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Before releasing his budget publicly, Rep. Paul Ryan (R-Wis.) gave Senate Republicans a private briefing about the plan in early April. During that meeting, Sen. Rand Paul, a Tea Party-backed freshman from Kentucky, challenged Ryan in front of the rest of their party, according to two GOP aides briefed on the meeting.
Sen. Paul said Rep. Ryan's plan did not do enough to cut spending and relied on too much deficit spending for too long, according to the aides.
Paul Ryan, Rand Paul Clash Privately Over Budget
Of course everyone is calling the timid and pointless Ryan budget "radical," which it's not even remotely close to being. If you don't balance the budget now, and cut spending now then you're not serious about either.