At a time when finding jobs for Americans is one of the nation's highest priorities, the malfunction-plagued launch of the new USAJobs website is on the verge of becoming a...
WXOW: Sen. Johnson Questions Protests
Critics of "Occupy Wall Street" and related demonstrations around the country lack focus, and are posing a safety risk and a financial strain on law enforcement in those cities. Wisconsin...
Patch.com: Senator Ron Johnson Meets with Local Media During Hudson Visit
Freshman Republican U.S. Sen. Ron Johnson visited the River Channel studio in Hudson on Saturday morning to meet with members of the local media. It's been almost a year since Johnson defeated...
Hudson Star Observer: Sen. Johnson in Hudson Saturday, talks about various issues
Wisconsin U.S. Senator Ron Johnson (Republican from Oshkosh) was in Hudson Saturday morning and took questions from reporters at the Hudson cable access studio, 901 Fourth St.He addressed several...
Scripps Howard: Washcall: B-52s fly on – National Guard seat – Disaster Twins in peril
This past week marked the dismantling of the last of America's largest nuclear bombs, a 10,000-pound B53 that was hundreds of times more powerful than the atomic bomb dropped on Hiroshima.But while...
Agri View: Senate Votes to Keep Potatoes in Schools
The U.S. potato industry has won round one of a hard-fought battle to keep spuds on school lunch menus. Last week, the U.S. Senate unanimously approved an amendment offered by U.S. Sens. Susan...
Center for Individual Freedom: Federal Workforce Savings Made Easy
No good reason exists, none whatsoever, for Congress' budgetary "supercommittee" to fail to identify at least $1.2 trillion in ten-year cuts without raising taxes. Wisconsin's freshman Republican...
The Washington Post: A Simple Majority is Not Enough
Originally printed in the Washington Post, October 24th, 2011Our Founding Fathers recognized how the unchecked power of a majority would be a constant threat to individual liberty. They acknowledged...
Government Executive: FEMA Urged to Increase Accountability
The Federal Emergency Management Agency and lawmakers considered less error-prone courses for the organization's future during a Senate hearing Thursday. "We want to make sure FEMA has a...
Los Angeles Times: ‘Super committee’ on deficit reduction is getting an earful
Oil lobbyists say now is not the time to end tax loopholes for big oil. Seniors want Social Security protected. Budget watchdogs want nothing less than a total revamp of federal tax and spending...