In almost 13 years as a congressman, Ryan has proposed just two bills that have passed and become law, one of which involved renaming a post office in his district. Itâs a low number by any standard, but particularly for a chairman of the powerful Budget Committee. He has introduced many bills, including a Social Security privatization measure in 2004 so far-reaching that the Bush White House called it âirresponsible.â
Statistics peg Ryan as a staunch conservative. According to the DW-Nominate metric, Ryanâs voting record makes him almost as conservative as Rep. Michele Bachmann (R-MN), and more conservative than Rep. Allen West (R-FL). By the same measurement, Ryan is the most right-wing member of Congress to be selected for vice president since at least 1900, according to data analyzed by the New York Times.
Ryan has also helped thwart bipartisan efforts at debt reduction, an issue he frequently touts as a top national priority. He attacked and voted against the Bowles-Simpson deficit plan in late 2010, which would have reduced the nationâs budget shortfall by trillions of dollars with a combination of spending cuts and new revenues. âIt does not fix the problem,â he has said. http://tpmdc.talkingpointsmemo.com/2012/08/the-myth-of-paul-ryan-the-bipartisan-leader.php
And you think this is a bad thing? Well, I guess I would like ~one~ bill to be introduced and passed - a law that says for every bill a legislator introduces he has 5000 of his votes thrown out in the next election.
And you think this is a bad thing? Well, I guess I would like ~one~ bill to be introduced and passed - a law that says for every bill a legislator introduces he has 5000 of his votes thrown out in the next election.
