Thank you Mr. President. It is my honor to represent the good people of Wisconsin in the United States Senate. It is an awesome responsibility - a responsibility I take very seriously.Today, it is...
Politico: ‘Long dance’ that ended in a deal
By Glenn Thrush and Jonathan AllenThe low point may have come Thursday night.House Speaker John Boehner (R-Ohio) had spent more than an hour meeting with President Barack Obama in the Oval...
Johnson Comments on Ongoing Budget Talks
Senator Ron Johnson (R-WI) today issued the following statement regarding the debate over federal funding for fiscal year 2011:"The only reason a government shutdown is even possible, is because...
ABC News: GOP Senator: Debate on Spending is “Fight Worth Having”
By Gregory SimmonsAs House and Senate lawmakers scramble to avert a government shutdown, one Republican senator says the debate over spending is "certainly a fight worth having.""I don't need a...
Hot Air: Senate defeats Rand Paul’s resolution reasserting Congress’s war powers, 90-10
This wasn't a resolution to authorize operations in Libya but something far craftier — a resolution reaffirming Obama's own words from 2007 that "the President does not have power under the...
Johnson Statement on House Republican Budget Plan
Washington, D.C. - Senator Ron Johnson made the following statement today after House Budget Committee Chairman Paul Ryan released the House Republican 2012 Budget Plan: "I...
Congressional Quarterly: Libya Reactions Give Hints of Tea Party’s Foreign Policy Divisions
By Emily CadeiTea party-backed Republican freshmen in Congress are facing the first American military campaign initiated under their watch, and their reactions have varied dramatically.Many have...
The Wall Street Journal Op-Ed: ObamaCare and Carey’s Heart
By Ron JohnsonToday is the first anniversary of the greatest single assault on our freedom in my lifetime: the signing of ObamaCare. As we consider what this law may do to our country, I can't help...
Wall Street Journal: ObamaCare and Carey’s Heart
My daughter probably wouldn't have survived in a system where bureaucrats stifle innovation and ration care. Originally printed in the Wall Street Journal, March 23rd, 2011Today is the first...
The Hill: GOP senators push for Western Hemisphere trade deal
By Bernie BeckerA group of seven GOP senators is looking to add further pressure on the White House on trade, penning a letter asking President Obama to negotiate a free trade agreement that covers...