Paul Ryan

Saturday's TV Highlights and Weekend Talk: 'Doctor Who'

2013-05-17 12:18:00

Customized TV Listings are available here: www.latimes.com/tvtimes Click here to download TV listings for the week of May 19 - 25, 2013 in PDF format This week's TV Movies � � -------------------- SERIES Doctor Who The Doctor's (Matt Smith)...

Obama budget would cut deficits, report says

2013-05-17 14:20:00

WASHINGTON -- President Obama’s proposed mix of tax hikes and spending cuts would reduce future budget deficits more quickly than under current laws, according to a report issued Friday that could rekindle the dormant budget wars in Washington....

Ousted IRS chief defends against partisan charges

2013-05-17 18:51:00

WASHINGTON — The ousted head of the Internal Revenue Service apologized Friday for the agency's "foolish mistakes" in singling out conservative groups for intrusive and time-consuming scrutiny, but said that the effort was not driven by partisan...

Questions on targeting are 'loaded,' IRS official says

2013-05-17 09:06:00

WASHINGTON – The acting head of the IRS insisted Friday that he and other agency officials did not mislead Congress by failing to disclose that applications by conservative groups for tax-exempt status were mishandled, and he said to call it...

Federal deficit shrinks at surprising rate

2013-05-14 18:56:00

WASHINGTON — The federal deficit is shrinking more quickly than expected, and the government's long-term debt has largely stabilized for the next decade, the Congressional Budget Office said Tuesday in a report that could strengthen the Obama...

IRS targeted conservative groups, official says

2013-05-10 21:25:00

WASHINGTON — The Internal Revenue Service improperly singled out conservative groups for extra scrutiny of their applications for nonprofit status, a top agency official said Friday, setting off calls for investigations into an organization...

McManus: Mother knows best

2013-05-12 00:00:00

There are two things you can do for your mother on Mother's Day. One is to say "thank you." (Over lunch, with flowers.) The other is to ask her for advice — even if she's not convinced you really want it. "I don't think kids take any advice from...

Economists rebut, sort of, critique on high-debt, low-growth study

2013-04-16 13:52:00

Harvard economists Ken Rogoff and Carmen Reinhart, authors of a widely-cited paper suggesting that high government debt levels lead to low growth -- have responded defensively to a new paper suggesting that their results were due to mathematical and...

Obama unveils $3.78-trillion budget proposal

2013-04-11 00:00:00

WASHINGTON — President Obama laid out his vision Wednesday for $3.78 trillion in federal spending, unveiling a budget proposal for the next fiscal year that aims to reignite cooled deficit reduction talks while opening negotiations over the fate...

Letters: The GOP's fresh faces

2013-04-11 00:00:00

Re "The GOP's fantasy lineup," Opinion, April 7 It is hard to understand why political pundits talk about the demise of the Republican Party when it has such a strong group of future young leaders, as mentioned in Doyle McManus' column. To wit: Kentucky...

Obama's Social Security proposal sparks GOP confusion

2013-04-12 04:05:00

WASHINGTON -- President Obama's proposal to trim Social Security's cost-of-living adjustments has sparked not only Democratic outrage, but Republican confusion. In the days since Obama put the idea in his 2014 budget, Republicans' reactions have...

Obama says his budget has 'manageable' cuts to entitlement programs

2013-04-10 12:15:00

WASHINGTON -- President Obama argued for “manageable” changes to Medicare and other social safety net programs as he released his budget proposal, a plan aimed at staking out the middle ground in the stalled deficit reduction talks. “...

Rep. Paul Ryan, R-Wis., talks Friday at a House Ways and Means Committee hearing.

2013-05-17 10:33:00

U.S. Rep. Paul Ryan, seen here at a City Club of Chicago event Monday, told the Tribune editorial board that he's told governors not to expect a high reimbursement rate for health care.

2013-04-22 00:00:00

Rep. Paul Ryan (R-Wis left, made a joint appearance Monday at the City Club of Chicago with Rep. Luis Gutierrez (D-Ill a leading backer of immigration reform.

2013-04-22 00:00:00