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Paul Ryan tells Tea Party to keep budget disagreements ‘within our conservative family’
The Daily Caller ^ | 12-15-2013 | Brendan Bordelon

Posted on 12/15/2013 4:30:03 PM PST by servo1969

Wisconsin Republican Rep. Paul Ryan tried to calm the burgeoning feud between Republican Party leadership and its conservative critics over the budget deal passed in the House this week, requesting that the Tea Party “keep these conversations within our family.”

Ryan appeared on “Fox News’ Sunday” with Chris Wallace to discuss the budget deal he brokered with Washington Democratic Sen. Patty Murray. The agreement, which passed the House on Thursday, scraps nearly one third of sequester cuts and replaces them with promised future reductions. Conservative groups largely came out against the deal, prompting an angry tirade from Speaker of the House John Boehner this week against the tea party. Wallace asked Ryan about the split:

WALLACE: Are you getting fed up with these outside groups who talk tough from the sidelines?

RYAN: Look, I think John just got his Irish up there. I think these groups are valuable. They way I look at it is this: they’re part of our conservative family. I’d prefer to keep these conversations within our family. John was frustrated because they came out against our agreement before we even reached an agreement.

I was frustrated about that as well, but I see the tea party as indispensable and valuable in helping keep the taxpayer in the game, keep Washington accountable. When we lost our majority in ’06 we deserved to lose it then, and they helped us get our ship righted again by being fiscally conservative. I think what we’re doing here today — we’ve tw0 thirds of the house conservatives voting for this — i think this is a step in the right direction. It’s not as far as I want to go, but it’s a step in the right direction.

Ryan later added he’d “love to talk to” Florida Republican Sen. Marco Rubio, who claims the deal will add to spending now without reducing the debt in the future. “Marco’s a good friend of mine. I disagree with him respectfully.”

The congressman repeated his claim that the deal will maintain 92 percent of the sequester while avoiding government shutdowns, which have been political poison to Republicans in the past. He also cautioned that this deal didn’t mean serious disagreements between Democrats and Republicans were a thing of the past.

“Look, one step at a time Chris,” he said. “Patty Murray and I knew we weren’t going to solve every problem — like the debt limit problem — so we sought to find common ground to solve this problem, this problem being a shutdown possibly in January and then another shutdown possibly in October. And [Republicans] have got our principles established here.”


TOPICS: Business/Economy; Constitution/Conservatism; Philosophy; Politics/Elections
KEYWORDS: 113th; budget; ryan; sequester; teaparty
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Dear Paul,

GFYS.

Sincerely,

The Tea Party

1 posted on 12/15/2013 4:30:03 PM PST by servo1969
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To: servo1969

Primary this flaming ‘Rat A-Hole.


2 posted on 12/15/2013 4:32:15 PM PST by VRWC For Truth (Roberts has perverted the Constitution)
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To: servo1969

Paul Ryan tells Tea Party to keep budget disagreements ‘within our conservative family’

Translation: “You Tea Party Morons shut the hell up and take whatever we tell you to take”.


3 posted on 12/15/2013 4:32:16 PM PST by INVAR ("Fart for liberty, fart for freedom and fart proudly!" - Benjamin Franklin)
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To: servo1969

And I guess we’re just supposed to shut up and take it when we come under public attack from the GOP.


4 posted on 12/15/2013 4:33:11 PM PST by cripplecreek (REMEMBER THE RIVER RAISIN!)
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To: servo1969
Sorry Paul,

Last October, you were a rising star. Since then, your two main accomplishments seem to be:

  1. Getting snookered into a lopsided "compromise" by the dumbest member of the U.S. Senate.
  2. Losing a debate to Joe Biden.

How low can you go?
5 posted on 12/15/2013 4:33:50 PM PST by Vigilanteman (Obama: Fake black man. Fake Messiah. Fake American. How many fakes can you fit in one Zer0?)
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To: servo1969

There must be something in the water in Southern Wisconsin.


6 posted on 12/15/2013 4:34:25 PM PST by Paladin2
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To: servo1969
Ryan is there for one reason, and one reason only. To line his pockets.
7 posted on 12/15/2013 4:35:15 PM PST by E. Pluribus Unum (Who knew that one day professional wrestling would be less fake than professional journalism?)
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To: servo1969

At least he is smarter than Boehner. He knows he needs Tea Party votes. Boehner just wrote us off.


8 posted on 12/15/2013 4:36:54 PM PST by Venturer (Half Staff the Flag of the US for Terrorists.)
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To: servo1969
I was frustrated about that as well, but I see the tea party as indispensable and valuable in helping keep the taxpayer in the game, keep Washington accountable. When we lost our majority in ’06 we deserved to lose it then, and they helped us get our ship righted again by being fiscally conservative. I think what we’re doing here today — we’ve tw0 thirds of the house conservatives voting for this — i think this is a step in the right direction. It’s not as far as I want to go, but it’s a step in the right direction.

Paul, give me something to work with here. Your agreement sucks ass and it worse than status quo. It increases spending and fees and give us nothing. Cuts in 2020+? That giving up an increase for the dreaded player to be named later. In other words. Nothing.

9 posted on 12/15/2013 4:37:47 PM PST by Darren McCarty (Abortion - legalized murder for convenience)
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To: Vigilanteman

You can blame the big spending RINOS for this…If they all stuck together they could have passed a continuing resolution..the RINOS wanted more defense spending and other spending….so Ryan was stuck trying to get a deal..


10 posted on 12/15/2013 4:37:48 PM PST by Hojczyk
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To: Venturer
He knows he needs Tea Party votes. Boehner just wrote us off.

Or maybe it was just a feeble attempt at damage control.

11 posted on 12/15/2013 4:38:27 PM PST by Las Vegas Ron ("Medicine is the keystone in the arch of socialism" Vladimir Lenin)
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To: servo1969

WE WILL SHOUT IT FROM THE ROOF TOPS PAUL !


12 posted on 12/15/2013 4:39:07 PM PST by American Constitutionalist
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To: Vigilanteman

Actually, based on what he said here, he didn’t get snookered. He was negotiating preventing the Democrats from shutting down the government and allowing the media to blame it on Republicans. Based on this, his negotiations were successful. Murray got her spending increase, Ryan prevented a shut down, everyone won. At least in his mind.


13 posted on 12/15/2013 4:40:06 PM PST by Yogafist
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To: American Constitutionalist

Ryan and Boehner don’t just need to be primaries - they need to be defeated even if this means running a 3rd party or independent conservative candidate.


14 posted on 12/15/2013 4:41:02 PM PST by littleharbour ("All men having power ought to be distrusted to a certain degree. ~ James Madison)
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To: servo1969

Budget deals with hardcore, spendthrift liberals like Patty Murray doesn’t inspire us Paul. What were you thinking? I swear when will these damn establishment RINOS stop giving life to the idiot, worthless liberals who are destroying this country.


15 posted on 12/15/2013 4:41:05 PM PST by dowcaet
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To: servo1969

That ship has sailed, Paul.


16 posted on 12/15/2013 4:41:39 PM PST by Timber Rattler (Just say NO! to RINOS and the GOP-E)
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To: servo1969

Pauly, you start listening, we’ll stop bitching.


17 posted on 12/15/2013 4:42:52 PM PST by DManA
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To: Vigilanteman

He was a fool back then too, back when the Presidential race was going on. I seem to recall distinctly that his budget plan was all smoke and mirrors too. It “cut spending” by imagining that the United States was magically going to prosper at levels not seen in a decade. Thus the lower deficit wasn’t by actual spending cuts, but by increased revenue that he imagined into his math.


18 posted on 12/15/2013 4:43:35 PM PST by Greetings_Puny_Humans (I mostly come out at night... mostly.)
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To: servo1969

Paul,

Stop throwing poop at us calling it steak and we’ll quit throwing it back at you. Moron.

Conservative


19 posted on 12/15/2013 4:46:02 PM PST by Conspiracy Guy (Did the ancients know they were ancients? Or did they see themselves as presents?)
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To: servo1969

I’d like to see Ryan get out his calculator and explain to us how many trillions of dollars the government can print to fund itself without causing serious damage to the country. Can we really go another 2 years at a trillion or more per year as this budget deal suggests?


20 posted on 12/15/2013 4:46:15 PM PST by MulberryDraw (Repeal it.)
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