5 Reasons Paul Ryan Is In A Budget Jam

[DonViejo]

SAHIL KAPUR – MARCH 3, 2014, 12:54 PM EST

Rep. Paul Ryan (R-WI) muscled his signature budget blueprint through the House of Representatives for three straight years, basking in praise from the right and weathering criticism from the left for attempting to privatize Medicare and slash social programs.

This year, the budget chief faces a swath of competing pressures that give him little room to maneuver, and unprecedented divisions within his Republican conference that may leave him with no viable option but to ditch the project.

Ryan hasn't yet announced whether he will or won't offer an updated proposal this year. Perhaps tellingly, he refrained from criticizing Senate Democrats after they announced last Friday they won't be writing a budget. His office declined to comment on Monday. For a theoretical exercise that has no real chance of becoming law, attempting to pass a budget resolution this year is a high-risk, low-reward proposition for Ryan.

Here are five reasons why the House Budget chairman is in a jam.

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[flying rabbit]

1. K&R

I have some toast for his jam.