Hurry up or slow down with that immigration overhaul? What would Mitt Romney do? Or perhaps more pointedly going forward, Paul Ryan? Slow down, some of the Republican Party’s leaders were saying last week, in the midst of the hunt,...
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Rep. Paul Ryan, R-Wisc., speaks at the 2013 Conservative Political Action Conference at the Gaylord National Resort & Conference Center at National Harbor, Md., on March 15, 2013.
Ryan: No Slow-Down on Immigration
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Senator Mark Warner, a Democrat from Virginia, in Washington.
Warner: Budget Deal Better Than 50-50
Senator Mark Warner places the odds for a bipartisan debt-reduction deal at better than 50-50, and has outlined plans to roll out fresh ideas in the coming weeks on where to find the revenue to finance it. Warner, a first-term Democrat who has...
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Wisconsin Congressional candidate Rob Zerban speaking at campaign event in Janesvilles, Wis., on Oct. 3, 2012.
Paul Ryan’s Wisconsin Opponent Explores 2014 Rematch
The Wisconsin Democrat who tried to unseat Rep. Paul Ryan in 2012 is eyeing a rematch with the Republican vice-presidential nominee. Rob Zerban, a former county supervisor, filed paperwork establishing an “exploratory” bid in Wisconsin’s 1st District, which includes Kenosha,...
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The Washington Monument stands behind cherry trees blossoming in Washington on March 19, 2012.
Washington Daybook: Awaiting Cherries
President Barack Obama arrived in Tel Aviv this morning on his first visit to Israel as president. The three-day trip includes meetings and news conferences with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, who disagrees with Obama on how to handle Iran’s...
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Former Florida Governor Jeb Bush addresses the Republican National Convention in Tampa, Fla., on Thursday, Aug. 30, 2012. (AP Photo/Jae C. Hong)
Jeb Bush: Republicans Too ‘Anti’
Jeb Bush says it’s time his Republican Party stops being known as the “anti” party. It’s time, he says, to reach out to Americans who have been excluded. “We used to be the party in the front,” Bush said...
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House Budget Committee Chairman Rep. Paul Ryan, R-Wis., holds up a copy of the 2014 Budget Resolution as he speaks during a news conference on Capitol Hill in Washington on March 12, 2013.
Ryan Needs $5.7 Trillion in Taxes to Meet Budget Goals: Policy Center
House Republicans would need to eliminate about $5.7 trillion in tax breaks over the next decade to meet the targets in their budget, the nonpartisan Tax Policy Center said today. The budget, which will be on the House floor next...
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SS CPAC, a Cruise with Celebrities
For conservatives who just don’t get enough conservatism at the Conservative Political Action Conference, now there’s CPAC the Cruise. In the glossy program handed out to those arriving today for the opening day of the CPAC conference at National Harbor,...
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The Easter Bunny looks out from the Truman Balcony during the Annual Easter Egg Roll at the White House in this file photo.
Easter Bunny Eats the Budget Talks
This begs the question of whether the Easter Bunny has a budget: Leaders of both parties in Congress have asked for a return to regular order, pushing for committees to work through bill drafting and for floor action to finish...
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Rep. Paul Ryan, center, Chairman of the House Budget Committee, joins with other members of the committee as he arrives for a press conference at the Capitol where he unveiled his budget plan on March 12, 2013 in Washington.
Bloomberg by the Numbers: $4.6 Trillion
That’s how much House Budget Committee Chairman Paul Ryan would cut out of federal spending over the next 10 years. Ryan, a Wisconsin Republican who was his party’s vice presidential nominee in 2012, introduced a proposal yesterday that he said...
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Former Florida Gov. Jeb Bush speaks in Austin, Texas, on Feb. 26, 2013.
Jeb Bush ‘Open’ to 2016: CPAC Chair
Jeb Bush is “open” to running for president in 2016. So says Al Cardenas, a longtime political associate and friend of the former Florida governor. Open, Cardenas noted today — nothing more, not committed, simply open. For his part, Bush...
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