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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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Ryan: Burden of Benghazi proof on Obama
Ryan: Burden of Benghazi proof on Obama
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.
Failure of presidential leadership
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.
Ryan: No 'grand bargain' U.S. deficit deal
Ryan: No 'grand bargain' U.S. deficit deal
A long-sought bipartisan "grand bargain" U.S. deficit-reduction deal will not happen this summer, House Budget Committee Chairman Paul Ryan said.
Paul Ryan: Gay couples should be able to adopt
Paul Ryan: Gay couples should be able to adopt
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.
Former Romney intern arrested for cyberstalking
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.
Reid: Action on sequester priority
Reid: Action on sequester priority
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.
Simpson, Bowles to offer new plan to wipe out debt
Alan Simpson and Erskine Bowles say they are coming out with a new plan to bring the U.S. deficit under control.
U Mass study refutes Harvard study on federal debt ratio
U Mass study refutes Harvard study on federal debt ratio
A Harvard study used to justify fiscal austerity in government was flawed by mathematical and software errors, University of Massachusetts researchers said.
The Issue: Plenty to love, loathe in Obama's 2014 budget
The Issue: Plenty to love, loathe in Obama's 2014 budget
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.
Rep. Paul Ryan urges GOP not to reach out, but not waver, on abortion
Rep. Paul Ryan urges GOP not to reach out, but not waver, on abortion
U.S. Rep. Paul Ryan, R-Wis., urged opponents of abortion to find common ground on the issue but not to "abandon our pro-life beliefs."
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If you go down the tax-increase path you're sacrificing the economy -- and especially when the fact that the problem we have is spending, not taxes
Carney: Don't hold debt ceiling hostage
United Press International
As a contrary to that, the president's plan is to give the government the power to deny care to seniors by empowering a panel of 15 unelected bureaucrats to put price controls and rationing in place for current seniors
Ryan answers Gingrich attack over Medicare
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Did we get 100 percent of the discretionary cuts we were looking for? No, we got two-thirds
Obama signs debt ceiling bill into law
United Press International
Our strategy is not to default. Our strategy is to get spending under control
Hill leaders spin federal budget deal
United Press International
Nobody wants to see defaults happening. But we also think it's important to get a handle on future borrowing as we deal with raising the debt limit. So nobody is saying we want to see default. We just want to get some cuts and controls in spending going forward. And that is what we've been telling the White House
Obama taking budget plan to forums
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A members of the Hamas security forces patrol the border area between Gaza and Egypt, in the southern Gaza Strip May 20, 2013. Egyptian police angered by the kidnapping of seven colleagues by Islamist gunmen kept a crossing into the Gaza Strip closed again for four days, stranding hundreds of Palestinian travellers, As Tunnels between Egypt and Gaza closed and border was declared as military zone. Palestinian security forces patrol around the border, witnesses said. UPI/Ismael Mohamad