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Paul Ryan

U.S. Rep. Paul Ryan, R.-Wis., became Speaker of the House in 2015 and served until his retirement in January 2019. Ryan was elected to represent southern Wisconsin in Congress in 1998 and for part of his tenure chaired the House Budget Committee. He was Mitt Romney's vice-presidential running mate in the 2012 presidential election. He did not seek re-election in 2018.

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Latest Fact-Checks Of Paul Ryan

Yes, it’s true. Support for Trump in Wisconsin’s WOW counties has declined.
By D.L. Davis
April 18, 2023

"WOW county swing suburban voters (in Wisconsin) don't vote for Donald Trump.”

Paul Ryan says Democratic leaders are threatening to take away all benefits from tax reform law
By Tom Kertscher
May 2, 2018

Says that on the tax reform law, Democratic leaders "are promising to take it all away."

After Parkland, Paul Ryan cites law on mentally ill and guns, but it has limited reach
By Tom Kertscher
February 26, 2018

We "have laws on the books designed to prevent people with mental illnesses from getting firearms."

Paul Ryan claims 1986 tax reform, like the current one, had low public support just before passage
By Tom Kertscher
December 18, 2017

The 1986 tax reform approved under Ronald Reagan "was polling at about 18 percent right before they passed it."

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By Tom Kertscher
December 8, 2017

Under the House Republican tax plan, in Wisconsin, "the median household of four gets about a $2,000 tax cut, on average."

Would the House GOP tax plan save a typical family $1,182?
By Louis Jacobson
November 3, 2017

"With this plan, the typical family of four will save $1,182 a year on their taxes."

Is GOP tax reform framework aimed at giving breaks to the middle class, not high-income earners?
By Tom Kertscher
October 13, 2017

The Republican tax reform proposal is focused on tax breaks for the middle class "and not about people who are really high-income earners getting a…

Paul Ryan: 35% corporate tax rate keeps $3 trillion in ‘trapped cash’ overseas from coming to U.S.
By Tom Kertscher
September 15, 2017

"We've got about $3 trillion in trapped cash overseas that basically can't come back in this country because of our tax laws."  

Paul Ryan’s misleading claim about a single mom, not Aaron Rodgers, paying the highest tax rate
By Tom Kertscher
September 1, 2017

Says Aaron Rodgers "is not the highest tax rate payer" in Wisconsin, it's "the single mom getting 24 grand in benefits with two kids who…

Pants on Fire! Paul Ryan uses old stat to claim counties will have no Obamacare insurer in 2018
By Jon Greenberg
August 24, 2017

"We’ve got dozens of counties around America that have zero insurers left."

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