House Budget Committee Chairman Paul Ryan (R-WI) in Washington
House Budget Committee Chairman Paul Ryan (R-WI) questions Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner during a hearing on the Treasury Department's FY2012 Budget, in Washington on February 16, 2011. UPI/Kevin Dietsch..
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Rep. Paul Ryan, R-Wis., said Sunday Congress will "get to the bottom" of the Internal Revenue Service's singling out of conservatives for scrutiny.
News the Internal Revenue Service targeted conservative groups for intense scrutiny is just one in a series of revelations pointing to a culture of expediency and intolerance in the Obama White House that corrupts this administration.
A long-sought bipartisan "grand bargain" U.S. deficit-reduction deal will not happen this summer, House Budget Committee Chairman Paul Ryan said.
U.S. Rep. Paul Ryan, R-Wis., says he believes same-sex couples should be allowed to adopt children, even though he opposes same-sex marriage.
FBI agents arrested a former Republican intern for breaking into the online accounts of women and stealing nude pictures of them, New York authorities said.
U.S. Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid, D-Nev., said Tuesday action needs to be taken on sequestration, which is having an impact on air travel.
Alan Simpson and Erskine Bowles say they are coming out with a new plan to bring the U.S. deficit under control.
A Harvard study used to justify fiscal austerity in government was flawed by mathematical and software errors, University of Massachusetts researchers said.
Congressional Republicans and Democrats began voicing their displeasure over U.S. President Obama's 2014 budget plan, either saying it didn't go far enough to cut spending, or it raised taxes or it intruded too much on entitlements or left seniors in a lurch.
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