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President Obama gave almost immediate approval to the budget deal negotiated by Rep. Paul Ryan (R-WI) and Sen. Patty Murray (D-WA), even as top Democrats expressed skepticism. In doing so, Obama breaks a promise he made to veterans and military

Mike Huckabee ran interference for Speaker John Boehner the other day by lecturing tea party activists and organizations for their criticism of the recent budget deal crafted by Rep. Paul Ryan (R-WI) and Sen. Patty Murray (D-WA). Huckabee, a former

House Budget Committee Chairman Rep. Paul Ryan (R-WI) misled his colleagues in the House of Representatives about several major areas of the budget deal he cut with Senate Budget Committee Chairwoman Sen. Patty Murray (D-WA), Breitbart News has learned. Misrepresentations

Six of the eight House Republicans running for Senate voted against the budget deal on Thursday that was brokered by Rep. Paul Ryan (R-WI) and Sen. Patty Murray (D-WA), while five of the eight Republican senators who are facing primary

Rep. Justin Amash (R-MI) said he voted against the budget deal brokered between Rep. Paul Ryan (R-WI) and Sen. Patty Murray (D-WA) on Thursday because it raises taxes on millions of Americans.  “Tonight, I voted against a budget deal that

Though Republicans and Democrats in favor of comprehensive immigration reform are ready to make a final push next year, a new national Gallup poll released on Thursday found that only 3% of the country believes immigration reform is the most important

On Thursday evening, the House of Representatives voted to adopt the Ryan-Murray budget and bust through the sequester spending caps and increase user fees. The vote was a lopsided 333-94. Among Republicans, 169 members voted for the budget and 63

Senate Minority Whip Sen. John Cornyn (R-TX), number two in GOP Senate Leadership, has expressed disappointment with the budget deal House Budget Committee chairman Rep. Paul Ryan (R-WI) cut with Senate Budget Committee chairwoman Sen. Patty Murray (D-WA). “I am

The budget deal announced Tuesday by Rep. Paul Ryan (R-WI) and Sen. Patty Murray (D-WA) would boost federal spending by around $65 billion over the next two years. This new spending is offset by increasing user fees, boosting pension contributions

Sen. Coburn discusses the budget deal between Rep. Paul Ryan (R-WI) and Sen. Patty Murray (D-WA) on MSNBC’s “Morning Joe” on Wednesday…

On Tuesday, Rep. Paul Ryan (R-WI) and Sen. Patty Murray (D-WA) announced that they had reached a deal on the federal budget for the next two years. The GOP would agree to ease the sequester by $62 billion. In return,

When Rep. Paul Ryan (R-WI) and Sen. Patty Murray (D-WA) announced their budget deal Tuesday night, few specific details were released. The full scope of the budget deal will begin to emerge on Wednesday, after the duo file legislative language

Tuesday evening, Rep. Paul Ryan (R-WI) and Sen. Patty Murray (D-WA) announced they had reached a deal on a two-year budget. Although full details haven’t been released, the broad outline of the deal announced was enough to draw a rebuke

The budget deal that Sen. Patty Murray (D-WA) and Rep. Paul Ryan (R-WI) announced on Tuesday may pave the way for a vote on comprehensive immigration reform in the first months of the 2014 Congress.  Last week, The Hill reported

The budget deal that House Budget Committee chairman Rep. Paul Ryan (R-WI) negotiated with Senate Budget Committee chairwoman Sen. Patty Murray (D-WA) will still add $8 trillion to the already-oversized national debt according to data included in statements made by

As Rep. Paul Ryan and Sen. Patty Murray finalize negotiations over a 2-year budget deal, the two sides seem to have agreed to eliminate around $30 billion in planned spending cuts for next year. The cuts are part of sequestration,

On Friday, it was reported by Rep. Paul Ryan and Sen. Patty Murray were “just a few billion” dollars apart on a 2-year budget deal. The two Budget Committee chairs are expected to work through the weekend to finalize a

As Congress nears the end of its 2013 calendar, House Budget Chairman Paul Ryan and Senate Budget Chair Patty Murray are rushing to finalize a deal on the federal budget for next year. There will be a lot of strum

One of the defensive cries we are hearing from the left over the outrage at Obama’s repeated lies about being able to keep your health insurance is that it doesn’t matter because Obama will never face another election. That is

(AP) Obama discusses budget with Senate, House DemsWASHINGTONThe White House says President Barack Obama discussed upcoming budget talks with top Senate and House Democrats before heading to New York City. White House spokesman Josh Earnest told reporters traveling with Obama

Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-Nev.), Senator Patty Murray and Senator Charles Schumer all use the same GOP has a gun to our head line on the Senate floor…

(AP) Republicans see ‘Obamacare’ issues as key to 2014By RICARDO ALONSO-ZALDIVARAssociated PressWASHINGTONIf Republicans were writing a movie script for next year’s congressional elections, the working title might be “2014: Apocalypse of Obamacare.” The plot: The rollout of President Barack Obama’s

Senate Democrats released their first budget blueprint in four years on Wednesday. Any budget-cutting muscles the Democrats possessed have clearly atrophied over the past half-decade. Not only does their budget add more than $7 trillion in new debt over the

On Wednesday, WA Sen. Patty Murray unveiled the first budget proposal from Senate Democrats in 4 years. Looking at the top-line numbers, it is easy to see why the Democrats were so coy with their spending plans. Virtually ignoring the

On March 12, Representative Paul Ryan (R-WI) released the GOP’s budget proposal, sparking an afternoon of analysis and criticism. By Tuesday evening Reuters was contrasting Ryan’s budget with one sponsored by Senator Patty Murray (D-WA). But there is one problem

Senate Democrats are infighting on the eve of the release of Senate Budget Committee Chairwoman Patty Murray’s budget, Breitbart News has exclusively learned. Sen. Max Baucus (D-MT), the Chairman of the Senate Finance Committee, slammed Murray on Tuesday evening through

Senate Democrats, including Senate Budget Committee chairwoman Sen. Patty Murray, are hiding their budget from their Republican colleagues, Breitbart News has learned exclusively. Murray did share her budget plan with her Democratic colleagues on Tuesday. The budget is scheduled for

Senate Budget Committee chairwoman Sen. Patty Murray (D-WA) has circulated a memo to her Democratic colleagues indicating she desires a massive tax increase in her upcoming budget.  The memo, originally authored in January and since obtained by Breitbart News, indicates

Six Democrat senators asked the Department of Justice to investigate possible market manipulation by oil refineries on the west coast as the cause of spikes in gasoline prices in May and October. Gas prices hit a record high of $5.

On Thursday, Sen. Patty Murray (D-WA) announced that if she wins the chairmanship of the Senate Budget Committee, Democrats may not pass a budget for the fourth year in a row. “I am committed to working with our committee and

The Democrats are playing chicken with the American economy, and it may come back to haunt them. Republicans, determined to keep in place the entire roster of Bush tax cuts, are not backing down. The Democrats, desperate to please their

Sen. Patty Murray (D-WA) threatened on Monday that Democrats would let the Bush tax cuts expire for everybody if Republicans did not compromise with Democrats and not extend the tax cuts for those in income brackets above $250,000.  “Unless Republicans

Since the election of a Republican Congress in 2010, Congressional earmarks have been all but dead. Yet, somehow, Democratic members of Congress are securing funding for special projects anyway. How? With a little help from President Obama. As Roll Call