By Lucy MadisonAs discourse over the deficit and the debt ceiling heats up in Washington, pundits and lawmakers alike have turned their attention to what will likely turn into a series of...
The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel: Johnson says he’ll vote no on current-year budget deal
By Craig GilbertFreshman Republican Ron Johnson said Wednesday he will be voting against the budget deal that was struck last week between the White House and congressional Republicans to...
Johnson: Americans Want This Nation Preserved, and They Are Counting On Us To Do Just That
Washington, D.C. - Senator Ron Johnson (WI) delivered his Maiden Speech today on the U.S. Senate floor.To view the video click here. As Prepared for Delivery "Thank you Mr....
Senator Johnson’s ‘Maiden Speech’
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...