By David M. DruckerIn Congressional leadership races, personality and experience still trump grass-roots pressure.Sen. Roy Blunt (Mo.) defeated Sen. Ron Johnson (Wis.) 25-22 on Tuesday in...
Associated Press: Enzi, Barrasso co-sponsor bill to rein in deficit
U.S. Sens. Mike Enzi and John Barrasso have signed on to legislation to reduce spending and streamline the federal government.The Wyoming Republicans are co-sponsors of a bill introduced by...
Washington Post: Movember is over. Are moustaches too?
Pro: The ‘Stache Bash reaches Capitol Hill. Staffers for Sen. Ron Johnson (R-Wis.) joined a team called "The Rollies Fingers" to grow their moustaches for Movember, reports Roll Call. Their team was...
Roll Call: More Than Lip Service: ’Stache Bash Raises Money for Men’s Cancer Awareness
Sen. Ron Johnson is as clean-cut as they come — a button-down Midwesterner with nary a hint of hair on his face.His staff, well, that's another story, at least this month.Four members of the...
Lakeland Times: Deficit committee can’t reach a deal
The so-called supercommittee to reduce the federal deficit has turned out not to be so super, after announcing this week a failure to meet a deadline to cut $1.2 trillion from the budget over the...
Appleton Post Crescent: Hmong New Year celebration bridges old, new generations
Girls draped in bright, traditional fabrics and silver beads tossed tennis balls to boys in Aeropostale and PacSun sweatshirts as Hmong and English words blended together in the Appleton East High...
WBAY: Debt Supercommittee Fails
Gridlock turns to failure as the bipartisan committee charged with cutting more than a trillion dollars from the nation's budget over the next decade says an agreement won't be reached.The collapse...
Rivertowns.net: ‘Super-Committee’ stumble no surprise to state bankers
At least some financial experts were not surprised that the congressional "Super-Committee" could not meet Monday's deadline to strike a deal on cutting the national debt. It was blamed for a...
Lakeland Times: U.S. national debt tops $15 trillion, but you ain’t seen nothing yet
The U.S. national debt topped $15 trillion for the first time last week, prompting an outcry from Republican lawmakers and underscoring the perilous financial state the nation is in. Not only is the...
620 WTMJ News Radio: Wisconsin lawmakers release statements on failed deficit agreement
The bipartisan leadership of a special congressional deficit supercommittee has officially announced that the panel has failed to reach an agreement.Democratic Sen. Patty Murray and Republican Rep....