by smw | Feb 21, 2013 | Op-Eds and Blogs
Five days before Chuck Hagel is expected to be confirmed as Secretary of Defense, 15 GOP senators have signed a letter asking President Obama to withdraw his nomination.”While we respect Sen. Hagel’s honorable military service, in the interest of national...
by smw | Feb 18, 2013 | Op-Eds and Blogs
Lawmakers on Friday asked the U.S. Department of Justice inspector general to launch an investigation into an undercover federal sting operation in Milwaukee that was marred by a series of missteps and failures.The letter was written by U.S. Reps. Jim Sensenbrenner...
by smw | Feb 14, 2013 | Op-Eds and Blogs
From President Obama’s State of the Union address, one might have come away with the impression that the nation’s finances are hunky-dory. Obama suggested that most of the heavy lifting on deficit reduction is already done, and that the rest can be...
by smw | Feb 13, 2013 | Op-Eds and Blogs
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Wisconsin Senator Ron Johnson’s face is on a photo making the rounds on social media titled “The 22 Republican men who voted against the violence against women act.”But Senator Johnson says there’s more to the...
by smw | Feb 13, 2013 | Op-Eds and Blogs
Republican Wisconsin Senator Ron Johnson says he was disappointed by what he did not hear in President Obama’s State of the Union address on Tuesday evening.Johnson says he did not hear adequate plans for reducing the country’s growing debt burden due...