By Jennifer RubinSen. Ron Johnson (R-Wis.), a former businessman and now a freshman senator, held a conference call Thursday afternoon with a small group of bloggers. For a freshman, he's entirely...
Talk Radio News: Senate Republicans: No More Funding For NPR
Sens. Richard Shelby (R-Ala.), Ron Johnson (R-Wis.) and Lindsey Graham (R-S.C.) wrote to Senate Appropriations Subcommittee Chairman Tom Harkin (D-Iowa), requesting his help in their effort to...
Smart Girl Politics: Senator Ron Johnson (WI): “Mob Rule and Thuggery is Not Democratic”
Today, Sen. Ron Johnson, a newly elected lawmaker from the state of Wisconsin, held a conference call with bloggers to discuss the recent spending votes in the Senate and the generally dismal fiscal...
The Hill: Republican Senators vow to hold up bills that contain new spending, programs
By Vicki NeedhamEight Republican senators vowed on Thursday to hold up bills that contain new spending and funding for duplicate federal programs. Sens. Tom Coburn (Okla.), John McCain (Ariz.),...
Plastics Today: Mr. Johnson, plastics processor, goes to Washington
By Clare GoldsberryIn the November 2010 midterm elections, Ron Johnson, owner and president of Pacur Inc. and a Republican politician, beat out Wisconsin's three-term Democratic senator, Russ...
National Review: Brothers in Arms
By Robert CostaIn late February, Rep. Paul Ryan, the rangy Republican who chairs the House Budget Committee, addressed a group of businessmen in a ballroom overlooking frozen Lake Monona. Down the...
Roll Call: First Budget Deal Looks Close
By David M. Drucker and John StantonThe spotlight returns to Capitol Hill today, where lawmakers are trying to forge a compromise spending bill and avert a government shutdown after a recess that...
The Wall Street Journal: Mr. Johnson Goes to Washington
By Allysia FinleyIt's hard to believe, but the first time Ron Johnson, Wisconsin's newly elected Republican senator, saw Washington, D.C., was when he arrived for his Senate orientation in...
New York Times: New Senators’ Goals May Be Shaped by Their Styles
By Carl HulseAfter another quiet appearance on the Senate floor, Senator Marco Rubio, the heralded freshman Republican from Florida, quickly made his way back to his office, avoiding eye contact...
CNBC: Labor Unions Are ‘Bankrupting States’: Sen. Johnson
By Michelle LodgeThe collective bargaining process with public sector unions needs to be restructured to keep labor unions from "bankrupting states," Sen. Ron Johnson, (R-Wisc.), told CNBC...