Ryan passed 2 bills in his 13 years in congress

[Cattledog]

1. He renamed a Post Office in his district.

2. He got a tax on arrows lowered from 12% to a flat fee.

I kid you not!

[snappyturtle]

1. Well, isn't that most interesting? It fits. nt

[MindMover]

2. That is expensive legislation if you figure $750,000.00 a bill ...

He makes $170,000 annually X 13 = 1.5 miilion divided by 2 = 750 grand ... WOW

[frazzled]

3. Unfortunately, some of ours have done no better

Dennis Kucinich, for example, only passed one or two during his whole tenure as well, I believe, including the proverbial post-office renaming.

So this probably isn't going to be a very good indictment from the left.

[progressivebydesign]

5. Kucinich isn't on the ticket. n/t

[frazzled]

9. He ran for the presidency twice.

And had a lot of supporters, especially here. I thought this was about a Representative who hadn't passed any bills. It's completely apt to point out that many, even those who run for office, never do. (Especially the more ideological ones). It's not like the Senate, where a Ted Kennedy can get his name attached to a big bill that makes it out of committee.

[Bluenorthwest]

7. Remind me when Dennis Kucinich was a Vice Presidential candidate again?

Compare ye apples unto apples, and all that. Compare Ryan's record in Congress to Biden's. Joe got a lot done, Ryan got a lot said....

[frazzled]

8. If you're comparing apples to apples,

then you shouldn't compare a senator (Biden), one of 100, to a representative (Ryan), one of 435. Bills in the Senate and House are very different.

My point was to say that many representatives, and especially more ideologically oriented ones, rarely get their bills passed by a majority of the House. It's not an apple to apple thing, it's a fact.

[Graybeard]

4. What the hell was he doing for 13 years?

Just collecting his government paycheck?

[progressivebydesign]

6. collecting money, actually. He is the biggest fundraiser...

raised 5 mill so far for his coffers this cycle. He's their golden boy.

[BelieveMe3]

10. interesting facts on Ryan budget

As the Congressional Budget Office analysis of Ryan’s budget makes clear, Ryan’s plan would mean that by 2050, all of the government’s discretionary spending (including the defense budget) would account for less than four per cent of G.D.P. Since defense spending in the postwar era has never been less than three per cent of G.D.P., and since Romney has said during the campaign that he doesn’t want defense spending to be below four per cent of G.D.P., this means that the only way for Ryan’s numbers to work would be to effectively eliminate nearly all non-defense discretionary spending, including not just much of the social safety net but infrastructure spending, R. & D. investment, federal support for education, air-traffic control, regulatory and public safety spending, and so on. This would be, needless to say, a radical remaking of the federal government.

Read more http://www.newyorker.com/online/blogs/newsdesk/2012/08/paul-ryans-budget-games.html#ixzz23N7GE5uZ

[otohara]

11. Good To Know

All these little tidbits will come in handy when talking to those dummies who call themselves "independent"

[HopeHoops]

12. IMPRESSIVE RECORD!

[ailsagirl]

13. Isn't he the high achiever???

On second thought, it's probably a good thing.
But what a waste of tax payers' money.