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By Tina KorbeWhile some members of Congress still attempt to unscramble all the details of the six-month spending deal struck by leadership last week, Sen. Ron Johnson (R-Wis.) said he's already...

Thank you Mr. President. It is my honor to represent the good people of Wisconsin in the United States Senate. It is an awesome responsibility - a responsibility I take very seriously.Today, it is...

By Glenn Thrush and Jonathan AllenThe low point may have come Thursday night.House Speaker John Boehner (R-Ohio) had spent more than an hour meeting with President Barack Obama in the Oval...

By Gregory SimmonsAs House and Senate lawmakers scramble to avert a government shutdown, one Republican senator says the debate over spending is "certainly a fight worth having.""I don't need a...

This wasn't a resolution to authorize operations in Libya but something far craftier — a resolution reaffirming Obama's own words from 2007 that "the President does not have power under the...

By Ron JohnsonToday is the first anniversary of the greatest single assault on our freedom in my lifetime: the signing of ObamaCare. As we consider what this law may do to our country, I can't help...

By Emily CadeiTea party-backed Republican freshmen in Congress are facing the first American military campaign initiated under their watch, and their reactions have varied dramatically.Many have...

By Bernie BeckerA group of seven GOP senators is looking to add further pressure on the White House on trade, penning a letter asking President Obama to negotiate a free trade agreement that covers...

By Shira ToeplitzTwenty-two Republicans senators are threatening to vote against raising the debt ceiling later this year unless the president concedes to cuts in Social Security, Medicare and...