Paul Ryan

Budget Battles

  • 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...

  • Romney and Ryanomics: Bad Deal for Working Class

    By Mark Thoma

    Mitt Romney’s choice of Paul Ryan as his running mate makes abundantly clear that the upcoming presidential election presents a choice between two very different views on the role of government in...

  • Hedge Fund Managers Bet on Ryan

    By Merrill Goozner, The Fiscal Times

    Some of the nation’s top hedge fund billionaires, including many of the same financiers who are playing a major behind-the-scenes role bankrolling Republican presidential challenger Mitt Romney,...

  • Romney Campaign Hopes New Bounce Equals New Lead

    By Steve Holland and Sam Youngman, Reuters

    Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney took vice presidential running mate Paul Ryan home to a tearful welcome in Wisconsin on Sunday in a celebratory event that produced a flash of anger from...

  • Paul Ryan’s Turbo Charged Climb Up the GOP Ladder

    By Elaine S. Povich, The Fiscal Times

    Rep. Paul Ryan, the youthful GOP vice presidential candidate whose deficit-cutting ideas are likely to reshape the presidential debates, learned politics and policy under the sway of a long string of...