May 20, 2011 | Op-Eds and Blogs
By Daniel Strauss Democrats are afraid to put forward their own budget and just want to “scare” the public into raising the debt ceiling, Sen. Ron Johnson (R-Wis.) said Friday.”I think they’re afraid to put one forward,” Johnson said on...
May 18, 2011 | Op-Eds and Blogs
In a challenge to President Barack Obama’s handling of the conflict in Libya, a group of US senators accused him Wednesday of violating a 1973 law aimed at curtailing the White House’s war powers.Conservative Republicans Rand Paul, Jim DeMint, Mike Lee,...
May 18, 2011 | Budget, Debt and Deficit, Press Releases
Senator Ron Johnson (WI) today called on Senate Democrats to introduce a budget resolution:”As a manufacturer, I realize that in order to produce anything, you have to have a process that is in control. Washington is obviously out of control. This helps explain...
May 17, 2011 | Op-Eds and Blogs
Originally printed in the Racine Journal Times, May 17th, 2011 One year ago, I decided to step up to the plate and run for the U.S. Senate. I made that decision because I believe that for too long, elected officials from both parties have not told the American...
May 16, 2011 | Op-Eds and Blogs
By Sens. Jon Kyl, Ron Johnson, Jeff Sessions and Mike CrapoTwenty years after the dissolution of the Soviet Union and the reassertion of their independence, Ukraine, Georgia, Lithuania, Latvia and Estonia have been well-described as a “belt of freedom and...