by smw | Aug 4, 2011 | Op-Eds and Blogs
Six Republican senators on Wednesday called on Senate leaders to ensure that a new congressional deficit-reduction committee meets in public and before television cameras.The 12-member super committee, comprised of an equal number of Democratic and Republican...
by smw | Aug 3, 2011 | Press Releases, Wisconsin Events
Oshkosh, Wisconsin – Senator Ron Johnson (WI) announced today that his staff would be available for mobile office hours at the dates and locations listed below. These office hours allow constituents to meet with the Senator’s staff to request assistance...
by smw | Aug 3, 2011 | Op-Eds and Blogs
By Scott Wong and Glenn ThrushThe debt ceiling crisis barely was averted Tuesday when President Barack Obama and other top Democrats were ready to change the subject.Obama offered little praise for the $2.1 trillion deficit package during a press conference at the...
by smw | Aug 3, 2011 | Op-Eds and Blogs
By Stephanie CondonAfter passing a deal to raise the debt ceiling on Tuesday, Democrats vowed to focus intensely on jobs from here on out. Republicans are all too happy to oblige.Heading into the 2012 election cycle, the campaign arm of the Senate Republican caucus is...
by smw | Aug 2, 2011 | Op-Eds and Blogs
By David DruckerLess than 48 hours to debate perhaps the most far-reaching budget bill in a generation is not what freshman Republican Senators had in mind when they ran for office in 2010.With a complicated, multifaceted deal to raise the debt ceiling consummated...