By John McCormackFreshman senator Ron Johnson, Republican from Wisconsin, expressed frustration today that most members of Congress are in the dark on debt ceiling negotiations."You reporters have...
Johnson Comments on Reports of Treasury ‘Plan B’
Washington, D.C. - Senator Ron Johnson (WI) today made the following statement regarding reports that the Treasury Department is developing a plan to ensure the United States does not default on its...
National Review: Ron Johnson’s One-Man Protest
By Robert CostaNear dusk, on Tuesday, June 28, Sen. Ron Johnson of Wisconsin took to the floor. The mild-mannered former businessman did more than offer a few words — he threatened to halt Senate...
Hudson Patch: Freshman Sen. Ron Johnson Takes a Stand in Washington
By Erik AltmannFreshman Sen. Ron Johnson caught the U.S. Senate off guard, when he threatened to tie up all Senate matters until the budget issue is resolved.Speaking out on Tuesday, July 28,...
CQ: Republican Freshmen Flex Their Procedural Muscles
By Alan K. OtaSenate Republican freshmen—a baker's dozen elected last year and another appointed after the resignation of Nevada's John Ensign — have never organized as a group. They did not elect a...
Politico: Freshman Republican senators go guerilla
By Scott WongSix months into their first term, a band of Republican freshmen are fed up with the tortoise pace of the Senate and have resorted to guerrilla warfare to take on the establishment — and...
Johnson Statement on July Fourth
Washington, D.C. - Senator Ron Johnson (WI) made the following statement today:"As we celebrate our nation's birth, let us all pause to remember the finest among us who have sacrificed to make...
The Daily Caller: GOP senator blasts Obama: ‘I don’t know why he even wants to be president’
Fundraisers, golf, White House parties — those have all been elements of criticism the Obama administration has faced in the first two-and-a-half years in office. But earlier this week,...
The DC Post: Ron Johnson’s Senate Smackdown
By Tucker ScofieldI've been consistent in promoting the need for what I term "conservative hell raisers" in Washington, people who are unafraid to say those things that need to be said and damn the...
The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel: Johnson zeros in on federal spending
A very voluble Ron Johnson is behind his Senate desk - standing, not sitting - warming to the subject that animates him most: the "bankrupting" of America."Everybody's in a kind of state of denial...