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The Speaker Who Lost His Voice

Gregory Glover / Truthdig Apr 12, 2018 Paul Ryan took Washington by storm with promises of fiscal responsibility. He leaves as a Trump-appeasing budget buster deluxe. Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )

House Passes GOP Budget in Key Step to Tax Debate

By Andrew Taylor / AP Oct 5, 2017 The $4.1 trillion budget plan promises deep cuts to social programs, paving the way for a GOP drive to rewrite the tax code later this year. Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )

Ryan’s Budget Figures Don’t Add Up

Alexander Reed Kelly / Truthdig Aug 17, 2012 Certain media pundits' hearts are aflutter over how honest, intellectual and responsible GOP vice presidential candidate Paul Ryan supposedly is. But not economics professor Bill Black, who shows that Ryan's "Tinker Bell" budget proposal uses numbers that have nothing to do with the economy to achieve fiscal balance in the next few decades. Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )

Watch Out for Ryan, Not Trump

Bill Boyarsky / Truthdig Apr 28, 2011 Contrary to conventional wisdom, the media fascination with the potential presidential campaign of the great American phony, Donald Trump, has been helpful to the Republican Party. The real player to watch is the boring chairman of the House Budget Committee, Paul Ryan. Dig deeper ( 4 Min. Read )

Ryan to Respond to State of the Union

Staff / Truthdig Jan 22, 2011 Responding to the State of the Union is an odd honor. You become the face of the opposition for 10 minutes but you have to immediately follow extraordinary rhetoricians at their chosen sport. House Budget Committee Chairperson Paul Ryan gets the job this year. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )