By David M. DruckerThe Senate is expected to renew its focus on jobs Monday following a week at home that saw the country unsettled by troubling economic indicators which raised the specter of a...
By David M. DruckerThe Senate is expected to renew its focus on jobs Monday following a week at home that saw the country unsettled by troubling economic indicators which raised the specter of a...
By J.E. EspinoFive months into the job, U.S. Sen. Ron Johnson continues to emphasize the theme of fiscal responsibility in the federalgovernment.In a meeting Wednesday with The Post-Crescent...
By Aaron BeckerSen. Ron Johnson admitted he didn't like talking heavy politics this early in the morning.But he believes the nation's debt is a reality that Americans must face."Our financial...
By Ron JohnsonLast week Treasury Secretary Geithner said: "Our plan is for Congress to pass the debt limit. Our fallback plan is for Congress to pass the debt limit, and our fallback to the...
By Derek WallbankSen. Amy Klobuchar has introduced legislation that would clear the way for a four-lane, highway-style bridge over the St. Croix River to replace the aging Stillwater Lift Bridge...
Just after the federal government reached the debt ceiling limit, U.S. Senator John Cornyn (R-TX), today joined Senator Ron Johnson (R-WI) and several of their Republican colleagues in a letter to...
By Peter SchroederA group of 17 Senate Republicans has sent a direct message to Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner — if the U.S. defaults, it will be your fault.In a letter sent to Geithner...
In the wake of comments criticizing the White House for not preparing to potentially hit the nation's debt ceiling, U.S. Sen. Ron Johnson has signed onto a letter calling on the Obama administration...
By Kay JamesRepublican National Committee Chairman Reince Priebus told the annual convention of the Wisconsin Republican Party, that Wisconsin was the center of political change and Republicans have...
By Jason SteinAt the state GOP convention in Wisconsin Dells, U.S. Sen. Ron Johnson said Saturday he would use the upcoming raising of the federal debt ceiling to seek cuts in federal spending...
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...
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...
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...
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...
By Darla DawaldEarlier today Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell was joined by 44 Senate Republican colleagues as he filed the amicus brief with the 11th Circuit Court of Appeals. The brief was...
By Craig GilbertMeeting today with President Obama, Wisconsin Sen. Ron Johnson said he and his GOP colleagues tried to communicate to the President that "if he decides to step up to the plate in...
Republican Senator Ron Johnson co-sponsors Republican and Pennsylvania Senator Pat Toomey's Balanced Budget Proposal.The plan, according to Toomey, balances the budget in nine years without raising...
By John McCormackThe latest indestructible media meme is that Republicans are in disarray over Paul Ryan's proposed Medicare reform. "Republican rift widens on Medicare," write The Hill's...
By Scott WongPolitical uprisings in the Muslim world, and now the death of Osama bin Laden, are giving rise to a new generation of foreign policy hawks in the Senate who are breaking with the...
By Bob WolfleyBecause the U.S. Open golf championship on June 16-20 is being held at Congressional Country Club in Washington, D.C., Golf Digest decided to rank what it calls Washington's top 150...