LA CROSSE, Wisconsin (WXOW) - The United States Senate voted against extending the George Bush-era tax cuts for all Americans Wednesday - instead opting to endorse a Democratic proposal to only...
The Wall Street Journal: Avoiding Another Shutdown
Republican leaders in Congress haven't done very well negotiating on the budget, and now a new threat looms: a showdown in the fall, before Election Day, that could force Republicans to choose...
Wausau Daily Herald: Obama’s vision puts government first
Originally published in the Wausau Daily Herald, July 25th, 2012Like many Americans still enduring Obama's broken economy, I was astounded by the president's recent comments. It was another...
WEAU: Colorado Theater Massacre: Wis. Sen. Johnson says guns are not the problem
(WEAU) - The mass shooting at a Colorado theater showing The Dark Knight Rises is once stirring the gun control debate in Washington.On Sunday, U.S. Senator Ron Johnson of Wisconsin defended the 2nd...
The Daily Caller: Sen. Johnson: It’s time for Republicans to play offense on spending
Wisconsin Republican Sen. Ron Johnson told The Daily Caller that House Republicans must go on offense now and pass a spending plan that funds the government into 2013 or else congressional Democrats...
Investors Business Daily: The Budget Measure That Could Be A Godsend For Romney
Fiscal Cliff: Prominent Republicans are pushing a bright idea to prevent Democrats' promise of a post-election fiscal crisis: a stopgap funding measure that could also put Mitt Romney back on...
Washington Examiner: GOP must prevent a lame-duck looting session
Originally printed in the Washington Examiner, July 18th, 2012If Republicans want to win big in November, we must do more than show voters how we plan to govern in 2013. We must also demonstrate how...
WJFW Channel 12: Cranberry Growers Hope To Keep Juices In School Vending Machines, Lunches
Manitowish Waters - Juice, sauce, and craisins.That's what cranberries from Northern Wisconsin turn into after harvest. But cranberries aren't naturally sweet. So they add sugar. That's what...
Beaver Dam Daily Citizen: Sen. Johnson staff to visit
MAYVILLE - Sen. Ron Johnson announced that his staff would be available for mobile office hours.The office hours allow constituents to meet with the senator's staff to request assistance with a...
Green Bay Press Gazette: Senator’s staff to be available in Marinette, Lena
Staff members of U.S. Sen. Ron Johnson will be available in Marinette and Lena on July 16.Mobile office hours allow constituents to meet with the senator's staff to request assistance with a federal...
Financial Times: US budget: Pushed to the brink
Alongside the models of space shuttles, fighter jets and marine helicopters, a huge digital clock is counting down to the end of the year.This new feature dominates the foyer of the 17th-floor...
Superior Telegram: Johnson says time to get serious about U.S. fiscal future
Understanding the problem with the nation's deficit and debt is the solution to fixing it, according to U.S. Sen. Ron Johnson, R-Wis.And Johnson is making it his mission to help the American public...
Pierce County Herald: Johnson staff visiting North Hudson Monday
HUDSON - U.S. Sen. Ron Johnson (R) announced that his staff will be available for mobile office hours at the North Hudson Village Hall (board room) on Monday, July 2. The time has been changed to...
NBC 26: Lawmakers React to Supreme Court Decision
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...
The Oshkosh Northwestern: Local reaction to health care ruling: Repeal, relief and doubt
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...
The Daily Caller: Protesters at Supreme Court react to Obamacare decision: ‘We will not comply’
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...
Liberty News Network: Sen. Ron Johnson Tried to Split “Farm Bill” In Two
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...
Wisconsin Ag Connection: Kohl Votes ‘Yea,’ Johnson ‘Nay’ on Senate Farm Bill
Just one day after Wisconsin's Ron Johnson proposed a failed amendment to separate the Senate's version of the farm bill into two separate measures--one for agricultural related policies and the...
The Daily Caller: Sen. Johnson moves to isolate food stamp spending from farm bill
Wisconsin Republican Sen. Ron Johnson has introduced a motion to send the Agriculture, Reform, Food and Jobs Act back to committee and divide it into two separate bills to be considered in two...
Roll Call: School Vouchers Fight Crosses Party Lines
Senate Democrats on the Appropriations Committee broke with the Obama administration today to provide additional funding for a controversial school voucher program in the District of...