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Ways to know that everybody got the same briefing Friday afternoon–New York Times: Representative Paul D. Ryan, chairman of the House Budget Committee and a leading proponent of cutting spending on benefit programs like Medicare, said the proposal would weigh heavily on a stagnating economy. On “Fox News Sunday,” Mr. Ryan said it would add […]

A few things to discuss in an opinion piece from Rep. Scott Tipton, published Friday at the conservative politics site The State Column: I support a plan that ensures today’s seniors and those a decade away from retiring receive all of their benefits in full, while strengthening and securing Medicare for future generations… The message […]

The Colorado Statesman’s Ellen Miller reports from Grand Junction on freshman Rep. Scott Tipton’s growing incoherence trying to explain his votes in the debt-ceiling debate: More than 200 people, most of them Republicans and many who identified with the Tea Party, packed the City Council chambers Friday night for an hour-long question-and-answer session with 3rd […]

Back in June, we had some fun with the…unusual defense of freshman Rep. Cory Gardner’s vote in favor of the GOP 2012 budget proposal (known as the “Ryan Plan”) offered by Gardner’s spokesperson Rachel Boxer. Despite the undisputed agreement that the 2012 GOP budget would result in large reductions in coverage for Medicare beneficiaries starting […]

Reports Politico, poor Sen. Harry Reid just can’t get a break: Minority Leader Mitch McConnell joined fellow Republicans critical of Majority Leader Harry Reid’s plan to raise the debt ceiling, calling it “another attempt to pull the wool over the eyes of the American people.” The Senate’s top Republican didn’t outline any specific objections to […]

A fascinating guest opinion piece from GOP Rep. Mike Coffman in stout defense of the 2012 GOP budget proposal authored by Budget Committee chairman Paul Ryan–as published in the Lone Tree Voice this weekend, excerpts presented without additional comment. Thoughts? The Medicare Board of Trustees conservatively places 2024 as the date when the Medicare trust […]

The Los Angeles Times updates on debt-ceiling negotiations this weekend: Picking up the pieces after the latest round of debt negotiations imploded, congressional leaders met Saturday with President Obama and began work on a Republican-backed plan to cut spending by roughly $3 trillion over 10 years in exchange for their vote to raise the debt […]

An interesting case-in-point–on increasingly partisan commercial media, or an ad making false claims illegal under Colorado election law? You decide as the AP reports via Real Clear Politics on the “fate” of last week’s House Majority PAC radio spots against freshman Rep. Scott Tipton: Tipton’s lawyer, John Zakhem of Denver, said the ad is flawed […]