BUDGET

Think Bold, Ryan Tells Conservatives

Chet Susslin

Rep. Paul Ryan talks about the republican budget proposal at a press conference on Capitol Hill on Tuesday, April 5, 2011.

Updated: February 10, 2012 | 6:31 a.m.
February 9, 2012 | 10:02 p.m.

Just three days before President Obama is set to release his federal budget, the House Budget Committee chairman on Thursday rallied the conservative base by attacking Obama's tax, health care, and fiscal policies before a packed conservative audience.

Addressing the Conservative Political Action Conference, Rep. Paul Ryan, R-Wis., urged conservatives to keep promoting what he called bold ideas.

"Boldness and clarity offer the greatest opportunity to create a winning coalition," he said in embargoed prepared remarks. "We will not only win the next election, we have a unique opportunity to sweep and remake the political landscape."

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