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June 30, 2015 Getting Things Done: Expanding American Trade

Since the start of this Congress, the House Ways and Means Committee has been advancing an agenda to move America…

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June 30, 2015 Getting Things Done: Patient-Centered Health Care

Six months into this Congress, the Ways and Means Committee has built up a strong record of success. Earlier, we…

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June 24, 2015 PHOTO: Speaker Boehner Sends TPA to the White House to Become Law

This afternoon, House Ways and Means Committee Chairman Paul Ryan (R-WI) and Trade Subcommittee Chairman Pat Tiberi (R-OH) joined House…

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June 23, 2015 Next at Bat: The Senate Takes Up TPA

Last week, the House of Representatives did its part in helping to deliver better trade deals for American workers. With…

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June 16, 2015 House-Passed Trade Bills Would Lower Taxes

As we’ve noted many times, free trade is fundamentally about lowering trade barriers. Quite often that means lowering or eliminating…

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June 15, 2015 219: Republicans Put TPA over the Top

Amid all the confusion of what exactly happened last week, two things are clear: Democrats deserted their president, and the…

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June 15, 2015 MedPAC June Report Highlights Ways & Means Reforms

Today, the Medicare Payment Advisory Commission (MedPAC) released its June 2015 Report to Congress. These annual reports serve as an…

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June 12, 2015 Ryan Op-Ed: Voting ‘Yes’ on Trade Won’t Give Obama Carte Blanche

Washington Examiner op-ed, by Rep. Paul Ryan The House of Representatives will vote Friday on a bill to establish what’s…

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June 12, 2015 WSJ Editorial: The Return of Growth Economics

By The Wall Street Journal editorial board The House vote on trade-promotion authority scheduled for Friday is a key political…

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June 11, 2015 George Will: Ignore Obama and Vote for Trade Promotion Authority

By George F. Will, Washington Post op-ed Before presidential politics—the game of getting to 270 electoral votes—completely eclipses governing, there…

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