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When auto shutdown loomed, Ryan backed off fiscal hawk stance

When General Motors announced in 2008 that it would shut down its assembly plant in Janesville, Wisconsin, local Representative Paul Ryan leaped into action.

Senh: Paul Ryan was in favor of the auto industry bailout and the economic stimulus. Why the hell is he attacking Barack Obama on those issues, then? What a hypocrite.

 

Ryan's spending votes get a second look

As a congressman in a comfortably safe Wisconsin district, Rep. Paul Ryan voted for some expensive initiatives while building a reputation as a serious conservative. But now that he is Mitt Romney's running mate, some of his ideological inconsistencies are now coming under the microscope.

 

Ryan called stimulus wasteful, then sought funds

Paul Ryan has been one of the harshest critics of President Barack Obama's 2009 economic stimulus package. But that hasn't stopped the Wisconsin congressman from trying to help companies in his home state tap into the funds....

 

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