Paul Ryan Only Passed 2 Bills Into Law In More Than A Decade

Paul Ryan Only Passed 2 Bills Into Law In More Than A Decade

By Jennifer Bendery | HuffPost | 08/13/2012 9:26 am
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WASHINGTON – “He's been in Congress for nearly 13 years, but Rep. Paul Ryan (R-Wis.) has only seen two of his bills pass into law during that time.

Ryan, who Mitt Romney has tapped as his running mate, passed a bill into law in July 2000 that renames a post office in his district. Thanks to Ryan, the post office on 1818 Milton Ave. in Janesville, Wis., is now known as "Les Aspin Post Office Building."

The other time Ryan saw one of his bills become law was in December 2008, with legislation to change the way arrows (as in bows and arrows) are hit with an excise tax. Specifically, his bill amended the Internal Revenue Code to impose a 39-cent tax per arrow shaft, instead of a 12.4 percent tax on the sales price. The bill also "includes points suitable for use with arrows in the 11 percent excise tax on arrow parts and accessories."

Kevin Seifert, Ryan's congressional spokesman, did not respond to a request for comment.

UPDATE: 2:30 p.m. - It appears Ryan had a personal interest in passing the arrow tax bill: He is an accomplished bowhunter. Jay McAninch, president of the Archery Trade Association, earlier this year praised Ryan on his blog for pushing that bill through.

"Congressman Ryan has never asked for anything from the archery industry when he’s done things for bowhunting," McAninch said. "Nearly 10 years ago, he led an effort to change the tax on arrows and level the playing field for arrow manufacturers, especially those making arrows on American soil. For that, he took nothing from us except our thanks and gratitude."

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Now if the average American did that little in 13 years, we wouldn’t have a job. Wow; naming a post office building after a fellow Wisconsinite who was Sec. of Defense, and another bill (Ryan being an avid bowhunter) subjecting each arrow shaft to a 39-cent tax brings to a close Ryan’s spectacular bill producing career thus far.

That of course qualifies him to be Vice President...blech...

So now we have 2 unqualified men running at the hip for president...
...Romney a corporate raider who made billions in his pursuits of raiding companies as if that qualifies him for anything alse but raiding companies
...and Paul Ryan a hard core conservative who so far has not distinguished himself in anything productive in his career in Congress.

So there you have it, folks...the two mentally disadvantaged people who would lead us out of the woods into the sunlight of prosperity?....double blech...

 

That's my kind of politician, not sucking up tax dollars by writing all sorts of intrusive laws! Thank you Paul Ryan!

 

Are you speaking of ones he personally authored? In that case, that's pretty impressive. I mean how many personally authored bills does the average congressman pass?

 

And hey, haven't you heard? CNN says Ryan's been investing in the stock market and making a profit! This guy's got some nerve I tell ya.

So tell me, sweetheart: tell me about all of Obama's bills passed into law while he was in the Senate.

 

So is this the latest faux Liberal attack.

*cough*

Check Obama's pathetic legislative record and how many budgets he created.

 

Has Obama even gotten any democrats to vote for his bills?

I think RomRy would be more than happy to go down this road.

 

I guess we owe Agent some gratitude for starting this thread.

 

Good point.... Obama's budget was voted against UNANIMOUSLY in the Senate.

 

My kind of guy, he keeps his nose out of our business by passing less usless laws. Libs somehow think this is bad...LOL

 

I still want to know how the heck that happened. I mean were they all telling him in private, "yeah, we're down bro." ??

 

We already have two mentally disadvantaged people in the White House. 8.3% unemployment, 14.9% underemployment, less work force participation than in decades, more folks getting on the disability roles than finding a new Obamanomics job AND GDP @ 1.5%. We could do better picking 2 homeless guys off skid row than Obama and Biden.

 

You beat me to it! Let's go back and review Obama's record of accomplishment in Congress, shall we? I'm sure he led the Senate in Did Not Vote and how many bills did he pass?
That would be...NONE.