Last week, I wrote about Rep. Paul Ryan's so-called budget "solution," a "solution" that was really nothing more than the same old tired Republican policies of the last 20-odd years coupled with a healthy dose of smoke and mirrors. Thankfully, Rep. Ryan's colleagues in the U.S. House of Representatives saw his plan for what it is and voted it down last night:
293 Members of Congress, including 20 percent of House Republicans voted against Janesville Republican Paul Ryan’s alternate budget last night, killing the bill and sending a clear message that Americans won’t stand for more of the same failed Bush-policies and multi-trillion dollar tax cuts for the rich Ryan was proposing.
It's good to see that even Rep. Ryan's fellow House Repbulicans realize the folly of his budget plan, and hopefully this will put a little tarnish on Rep. Ryan's rising star within the GOP.