Tag Archives: Paul Ryan

Right Wing Group Launches $2.5M Ad Campaign To Pressure House Republicans On Tax Cuts [VIDEO]

CNN reports: A conservative group is launching a major $2.5 million ad buy Wednesday to ramp up public pressure on Republican members of Congress to address tax reform. American Action Network’s Middle-Class Growth Initiative, a nonprofit funded by House Speaker Paul Ryan supporters, unveiled a new TV ad that will run on national cable throughout the August recess while lawmakers …

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Macho Macho Man Paul Ryan Rides A Horse In Texas In Clip Promoting Trump’s Racist Border Wall [VIDEO]

The Week snorts: House Speaker Paul Ryan (R-Wis.) has made a short action-adventure movie to convince you that “it is time for The Wall” and also that “The Wall” is “cool.” The 30-second clip, posted to his Twitter feed Tuesday, recaps the fun, informative trip Ryan made to the U.S.-Mexico border earlier this year, where he apparently spent much of …

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House Speaker Paul Ryan Vows GOP Will “Stick The Landing” With Tax Cuts For The Wealthy [VIDEO]

Raw Story reports: House Speaker Paul Ryan (R-WI) said over the weekend that Republicans would “stick the landing” on a major tax reform bill after failing to repeal and replace President Barack Obama’s health care reform law. “It is more important to us than anything that we get tax reform done,” Ryan told Fox Business host Maria Bartiromo. “Because we …

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The Wreck Of The McConnell Fitzgerald

According to multiple reports on Twitter, this morning House Speaker Paul Ryan reacted to the Obamacare repeal failure with a reading of the lyrics to Canadian pop singer Gordon Lightfoot’s 1976’s hit single, The Wreck Of The Edmund Fitzgerald. As our older readers surely recall, the song is about the still unexplained 1975 sinking of the freighter SS Edmund Fitzgerald …

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Sleeveless Attire Now Banned From US House

CBS News reports: A young, female reporter recently tried to enter a guarded room known as the Speaker’s lobby outside the House chamber, but her outfit was considered inappropriate because her shoulders weren’t covered. She was wearing a sleeveless dress. Forced to improvise, she ripped out pages from her notebook and stuffed them into her dress’s shoulder openings to create …

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Paul Ryan Pleads For Unity In Wake Of Shooting: An Attack On One Of Us Is An Attack On All Of Us [VIDEO]

The Washington Post reports: House Speaker Paul Ryan (R-Wis.) addressed the House on Wednesday after the shooting at the Republican congressional baseball practice. “We are united in our shock, united in our anguish. An attack on one of us is an attack on all of us,” Ryan said. He named the victims of the shootings, including two Capitol Police officers, …

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8th Graders Refuse Photo-Op With Paul Ryan

Mashable reports: Speaker Ryan is one of the most unpopular politicians in the country — and he’s polling particularly poorly among one 8th grade class. Eighth grade students from South Orange Middle School in South Orange, New Jersey were on a school trip to Washington D.C. on Friday when they were given a very special opportunity: a photo-op with Speaker …

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Drudge: Gianforte Should Also Beat Up Paul Ryan

The Washington Examiner reports: Matt Drudge, editor and founder of the Drudge Report, had a little fun with the victory of Republican Greg Gianforte in the special election for Montana’s vacant U.S. House seat. Drudge sent out a tweet giving a nod to the tough-guy image Gianforte has made for himself after he was cited for misdemeanor assault against a …

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Republican Super PAC Launches $2M Pro-Trumpcare Ad Blitz In Vulnerable GOP US House Districts [VIDEO]

The Hill reports: An outside GOP group aligned with Speaker Paul Ryan (R-Wis.) unveiled a $2 million TV ad blitz on Tuesday defending the legislation to replace ObamaCare ahead of the highly anticipated Congressional Budget Office analysis of its effects. American Action Network’s ad will run in 21 House districts and nationally on MSNBC’s “Morning Joe” to tout the GOP’s …

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Audio Emerges Of GOP House Majority Leader Kevin McCarthy Telling Paul Ryan That “Putin Pays Trump”

The Washington Post reports: A month before Donald Trump clinched the Republican nomination, one of his closest allies in Congress — House Majority Leader Kevin McCarthy — made a politically explosive assertion in a private conversation on Capitol Hill with his fellow GOP leaders: that Trump could be the beneficiary of payments from Russian President Vladimir Putin. “There’s two people …

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Paul Ryan Slams “Bogus Attack From The Left” Over GOP House Reps Not Reading Trumpcare Bill [VIDEO]

The Hill reports: House Speaker Paul Ryan (R-Wis.) on Sunday dismissed “bogus” criticism that Republicans in the House rushed their healthcare bill to a vote before some of its members read the bill. “I think this is kind of a bogus attack from the left,” Ryan said during an interview on ABC’s “This Week.” He was asked about concessions from …

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IT’S OFFICIAL: House To Vote On Trumpcare Tomorrow

Business Insider reports: The House of Representatives will vote on the American Health Care Act on Thursday. Republican House Majority Leader Kevin McCarthy told reporters he plans to bring the American Health Care Act to the floor of the House and is confident that the bill will pass. “Do we have the votes? Yes. Will we pass it? Yes,” McCarthy …

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Paul Ryan Scrambles To Salvage Latest Obamacare Repeal Attempt, Trump To Meet With GOP Skeptics

The Los Angeles Times reports: The latest version of the Republican effort to repeal and replace the Affordable Care Act teetered on the verge of failure Tuesday as the conversation among Republicans on Capitol Hill shifted to soul-searching and recriminations over what went wrong in their long campaign to end Obamacare. Though House leaders say they have not given up …

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House Republicans Delay Obamacare Repeal Vote, Rob Trump Of Major First 100 Days Campaign Promise

The New York Post reports: House Republicans late Thurs­day delayed a vote on their latest effort to repeal ObamaCare, ending the opportunity for President Trump to deliver on one of his major campaign promises during his first 100 days in office. House Speaker Paul Ryan and other GOP leaders came to the conclusion that they did not have enough votes …

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Paul Ryan Has The Epic Fail Sadz: We’re Going To Be Living With Obamacare For The Foreseeable Future

CBS News reports: House Speaker Paul Ryan, R-Wis., said the U.S. is “going to be living with Obamacare for the foreseeable future” after he abruptly canceled a scheduled vote on the contentious Republican health care bill Friday. “Obamacare is the law of the land, and it will remain the law of the land until it’s replaced,” Ryan said. “Moving from …

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BREAKING: House GOP Withdraws Trumpcare Bill

House Republicans this afternoon abruptly withdrew the Trumpcare bill after supporting votes failed to miraculously materialize. The bill was nearly universally objected to by the left, GOP moderates, and the far-right, with support mostly coming from the Trump administration and House Speaker Paul Ryan. Story developing…. Source says “You can’t always get what you want” is playing in the House …

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LIVE VIDEO: US House Votes On Trumpcare

The vote is expected to happen some time around 3:30PM. Via Talking Points Memo: House Democrats warned their Republican colleagues against voting for the American Health Care Act on Friday, pointing to the speed with which it was pushed through the chamber and its unpopularity in a recent poll. “What is happening today is a lose-lose situation for the Republicans,” …

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Sean Spicer: The House Vote On Trumpcare Will Happen At 3:30PM Whether Votes Are There Or Not [VIDEO]

The Hill reports: The White House said Friday the House will vote on the Republican healthcare plan despite serious doubts it has the votes to pass. “The House will be voting on the American Health Care Act, the current vote is scheduled for 3:30,” White House press secretary Sean Spicer told reporters. He spoke as President Trump met with Speaker …

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REPORT: Speaker Paul Ryan Rushes To White House Tell Trump That Trumpcare Doesn’t Have Enough Votes

The New York Times reports: House Speaker Paul D. Ryan, facing a revolt among conservative and moderate Republicans, rushed to the White House Friday afternoon to inform President Trump he did not have the votes to pass legislation to repeal the Affordable Care Act and to decide whether to pull the bill from consideration. The president and the speaker faced …

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Breitbart Celebrates Trumpcare Vote “Chaos”

Breitbart is thrilled with the “chaos” surrounding the bill they’d rather call “Ryancare.” They write: Speaker of the House Paul Ryan (R.-WI) cancelled the anticipated vote on the American Health Care Act — RyanCare — the latest sign that the bill is in a death spiral. As conservatives gain concessions in the RyanCare negotiations, more liberal Republicans have been dropping …

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