By Lalit K. JhaSen. Herb Kohl (D-WI) on Monday introduced a resolution in the U.S. Senate congratulating the Green Bay Packers on their Super Bowl victory over the Pittsburgh Steelers in Super Bowl...
Real Clear Politics: Sessions Cosponsors Reins Act
Senator Rand Paul (Ky) last night introduced the REINS Act, or Regulations From the Executive in Need of Scrutiny Act of 2011, on the Senate floor.Designed to increase accountability for and...
Politico: GOP-ers push bill to block health changes
By Brett CoughlinSixteen conservative Republican senators dropped a bill this morning that would put the brakes on implementation of last year's sweeping health care law — if their proposal ever...
Roll Call: Senators Press Boehner for Deeper Spending Cuts
By Jackie KucinichA group of conservative Senators are calling on Speaker John Boehner to cut at least $100 billion from the president's budget request — significantly more than House Republicans...
CNBC: Sen. Ron Johnson: I Stand With Obama Against Earmarks
By Lori Ann LaRocooWe're a little less than two weeks away until the White House releases its 2012 budget and both sides are getting ready to battle.The Republicans continue to vow to drastically...
Ashland Current: Local Freshwater Advocate Travels To Washington, D.C.
By Claudia BromanMichele Wheeler, the executive director of the Bad River Watershed Association, traveled out east this week to participate in Washington, D.C.'s annual Great Lakes Day."I'd never...
WisPolitics: Johnson, Kohl split on health care repeal motion
Wisconsin's U.S. senators split on today's effort by Republicans to repeal federal health care reform.U.S. Sen. Herb Kohl, D-Milwaukee, voted against the motion, while U.S. Rep. Ron Johnson,...
The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel: After failure of bid to repeal health care law, Johnson says attempt was worth it, calls law “greatest threat to our freedom in my lifetime”
By Craig GilbertRepublican Sen. Ron Johnson issued the following statement after the GOP's bid to repeal the new health care law failed in the US Senate along party lines:"I'm glad that we had the...
National Review: Freshman Johnson Delivers Weekly Address
By Robert CostaA big week for Wisconsin: Sen. Ron Johnson, the freshman Republican from Oshkosh, delivers the party's weekly address, days after Rep. Paul Ryan (R., Wis.) gave the GOP rebuttal to...
The Hill: Freshman GOP senator: ‘Big government is blocking job creation, not helping it’
By Molly K. HooperA freshman GOP Senator said on Saturday that President Obama needs to focus on the root cause of the nation's economic woes, not the symptoms.Self-proclaimed citizen legislator...