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In the News: Blog 01/4/2013
Milwaukee Journal Sentinel: Senators wager on Packers, Vikings
In the News: Blog 01/4/2013
Sawyer County Record: Johnson, Baldwin bet on Packers-Vikings game
Washington, D.C. – Senators Ron Johnson and Tammy Baldwin (WI) today announced a friendly wager with Senators Al Franken and Amy Klobuchar (MN) on the outcome of this Saturday’s Packers-Vikings playoff game. “Wisconsin is known for its fine cheeses and other dairy products, but our state produces many great beers as well,” Johnson said. “Senator Baldwin and I are proud to offer a selection of microbrews and traditional labels against the best that Minnesota has to offer.” “This has been an exciting week,” Baldwin commented, ”but it’s only going to get better when the Packers beat the Vikings and put an end to this trash talking from my Minnesota colleagues.”
In the News: Blog 01/3/2013
News Talk 1360: U.S. Senator Ron Johnson announces committee assignments
In the News: Blog 01/3/2013
La Crosse Tribune: Sen. Johnson to be on budget, commerce committees
Wisconsin Sen. Ron Johnson has been named to Senate committees dealing with the budget, foreign relations and small business. Johnson came to Congress in 2010 after running on his credentials as a small-business man. The Republican and fiscal conservative ran a plastics-packaging company in Oshkosh. He'll share two committee assignments with his new Wisconsin colleague, incoming Democratic Sen. Tammy Baldwin. Both will be on the Senate Budget Committee and the Senate Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs.
In the News: Blog 01/3/2013
WXOW: Sen. Johnson to be on budget, commerce committees
OSHKOSH, Wis. (AP) - Wisconsin Sen. Ron Johnson has been named to Senate committees dealing with the budget, foreign relations and small business. Johnson came to Congress in 2010 after running on his credentials as a small-business man. The Republican and fiscal conservative ran a plastics-packaging company in Oshkosh. He'll share two committee assignments with his new Wisconsin colleague, incoming Democratic Sen. Tammy Baldwin. Both will be on the Senate Budget Committee and the Senate Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs.
In the News: Blog 11/17/2012
Door County Daily News: Sen. Johnson To Hold Staff Office Hours In Door, Kewaunee Counties
Sen. Ron Johnson has announced another round of mobile office hours where his staff will be available to meet with constituents. Two of the stops are in Door County and one is in Kewaunee County. The office hours allow constituents to meet with the Senator's staff to request assistance with a federal agency or to get help with other federal matters. Dates and locations are listed below.
In the News: Blog 11/17/2012
Green Bay Press Gazette: Sen. Ron Johnson says he won't support tax increases in a fiscal cliff deal
Sen. Ron Johnson, R-Oshkosh says he will not support increasing taxes to avoid heading over the fiscal cliff. President Barack Obama and congressional leaders met Friday to discuss the pending fiscal crisis, and both sides say they’re confident they’ll reach an agreement before the end of the year. Johnson said he supports raising revenue, but only through economic growth. “(I don’t support) punishing success by increasing tax rates,” Johnson said. “It won’t work, it’s counterproductive. It’s not even close to fixing the problem. I do not know that of a tax increase that helps grow the economy or create a job.”
In the News: Blog 11/11/2012
The Chippewa Herald: Johnson aides in Bloomer Tuesday
In the News: Blog 11/10/2012
The Weekly Standard: Senators Continue to Push for Information on the Benghazi Terror Attack
Six U.S. senators continue to push officials in the Obama administration for information related to the 9/11 Benghazi terror attack. In a statement released just before the weekend, Senators John McCain, Lindsey Graham, Kelly Ayotte, Rob Portman, Saxby Chambliss, and Ron Johnson, all Republicans, say Defense Secretary Leon Panetta isn’t revealing why there were not sufficient forces ready to protect endangered Americans.
In the News: Blog 11/1/2012
UPI: 4 senators hint Obama stonewalls on Libya
WASHINGTON, Oct. 31 (UPI) -- Four Republican U.S. senators, in a letter to President Barack Obama, suggest he is trying to stonewall Congress and the public on the Benghazi, Libya, attack. Lindsey Graham of South Carolina, John McCain of Arizona, Kelly Ayotte of New Hampshire and Ron Johnson of Wisconsin said in the letter they have failed to get answers from U.S. agencies about the Sept. 11 attack on the U.S. Consulate, Fox News reported Wednesday. Ambassador Christopher Stevens and three other U.S. nationals were killed in the attack.