Mar 3, 2011 | Op-Eds and Blogs
By Vicki NeedhamEight Republican senators vowed on Thursday to hold up bills that contain new spending and funding for duplicate federal programs. Sens. Tom Coburn (Okla.), John McCain (Ariz.), Jim DeMint (S.C.), John Ensign (Nev.), Ron Johnson (Wis.), Rand Paul...
Mar 3, 2011 | Op-Eds and Blogs
By Clare GoldsberryIn the November 2010 midterm elections, Ron Johnson, owner and president of Pacur Inc. and a Republican politician, beat out Wisconsin’s three-term Democratic senator, Russ Feingold. Until he was elected, there were no manufacturers sitting in...
Mar 3, 2011 | Budget, Debt and Deficit, Jobs and the Economy, Press Releases
Senator Ron Johnson (R-WI) commented today on his commitment to withhold ‘unanimous consent’ for Senate consideration of bills that fail to meet certain criteria. Johnson said:”This year, we will spend 1.65 trillion dollars that we don’t have....
Mar 2, 2011 | Op-Eds and Blogs
By Robert CostaIn late February, Rep. Paul Ryan, the rangy Republican who chairs the House Budget Committee, addressed a group of businessmen in a ballroom overlooking frozen Lake Monona. Down the street, inside Madison’s snow-covered state capitol, throngs of...
Mar 2, 2011 | Budget, Debt and Deficit, Press Releases
Senator Ron Johnson (R-WI) today commented on the Senate vote to pass a two-week continuing resolution funding measure, which cuts $4 billion from 2011 spending:”It is a shame we are having to deal with a budget that was supposed to be passed in the fall of...
