House Committee On The Budget

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The 2012 budget proposed by House Budget Committee Chairman Paul Ryan, Wisconsin Republican, (left next to Rep. Chris Van Hollen, Maryland Democrat) includes additional billions of dollars for defense but at a slower rate of growth. (Rod Lamkey Jr./The Washington Times)

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Rep. Paul D. Ryan, chairman of the House Budget Committee, touts his 2012 federal budget during a news conference on Capitol Hill in Washington on Tuesday, April 5, 2011. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

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PROGRESS: Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid comments to the news media Tuesday on the new budget proposed by Rep. Paul Ryan, chairman of the House Budget Committee. (Rod Lamkey Jr./The Washington Times)

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"We have a moral imperative ... to stand up and do what is necessary to fix this country," House Budget Committee Chairman Paul Ryan, Wisconsin Republican, said of his budget proposal that reduces government spending by $5.8 trillion over the next 10 years. (Associated Press)

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Speaker of the House John A. Boehner, Ohio Republican, talks Tuesday about the budget proposed by Rep. Paul Ryan, Wisconsin Republican, who chairs the House Budget Committee. (Rod Lamkey Jr./The Washington Times)

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House Budget Committee Chairman Paul Ryan, R-Wis., left, and the Senate Budget Committee's top Republican, Sen. Jeff Sessions of Alabama, right, give the GOP response to President Obama's budget submission for Fiscal Year 2012, on Capitol Hill in Washington, Monday, Feb. 14, 2011. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

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House Budget Committee Chairman Rep. Paul Ryan (left), Wisconsin Republican, and the committee's ranking Democrat, Rep. Chris Van Hollen of Maryland, are still divided on budget cuts. (Associated Press)

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"Put simply, our fiscal problem is a health care problem," says House Budget Committee Chairman Paul D. Ryan, Wisconsin Republican. (Associated Press)

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Rep. Paul Ryan, Wisconsin Republican, is chairman of the House Budget Committee.

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Rep. John M. Spratt Jr., the 14-term chairman of the House Budget Committee, lost in South Carolina. (Associated Press)

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**FILE** Rep. Charles Djou, Hawaii Republican and the former Honolulu city councilman who recently replaced Rep. Neil Abercrombie, attends his first meeting on the House Budget Committee on June 9, 2010. (Associated Press)