WASHINGTON (AP) — House Speaker Paul Ryan is proposing the first of several policy plans aimed at uniting Republicans fractured by a contentious election and Donald Trump's personality-driven politics.
Ryan's first proposal would overhaul the nation's poverty programs. The proposal would make changes to welfare, food and housing aid, among other programs, to increase work requirements, make the aid more efficient and allow states to make more decisions about how it is distributed. Ryan won't immediately translate most of these ideas into legislation, since his major points wouldn't be enacted under President Barack Obama. But the idea is to set the stage for the future if a Republican should become president.
The Internal Revenue Service has released the names of 426 conservative organizations subjected to additional scrutiny while applying for tax-exempt status between 2010 and 2012.
