By Josiah Ryan Sen. Ron Johnson (R-Wisc.) on Thursday promoted his plan to shrink the federal government by putting a hold on new hiring. "I think we need to do a federal hiring freeze,...

U.S. Sen. Ron Johnson told WisPolitics.com that Social Security should be the easiest of the entitlement programs to fix, saying things like means testing and raising the retirement age should be on...

By Thomas Belesis Since Barack Obama took office, $38 billion in new major regulations have been introduced, imposing an unprecedented burden on businesses, according to last month's...

They are imposing huge burdens on business. By Andrew StilesOn Tuesday, the Obama administration announced the results of an eight-month government-wide review designed to reduce the regulatory...

By RAMESH PONNURUPresident Obama can take credit for a boom in at least one economic sector: Since he took office, employment has surged 13 percent at federal regulatory agencies. The...

By Steve ContornoGannett Wisconsin Media GREEN BAY — U.S. Sen. Ron Johnson campaigned as a staunch, fiscal conservative, but when he had the chance to vote on spending cuts he promised voters, he...

Wisconsin senator predicts no real changes until 2012 elections By RICK OLIVOWisconsin's junior senator predicts that the United States is headed towards a Greece-like catastrophe unless it gets its...

Wisconsin senator predicts no real changes until 2012 elections Wisconsin's junior senator predicts that the United States is headed towards a Greece-like catastrophe unless it gets its fiscal house...

By Shelley NelsonWashington D.C. doesn't have an ideology problem; it has a math problem.That's according to Sen. Ron Johnson, the Oshkosh Republican who defeated former Wisconsin Sen. Russ Feingold...