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Budget Battles

  • Ryan Pick Could Save Senate for Democrats

    By Merrill Goozner, The Fiscal Times

    Mitt Romney’s choice of Wisconsin Congressman Paul Ryan as his vice presidential running mate recalibrated the presidential race, turning it from a referendum on President Obama’s handling of the...

  • Do Nothing Congress Did Something: Named Buildings

    By Josh Boak, The Fiscal Times

    Here’s what Obama and Congress have primarily accomplished together in recent months: naming federal buildings. Of the 65 bills that cleared both chambers this year, 19 — about 30 percent — involve...

  • Romney’s Gamble on Ryan Has Already Paid Off

    By Edward Morrissey

    When Mitt Romney announced that Rep. Paul Ryan, the sometimes-controversial chair of the House Budget Committee would be his running mate, the media reaction was one of surprise. Most gave Romney...

  • Two Tax Breaks Romney Should Put on the Chop Block

    By NICOLE GELINAS, City Journal

    Republican presidential hopeful Mitt Romney wants to lower tax rates. Newly minted Republican vice-presidential hopeful Paul Ryan wants to cut spending by taking on America’s entitlement culture. The...

  • Why Ryan Wants to Dump Fannie and Freddie

    By Josh Boak, The Fiscal Times

    Medicare isn’t the only major federal program targeted for a dramatic revamp by GOP vice presidential candidate Paul Ryan—who also wants to severe the government’s relationship with the troubled...