It’s the First Amendment For A Reason!
Most Viewed Articles
-
Recent Posts
- The-Presidents-Advisory-1776-Commission-Final-Report
- As i read all these comments from you moronic idioms.
- Has Nancy Pelosi offered the GOP another chance?
- A brief sample of comments on Tom Reed’s Jan. 4 tele townhall
- Needed laws and amendments
- What’s next for Donald J. Trump?
- We Got Lucky With Trump
- Wither the Republican Party
- Starts with “C” (as in Correction?)
- Fiscal Responsibility
Archives
Search For Articles By Key Word
Categories
March 2021 S M T W T F S 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 - Follow New NY 23rd on WordPress.com
Follow me on Twitter
My TweetsVisit Our Facebook Page
Tag Archives: Paul Ryan
A big change
October 11, 2017 cover photo: Tom as the “good shepherd” stands above politics. January 4, 2017 cover photo: Family, flags, GOP Speaker Ryan, fake smiles. Do these photos reflect a change in campaign strategy? Is Tom Reed distancing himself … Continue reading
Posted in 2018, Congress, Media, Political, Reed's Views, Trump
Tagged cover photos, Paul Ryan
13 Comments
Is there substance to tax reform?
Read my lips: no new taxes–George H. W. Bush at the 1988 Republican National Convention Tax policy is hard; details of proposed reforms are scarce. Players disagree on what reforms are needed. Many claims for benefits of tax reform are … Continue reading
Health Insurance
Liberals rage against the Trump-Ryan plan for a lot of reasons, but most of it boils down to anger that fewer people will have coverage. Conservatives are raging too, because, as Kentucky Senator Paul put it, Congress’s proposal will “do … Continue reading
Posted in Congress, Health Care, Political, Reed's Views, Taxes, Trump
Tagged Leslie Danks Burke, Obamacare, Paul Ryan
1 Comment
Healthcare politicized
My job is not to worry about those people (the 47 percent of Americans he thought were likely to vote for Barack Obama). I’ll never convince them they should take personal responsibility and care for their lives.–Mitt Romney (How people … Continue reading
Budget agreement served both party’s interest
In bringing the bipartisan compromise budget agreement to a vote and passage, Republicans and Democrats put the government on autopilot for a year freeing members of Congress to campaign for reelection without distraction. If one thought anything useful might have … Continue reading
Posted in 2016, Congress, Political
Tagged autopilot, compromise budget plan of 2015, Hastert Rule, Paul Ryan, purge the far right, sequester
1 Comment
Leonard Pitts on Poverty
Paul Ryan has an anti-poverty proposal Leonard Pitts writes that Paul Ryan has made a proposal for addressing poverty in the USA. Pitts says that Ryan would give the States grants to spend as they like. The grants would come … Continue reading
Posted in Congress, Economics, Education, Political
Tagged Leonard Pitts, Paul Ryan, Poverty, women
33 Comments
Calm Before The Storm #3: The Debt Ceiling & Shutting Down The Government
The rumors swirling around Washington is the House Majority Leader Eric Cantor is going to cancel the House’s (hard earned?) September Vacation, from Monday, September 25 to Friday, September 27! Why? It is NOT because he wants to have meetings … Continue reading
Poverty in the NY 23rd
Below is a chart of the Poverty Levels of each of the counties in the NY 23rd Congressional District. The data is from the Cornell Regional Development Institute (CaRDI) and the Cornell Program on Applied Demographics., using 2010 Census information. … Continue reading
Ryan’s Budget Ignores Public’s Opinion
From Fox News Sunday (3/10/13): Chris WALLACE: Are you saying that as part of your budget you would repeal — you assume the repeal of Obamacare? Rep. Paul RYAN: Yes. WALLACE: Well that’s not going to happen. RYAN: Well, we believe … Continue reading
Cut Entitlements–OR–Cut Loop Holes? What Will Congress Do?
“But the biggest problem we have at the moment is spending and debt. That’s going to dominate the Congress between now and the end of March. None of these issues, I think, will have the kind of priority that spending … Continue reading