Paul Ryan

Everybody Wants To Throw Granny Off A Cliff

Ryan J. Reilly | March 21, 2012, 5:02AM

A newly-founded group behind an ad showing an actor portraying President Obama throwing an elderly "grandma" off a cliff is sponsoring a rally with Rep. Paul Ryan (R) next week. The group, AmericanDoctors4Truth, is an offshoot of the anti-Obamacare group Docs4PatientCare and made the ad in response to a video from a liberal group which tied Ryan's plan to reform Medicare with video of a man pushing an elderly woman to her presumable death.

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Topics: Barack Obama, Health Care, Health Care Reform, Paul Ryan

Paul Ryan

Paul Ryan's $700-Wine-Sipping Buddies: Hedge Fund Manager And University Of Chicago Economist

Susan Crabtree | July 9, 2011, 5:24PM

It didn't take long for TPM readers to identify the two likeminded conservatives with whom Rep. Paul Ryan (R-WI) shared two pricey $350 bottles of Pinot Noir Wednesday night.

The two names repeatedly flooded into TPM's e-mail since our story on Ryan's big spending night first ran Friday, and we spent the next 24 hours trying to reach the pair to confirm their identities and get their side of the story.

[TPM SLIDESHOW: Hey Big Spenders: What Else Could Wealthy Candidates Buy With All That Campaign Cash?]

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Topics: Clifford Asness, Debt ceiling, John Cochrane, Medicare, National Debt, Paul Ryan, Social Security, wine

Threats

FBI Files Show More Threats On Members Of Congress

Justin Elliott | May 25, 2010, 8:31AM

Politico adds several more names to the growing list of members of Congress who have recently received death threats over political positions.

FBI documents from closed cases show members of both parties -- but more Dems than Republicans -- received threats in 2009.

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Topics: Blanche Lincoln, Ciro Rodriguez, Debbie Stabenow, Heath Shuler, John Cornyn, Paul Ryan, Threats, Zoe Lofgren