By Steve ContornoGannett Wisconsin Media GREEN BAY — U.S. Sen. Ron Johnson campaigned as a staunch, fiscal conservative, but when he had the chance to vote on spending cuts he promised voters, he...
New York Post: Obama’s boom in job-killing jobs
By RAMESH PONNURUPresident Obama can take credit for a boom in at least one economic sector: Since he took office, employment has surged 13 percent at federal regulatory agencies. The...
Johnson: Congress needs to get fiscal house in order
Wisconsin senator predicts no real changes until 2012 elections Wisconsin's junior senator predicts that the United States is headed towards a Greece-like catastrophe unless it gets its fiscal house...
Ashland Daily Press: Johnson: Congress needs to get fiscal house in order
Wisconsin senator predicts no real changes until 2012 elections By RICK OLIVOWisconsin's junior senator predicts that the United States is headed towards a Greece-like catastrophe unless it gets its...
The Superior Telegram: Johnson: Economy, less government solution to deficit
By Shelley NelsonWashington D.C. doesn't have an ideology problem; it has a math problem.That's according to Sen. Ron Johnson, the Oshkosh Republican who defeated former Wisconsin Sen. Russ Feingold...
The Hill, Floor Action Blog: Obama doesn’t know what to do, says GOP senator
By Josiah RyanPresident Obama seems baffled by the numerous problems facing the country, suggested freshman Sen. Ron Johnson (R-Wis.) on Wednesday."I realize, very sadly, he doesn't know what to...
The Oshkosh Northwestern: U.S. Sen. Ron Johnson says nation faces tipping point due to ‘culture of entitlement’
By Jeff BollierU.S. Sen. Ron Johnson Wednesday urged members of a service organization to go beyond community involvement to help build a groundswell of support for change necessary to avert a...
Appleton Post Crescent: Regional politicians excited to join Packers in D.C.
Local officials will follow the Green Bay Packers on their trip today to the White House, but will do so on their own dime.Green Bay Mayor Jim Schmitt announced last week he would fly to Washington,...
The Washington Times: Red-tape timeout
By Emily MillerPresident Obama stubbornly clings to the idea that adding government regulations will help the economy. Even the dire economic conditions won't get in the way of his ideology. On...
National Review Online: Senator Johnson Asks: ‘Are We Going to Reward . . . Hard Choices?’
By Robert CostaAs he prepares to watch the returns tonight from his home in Oshkosh, first-term Republican senator Ron Johnson tells National Review Online that the recall elections will have...