Jun 29, 2012 | Op-Eds and Blogs
Lawmakers from northeast Wisconsin are reacting to the Supreme Court’s ruling.”It’s now in the hands of Congress and the hands of American people,” said Sen. Ron Johnson (R) Wisconsin.But on the other side, former Democratic Congressman, Dr....
Jun 29, 2012 | Op-Eds and Blogs
The Supreme Court’s ruling on the Affordable Care Act set off a steady stream of local reaction Thursday with lawmakers calling for the bill’s repeal, health care providers scrambling to implement its provisions and residents expressing relief and doubt...
Jun 28, 2012 | Health Care, Press Releases
Washington, D.C. – Senator Ron Johnson (WI) released the following statement regarding today’s Supreme Court decision on Obamacare:”Today’s Obamacare decision establishes that there is no area of Americans’ private lives that is off...
Jun 28, 2012 | Op-Eds and Blogs
The shocked tea partiers who gathered outside the Supreme Court on Thursday to hear the court’s ruling on President Barack Obama’s health care reform law struck a defiant tone immediately after it was announced that that the law will be upheld.”A...
Jun 25, 2012 | Op-Eds and Blogs
Yesterday when I wrote about the so-called “Farm Bill,” I noted that 80 percent of it was food stamp. I wrote:All good things, as farm bills go, but why on Earth would Republicans not insist the SNAP program be a separate bill and vote solely on farm...