by smw | 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...
by smw | Mar 1, 2011 | Press Releases, Regulations and Oversight
Senator Ron Johnson (R-WI) today commented on the GAO’s release of a report entitled Opportunities to Reduce Potential Duplication in Government Programs, Save Tax Dollars, and Enhance Revenue:”I applaud Senator Tom Coburn for working to enact legislation...
by smw | Feb 28, 2011 | Op-Eds and Blogs
By David M. Drucker and John StantonThe spotlight returns to Capitol Hill today, where lawmakers are trying to forge a compromise spending bill and avert a government shutdown after a recess that saw the nation riveted by acrimonious budget battles in Wisconsin and...
by smw | Feb 27, 2011 | Op-Eds and Blogs
By Allysia FinleyIt’s hard to believe, but the first time Ron Johnson, Wisconsin’s newly elected Republican senator, saw Washington, D.C., was when he arrived for his Senate orientation in November.Prior to being elected, Mr. Johnson ran a plastics...
by smw | Feb 25, 2011 | Op-Eds and Blogs
By Carl HulseAfter another quiet appearance on the Senate floor, Senator Marco Rubio, the heralded freshman Republican from Florida, quickly made his way back to his office, avoiding eye contact with a phalanx of reporters in the Capitol basement.Not long after Mr....
