Wow. In the 13 Years in the House, Ryan has not introduced one serious piece of Legislation!

[berni_mccoy]

Just heard that on Last Word with Lawrence O'Donnell. Of course, I checked his wiki to follow up. Nothing. Unless you count his budget plan as serious. But that bill is dead in the water and is going nowhere.

Ryan is the kind of politician righties rail against: a career politician whose done nothing but and has served far too long in a position where he introduces no good ideas.

The Ryan Plan is really a desperate last ditch effort to garner publicity and attention. And he went to where he thought he could get it: the extremist tea baggers.

[Rosa Luxemburg]

1. This is important information

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[Pilotguy]

2. But he's a very serious policy wonk...

or so I've been told.

[lonestarnot]

3. Yeah policy based on bagger ideology all to benefit Richie Rich.

[The River]

4. 13 Years & What Do We Get?

13 years older and deeper in debt. (with apologizes to Tennessee Ernie Ford)


From The Atlantic http://www.theatlantic.com/politics/archive/2012/08/the-real-ryan-record-2-minor-bills-lots-of-high-profile-talk-gridlock/261069/

Ryan's first successful piece of legislation was a bill "To designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 1818 Milton Avenue in Janesville, Wisconsin, as the 'Les Aspin Post Office Building.'" It became a law in 2000.

Since then, he has been the sponsor of only one other bill that has become a public law of the United States, according to records kept by the Library of Congress -- a measure introduced in 2004 "To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to modify the taxation of arrow components." (That one's a bit of a self-interested move on his part, as Ryan is enjoys bow hunting.)

That's it. No other piece of legislation sponsored by Ryan has been able to win the support of both houses of Congress and a president during his 13-and-a-half years in office.