Budget battle continues for Rep. Ryan April 10th, 2011 01:17 PM
ET 3 years ago  Budget battle continues for Rep. Ryan
Washington (CNN) – The battle over the budget came down to the
wire in Congress this week, but the fight is far from over for
House Budget Committee Chairman Rep. Paul Ryan.  Ryan,
R-Wisconsin, is the man behind "The Path to Prosperity" – a
drastic budget plan that has been criticized by Democrats as
barely touching the pockets of the nation's wealthiest citizens
or national defense spending, while placing a disproportionate
burden on seniors, the middle class, would-be college students
and the economically disadvantaged.  White House senior adviser
David Plouffe - who made his rounds Sunday appearing on four
morning news shows including CNN's "State of the Union" - said
the "Path to Prosperity" had no chance of being passed into law
in the next year.  In the Republican weekly web and TV address
posted on YouTube Saturday and again Sunday on NBC's "Meet the
Press," Ryan defended his budget th