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  Talk to Paul Ryan? It'll cost you
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Last EditedRP  Aug 16, 2011 12:59pm
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AuthorREID J. EPSTEIN
News DateTuesday, August 16, 2011 11:20:00 PM UTC0:0
DescriptionIt will cost $15 to ask Rep. Paul Ryan (R-Wis.) a question in person during the August congressional recess.

The House Budget Committee chairman isn’t holding any face-to-face open-to-the-public town hall meetings during the recess, but like several of his colleagues he will speak only for residents willing to open their wallets.

Ryan, who took substantial criticism from his southeast Wisconsin constituents in April after he introduced the Republicans’ budget proposal, isn’t the only member of congress whose August recess town hall-style meetings are strictly pay-per-view.
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