May 18th, 2012
The Republican chairman of the House Budget Committee, concerned that his party may get weak-kneed about making deep spending cuts and painful entitlement reforms next year, is calling on Republican congressional candidates to pledge their support of that aggressive agenda when they face voters this fall.
May 16th, 2012
A budget resolution based on President Obama’s 2012 budget failed to get any votes in the Senate on Wednesday.In a 99-0 vote, all of the senators rejected the president’s blueprint.
May 15th, 2012
Rep. Paul Ryan, the chairman of the House budget committee and a potential running mate for Mitt Romney on the GOP presidential ticket, urged Congress to look beyond party labels as lawmakers scour the country searching for a bipartisan solution to a burgeoning financial crisis, but said that Republicans “don’t really have partners” in the effort to reduce the deficit.