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As part of an ambitious budget plan he unveiled earlier in the day, Rep. Paul Ryan on Tuesday afternoon called for an overhaul to the American social safety net, including reforms to Medicaid, Medicare, food stamps, housing assistance and job training.Speaking with the NewsHour Judy Woodruff, the Wisconsin Republican called for Medicaid to grow at a slower rate and for Washington to provide block grants to states to customize Medicaid and other social programs to suit the needs of their populations. The problem we have, Judy, is the social safety net is tearing apart by the seams and we need to modernize the safety net for the 21st century, because these programs haven ;t really been reformed since the 1960s, he said.Here is an excerpt of an interview that will air on Tuesday night PBS NewsHour broadcast: > JUDY WO stanley cup ODRUFF: But is the ultimate goal fewer stanley cup people on Medicaid REP. PAUL RYAN: Well, hopefully, we have more jobs and more prosperity so people aren ;t on Medicaid. Of course, we want less people on Medicaid because that means people are making more money and they ;re having better lives and they ;re having more income. This budget also has been scored by outside economists as increasing disposable income, increasing jobs, lowering unemployment, bringing more prosperity to America.JUDY WOODRUFF: But in the sense tha stanley cup t there less money going to Medicaid.REP. PAUL RYAN: So this grows Medicaid JUDY WOODRUFF: P Pzaq Twitter chat: Forced marriage in the U.S. It happens here
It been more than five months since the Arab Spring first swept into Libya, shaking Colonel Moammar Gadhafi 42-year grip on power and spawning a deadly civil war that has killed up to 15,000 people, according to the U.N. Human Rights Council.The NewsHour takes a look back at some of the pivotal events that have led to this moment from the protests first breaking out in Tripoli to the U.N. Security Council vote that established a no-fly zone over Libyan airspace and President Obama address to the nation that detailed U.S. involvement in the crisis. Last Friday, the United States joined more than 30 countries in stanley cup formally recognizing the main opposition group, known as the Transitional National Council, as the legitimate government of Libya. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton announced the decision during a diplomatic meeting in Istanbul. The move will unfreeze $30 billion in assets taken from the Gadhafi regime and could then be given to the opposition.The Associated Press reported that U.S. and Libyan officials secretly met over the weekend, and that the State Department said the meeting was held to deliver a clear and firm message that the only way to move forward is for Gadhafi to step down.Yet what remains unclear is how long the NATO-led air stanley cup campaign against Gadhafi forces, now e jordan ntering their fifth month, will continue and if the increase in funding will help bolster a rebel offensive that has been marked by in
As part of an ambitious budget plan he unveiled earlier in the day, Rep. Paul Ryan on Tuesday afternoon called for an overhaul to the American social safety net, including reforms to Medicaid, Medicare, food stamps, housing assistance and job training.Speaking with the NewsHour Judy Woodruff, the Wisconsin Republican called for Medicaid to grow at a slower rate and for Washington to provide block grants to states to customize Medicaid and other social programs to suit the needs of their populations. The problem we have, Judy, is the social safety net is tearing apart by the seams and we need to modernize the safety net for the 21st century, because these programs haven ;t really been reformed since the 1960s, he said.Here is an excerpt of an interview that will air on Tuesday night PBS NewsHour broadcast: > JUDY WO stanley cup ODRUFF: But is the ultimate goal fewer stanley cup people on Medicaid REP. PAUL RYAN: Well, hopefully, we have more jobs and more prosperity so people aren ;t on Medicaid. Of course, we want less people on Medicaid because that means people are making more money and they ;re having better lives and they ;re having more income. This budget also has been scored by outside economists as increasing disposable income, increasing jobs, lowering unemployment, bringing more prosperity to America.JUDY WOODRUFF: But in the sense tha stanley cup t there less money going to Medicaid.REP. PAUL RYAN: So this grows Medicaid JUDY WOODRUFF: P Pzaq Twitter chat: Forced marriage in the U.S. It happens here
It been more than five months since the Arab Spring first swept into Libya, shaking Colonel Moammar Gadhafi 42-year grip on power and spawning a deadly civil war that has killed up to 15,000 people, according to the U.N. Human Rights Council.The NewsHour takes a look back at some of the pivotal events that have led to this moment from the protests first breaking out in Tripoli to the U.N. Security Council vote that established a no-fly zone over Libyan airspace and President Obama address to the nation that detailed U.S. involvement in the crisis. Last Friday, the United States joined more than 30 countries in stanley cup formally recognizing the main opposition group, known as the Transitional National Council, as the legitimate government of Libya. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton announced the decision during a diplomatic meeting in Istanbul. The move will unfreeze $30 billion in assets taken from the Gadhafi regime and could then be given to the opposition.The Associated Press reported that U.S. and Libyan officials secretly met over the weekend, and that the State Department said the meeting was held to deliver a clear and firm message that the only way to move forward is for Gadhafi to step down.Yet what remains unclear is how long the NATO-led air stanley cup campaign against Gadhafi forces, now e jordan ntering their fifth month, will continue and if the increase in funding will help bolster a rebel offensive that has been marked by in
