Thursday, April 3, 2014
Paul Ryan budget faces bumps amid GOP dissent
Paul Ryan budget faces bumps amid GOP dissent-politico: As Rep. Paul Ryan was laying out his Path to Prosperity budget Wednesday, Republican leadership was working behind the scenes to make sure there was a path for passage. With roughly one week until a planned floor vote, an unexpected hiccup has surfaced: A small pocket of Republicans are threatening to vote against the Budget Committee chairman’s proposal because they are angry about a controversial parliamentary maneuver GOP leadership deployed last week on the so-called doc fix.