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By Nicholas BallasyIn an interview with The Daily Caller, Senator Ron Johnson warned of dire threats to individual liberty if the Supreme Court were to confirm the constitutionality of president...

Sen. Ron Johnson (R-Wis.) sparred with White House health policy adviser Zeke Emanuel over the costs of the president's signature healthcare reform measure during a segment on MSNBC's "Morning Joe"...

The president insisted — repeatedly — that his party's health care overhaul would roll back spending. Skeptics, of course, knew better. But we wonder how many realized just how costly the reform...

Reform: Leaving ObamaCare in place while striking its individual mandate isn't good enough. The full plan must be scrapped before it drives health premiums even higher.ObamaCare is wildly unpopular...

Senator Ron Johnson (R-Wisc.) said his daughter's life was saved because his family had the freedom to find the doctors they needed to literally reconstruct her infant heart. Johnson also said the...

Skeptical questioning of the individual mandate at the heart of President Barack Obama's health care overhaul by the Supreme Court's conservative bloc, and swing vote Justice Anthony Kennedy in...

On the day the United State Supreme Court wraps up the oral argument phase of the case involving ObamaCare's insurance mandate Wisconsin's junior senator calls the case a "pivotal moment in American...

Originally published in The Hill, March 26th, 2012Our nation's computer systems are vulnerable to online attack. This is a growing threat to our economy and our national security. American...

Sitting in his still sparsely decorated Capitol Hill office, Republican Sen. Ron Johnson acknowledged he most likely would not be there if Democrats had not pushed through their health care reform...

Washington actually got something done.Our nation's capital — usually the land of gridlock — agreed Thursday to a package of bills designed to encourage private investment in small businesses.The...

U.S. Senator Ron Johnson, a Republican from Wisconsin, discusses President Barack Obama's health-care law. The U.S. Supreme Court will hold three days of arguments next week to determine the fate of...

Originally printed in the Wall Street Journal, March 21st, 2012One year after the passage of ObamaCare, this paper published an op-ed I wrote ("ObamaCare and Carey's Heart") about how America's...

Originally printed in Politico, March 16th, 2012The most important policy imperative in the world today is for the United States to balance its budget. Though the reasons we must do so are economic,...

Lawmakers expressed some support Wednesday for proposals that would force Members to cooperate in the name of getting things done, which include blocking Congressional pay in some cases.At a Senate...

Rep. Mike Pompeo says Congress's rejection this week of two energy industry tax breaks will save taxpayers "an enormous amount of money." "For the first time in a long time, the Senate and Congress...

U.S. Senator Ron Johnson (R-Oshkosh) says the Obama White House is grossly under-estimating the costs of its health care reform package. Johnson told reporters in a conference call that it's "pretty...

The U.S. Supreme Court is about to take up a constitutional challenge to President Barack Obama's health care overhaul, and Republicans say the real problem is the cost.Wisconsin Senator Ron Johnson...

GOP Sen. Ron Johnson pressed his case against the new health care law in a conference call with reporters Monday, saying the Obama administration was grossly underestimating its costs."It's pretty...

Freshman Sen. Ron Johnson (R-Wis.) on Monday accused President Obama of plotting a single-payer healthcare plan that would cost U.S. taxpayers $1 trillion annually and lead to national...

Wisconsin Corn Growers are focused on communicating their priorities for the 2012 Farm Bill to include a strong revenue-based safety net in place of direct payments. Cal Dalton, a grower in...