Republicans in Senate vote overwhelmingly for Paul Ryan’s extreme budget
Senate GOP leader Mitch McConnell (Jim Young/Reuters)
Today, except for a couple of hypocrites worried about reelection, Senate Republicans joined their House brethren and voted to end Medicare as we know it. The only really interesting vote was on ...
House Republicans vote to gut health care programs, boost Pentagon
On Thursday, in a razor-thin 218-199 vote of approval, the House passed another extreme bill that is destined to die: its Sequestration Replacement Act. The budget bill overriddes steep cuts to defense spending that were set to begin in January 2013, ...
At least 22 million would go hungry under Ryan/Romney budget
Remember how those massive budget cuts in the Romney/Ryan plan fall primarily on poor Americans? The Center for American Progress has a new report detailing how those cuts in turn will affect children.
The House Agriculture Committee's budget cuts $3...
Paul Ryan rejects ‘sorely needed’ moral hero Ayn Rand to suck up to bishops
Poor Paul Ryan. He's been such a bad boy, he has to renounce Ayn Rand. (Kevin Lamarque/Reuters)
Paul Ryan, August 18, 2009:
It doesn't surprise me that sales of The Fountainhead and Atlas Shrugged have surged lately with the Obama administration comi...
Paul Ryan still getting schooled by Catholic scholars on his anti-Jesus budget
Why are Republicans waging a war on the Church?
Ever since boy genius Rep. Paul Ryan invoked his "Catholic faith" to justify his budget—you know, the one all the Republicans, including Mitt Romney, think is super awesome because it lets the rich ge...
Mitt Romney’s severely conservative budget would severely hurt poor
Mitt Romney goes severe.
This must be what Mitt Romney meant when he called himself "severely conservative": He'd slash budgets beyond the tea party's wildest dreams. While there's not an actual formal budget out of the Romney campaign, HuffPo's Andr...
Obamacare will save Medicare $200 billion by 2016
Here's an inconvenient fact for Mitt Romney and the Republicans: Obamacare will save for $200 billion for the Medicare by 2016 and $208 billion for Medicare patients by 2020.
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services actuary reports:
"We have a...
Indiana Gov. Mitch Daniels airs disappointment with Mitt Romney just hours after endorsing him
Mitch Daniels is disappointed in Mitt Romney.
On Wednesday morning, Indiana Gov. Mitch Daniels issued a stirring endorsement of Mitt Romney, saying, "Mitt Romney has proven that he understands what is at stake and is prepared to summon Americans to t...
Paul Ryan ‘respectfully disagrees’ with Jesus
When Fox bobblehead Megyn Kelly asked Republican Rep. Paul Ryan to answer the Catholic bishops' very pointed criticism of his budget that makes Jesus cry, Ryan gave a shockingly blasphemous response:
“These are not all the Catholic bishops, and we r...
Catholic bishops to House Republicans: Your budget makes Jesus cry. John Boehner to bishops: STFU.
Why are Republicans waging a war on the Church?
You know how Republicans in Congress believe all of our laws should be Catholic Church-approved, right? Well, all of our laws regarding lady parts, anyway. Other stuff, like, say, the federal budget ......
