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...
Roll Call: Sen. Johnson: Democrats are afraid to release budget plan
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...
AFP: US senators challenge Obama on Libya
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...
Racine Journal Times: Why I Went to Washington
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...
Roll Call Op-Ed: Kyl, Johnson, Sessions and Crapo: ‘Belt of Freedom’ Seeks Valuable U.S. Support
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...
Canada Free Press: Obamacare Challenged in Court and by Members of Congress
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...
The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel: Ron Johnson on Senate Republicans’ meeting Thursday with President Obama
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...
WJFW: Sen. Ron Johnson Supports Balanced Budget Proposal
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...
The Weekly Standard: Senate Conservatives Introduce Plan to Balance Budget in 9 Years, Say They’d Vote for Ryan Plan, Too
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...
Politico: A new breed of Senate hawk
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...