Morning Roundup: House GOP Agenda is the #WrongWay to Address Poverty
Today, Speaker Paul Ryan and House Republicans are unveiling the first plank of their #BetterWay agenda, meant to address poverty. But early press coverage provides a few key takeaways:
-Their “new” agenda isn’t really new at all – they have only repackaged the same GOP proposals we’ve seen in the past.
-Ryan’s attempt to present a “better” vision than his presumptive Presidential nominee has resulted in more infighting among his Members and legislative paralysis.
-And the ideas they have offered provide little detail and (no surprise to us) they won’t actually address poverty.
A look at this morning’s news shows the GOP plan is the #WrongWay to address poverty, and just better spin on the same old GOP ideas:
Politico: New House Republican 'anti-poverty plan' repackages GOP proposals
“Speaker Paul Ryan and House Republicans will roll out a new plan on Tuesday to fight poverty and help Americans move up the economic ladder, yet much of this latest initiative is repackaged GOP proposals likely to win only limited support from Democrats.”
Washington Post: Ryan to unveil anti-poverty proposal as part of election-year policy agenda
“…Speaker Paul D. Ryan on Tuesday will unveil a proposal for fighting poverty that identifies a long list of policy ills but stops short of prescribing specific legislative fixes.”
“Many of the specific policy prescriptions aimed at addressing the problems identified in the paper were left out because members couldn’t agree on details such as how to prevent waste and fraud, according to aides.”
CQ: House GOP Calls for Flexibility for States in Poverty Programs
“House Republicans will release a report Tuesday that lays out their vision for fighting poverty, but there's little detail on how they would attempt to restructure existing anti-poverty programs to achieve their goals.”
“The report appears to advocate a similar approach [to Ryan’s ‘opportunity grant’] but with few specifics about how it would be administered.”
ABC News: Amid GOP Discord, Ryan Focuses on Policy
“House Speaker Paul Ryan is proposing an overhaul of the nation's poverty programs…Ryan won't immediately translate most of these ideas into legislation.”