarily shortchanged his district...
Over at TPM , Brian Beutler has come up with his top five "hysterical Republican whoppers and talking points." Agree, disagree, or do you have your own top five (or ten, or twenty, or ...)? Number Five: Paul Ryan Draws Line On Graph Back in the Spring, when Democrats were putting together the federal budget, House Budget Committee ranking member Paul Ryan (R-WI) released a much-mocked Republican...
Filed under: Motorsports , Acura Highcroft Racing Acura ARX-02a - click above for high-res image gallery 2010 is bringing some changes to the class lineup in the American Le Mans Series, and defending LMP1 champions Highcroft Racing are adjusting. The new structure will combine the former P1 and P2 classes at all races except for Sebring and Petit Le Mans. As a result, Highcroft will campaign a new...
Ross Douthat counters the notion that a wonk can't win with today's Republican voters: Look at the case of Newt Gingrich. The former Speaker is still an influential figure in conservative politics, years after his salad days, largely because he’s one of the few Republicans who actively cultivates a reputation as a policy thinker. (He polls respectably in primary heats, too, for someone who hasn’t...
Paul Ryan in his crusade to reach the White House published another piece of phony history and econoomics last week. The Wisconsin Republican authored Why No One Expects a Strong Recovery: he and his ultra conservative cohort, Representative Jeb Hensarling (Republican- Texas) explain that we have to get back to Regan's economics and that the Democrats are a disaster for the economy: Why all the pessimism?...
This is a good article in the Wall Street Journal, even if it is news that we do not want to hear.One of the strongest factors promoting recovery from our 10 post-World War II recessions was an unshakable conviction that, regardless of the immediate trouble, the American economy is fundamentally strong. Based on this underlying confidence, recessions and recoveries roughly conformed to the
About one year ago, I took note of Janesville's talk radio host Stan Milam's suggestion that Rep. Paul Ryan should or might join Obama's congressional team of cross party moderates. JG Excerpt : (Nov. 7, 2008) Milam, of WCLO AM radio's "The Stan Milam Show," said Ryan might not want to languish in a Democrat-dominated Congress. Obama's Election Night speech, in which he reached out to those...
The front pages are full of stories about the stimulus, the "failed stimulus" that is: CNN Poll: Blame for recession shifting from GOP to Democrats Stimulus Isn't Creating Jobs - Detroit News No Recovery for Main Street Unemployment rates rise in 29 states Obama takes friendly fire on economy And, last but not least: OBAMA DROPS BELOW 50% IN GALLUP What's going on? What happened to the stimulus...
Can Salesforce.com Talk Its Way To Bigger Profits? (CRM) – fool> Boehner blasts decision to kill investment advice rule – investmentnews> Business Sours on Overhaul as Legislation Veers to Left – online.wsj > Jeb Hensarling and Paul Ryan: Why No One Expects a Strong Recovery – online.wsj> Oil continues slide as dollar strengthens – Nov. [...]
Not if you include the cost of the "doc fix" —the permanent change to Medicare reimbursement rates for doctors—that the House yanked out of their reform package so that its bad fiscal news wouldn't show up in their allegedly deficit neutral health care bill. Here's the CBO , responding to a request from Congressman Paul Ryan, on what happens when you look at the total effects...
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