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** FILE ** House Budget Committee Chairman Rep. Paul Ryan, Wisconsin Republican, speaks about his budget plan during a news conference on Capitol Hill in Washington, Tuesday, March 20, 2012. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin)

HURT: Seriously, can we all agree Ryan deserves our respect?

By Charles Hurt

"I don't think there's anything more important for a jobs measure than China trade," says Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid, Nevada Democrat. The Senate has adjourned for the rest of the week. (Associated Press)

MILLER: Government shutdown threat returns

By Emily Miller - The Washington Times

**FILE** Sen. Tom Coburn, Oklahoma Republican (Associated Press)

GOP senators unveil new Medicare overhaul plan

By Ricardo Alonso-Zaldivar - Associated Press

Federal Reserve Chairman Ben S. Bernanke testifies on Capitol Hill before the House Budget Committee on Thursday, Feb. 2, 2012, in Washington. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster)

Bernanke defends Fed policies against GOP critics

By Martin Crutsinger - Associated Press

Illustration: Medicare twister by Greg Groesch for The Washington Times

ORIENT: Uncle Sam exacts penalty for quitting Medicare

By Dr. Jane M. Orient - The Washington Times

** FILE ** In this June 1, 2011, file photo, House Budget Committee chairman Rep. Paul Ryan, R-Wis., listens outside the White House in Washington. It might be time for another midnight ride by Paul Revere, this time warning "the creditors are coming." (AP Photo/Charles Dharapak, File)

MILLER: Ryan’s reform 2.0

By Emily Miller - The Washington Times

House Budget Committee Chairman Rep. Paul Ryan, Wisconsin Republican, has developed a proposal with Sen. Ron Wyden, Oregon Democrat, that would keep traditional Medicare as an option, competing with private plans. People now 55 or older wouldn't have to make any changes. (Associated Press)

Medicare to change for boomers

By Ricardo Alonso-Zaldivar - Associated Press

WILLIAMS: 2012: An upheaval of monumental proportions

By Armstrong Williams - The Washington Times

House Budget Committee Chairman Rep. Paul Ryan, Wisconsin Republican, has teamed with Sen. Ron Wyden, Oregon Democrat, to offer offering seniors a choice between private plans and a traditional Medicare plan. (Associated Press)

Bipartisan team’s plan would privatize Medicare as option

By Paige Winfield Cunningham and Susan Crabtree - The Washington Times

Wisconsin Rep. Paul Ryan, the top Republican budget writer in the House, has a new plan for Medicare - devised with Democratic Sen. Ron Wyden of Oregon - that would set up a regulated competition with private insurance. (Associated Press)

Inside Politics

By THE WASHINGTON TIMES

**FILE** Republican presidential candidate Newt Gingrich (left) speaks Nov. 12, 2011, during the CBS News/National Journal foreign policy debate at the Benjamin Johnson Arena in Spartanburg, S.C., as fellow candidate and former Mass. Gov. Mitt Romney listens. (Associated Press)

Gingrich, Romney engage in surrogate wars

By Seth McLaughlin - The Washington Times

** FILE ** In this June 1, 2011, file photo, House Budget Committee chairman Rep. Paul Ryan, R-Wis., listens outside the White House in Washington. It might be time for another midnight ride by Paul Revere, this time warning "the creditors are coming." (AP Photo/Charles Dharapak, File)

MILLER: Breaking the spending cycle

By Emily Miller - The Washington Times

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)

MILLER: The waste eraser

By Emily Miller - The Washington Times

** FILE ** Businessman Herman Cain (left), former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney (center) and Texas Gov. Rick Perry are pictured before a Republican presidential debate on Tuesday, Oct. 18, 2011, in Las Vegas. (AP Photo/Isaac Brekken)

GOP hopefuls diverge on alternate health law

By Paige Winfield Cunningham - The Washington Times

Former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney waves after speaking at the Defending the American Dream Summit in Washington on Nov. 4, 2011. (Associated Press)

MILLER: Republican Medicare courage

By Emily Miller - The Washington Times

GOP slams Obama’s millionaires tax as ‘class warfare’

By David Eldridge - The Washington Times

** FILE ** In this June 1, 2011, file photo, House Budget Committee chairman Rep. Paul Ryan, R-Wis., listens outside the White House in Washington. It might be time for another midnight ride by Paul Revere, this time warning "the creditors are coming." (AP Photo/Charles Dharapak, File)

TYRRELL: Ryan withdraws

By R. Emmett Tyrrell Jr. - The Washington Times

Sean Hannity (left) of Fox News interviews former Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin at the Iowa State Fair in Des Moines, Iowa, on Friday, Aug. 12, 2011. (AP Photo/Charles Dharapak)

GOP field likely to get more crowded

By David Eldridge - The Washington Times

Budget chairman dubious of ‘supercommittee’

By Ben Wolfgang - The Washington Times

Allen touts ‘blueprint’ aimed at jobs, waste

By Paige Winfield Cunningham - The Washington Times