On Monday, a federal judge tossed out a lawsuit by Sen. Ron Johnson (R-WI) challenging the Obama administration’s decision that members of Congress and their staffs must secure government-subsidized health insurance through Obamacare exchanges. U.S. District Judge William Griesbach, a
Sen. Ron Johnson (R-WI) said President Barack Obama’s lack of leadership amid a whirlwind of crises is equivalent to Nero” fiddling “while the world burns.” The Wisconsin lawmaker blasted the president for attending fundraisers in New York on the same
Wisconsin Republican Sen. Ron Johnson argued Wednesday that there are more cost-effective and efficient ways to confront the ongoing border crisis than President Obama’s emergency funding request for $3.7 billion to be dispersed across multiple agencies. “The $300 million dollar
Sen. Ron Johnson (R-WA) hammered the Obama administration’s “unconstitutional scheme” in “egging the IRS on” to target Tea Party groups on Madison, WI’s 1310 AM WIBA’s “The Vicki McKenna Show” on Friday. Follow Pam Key On Twitter @pamkeyNEN
On Hugh Hewitt’s Wednesday radio show, Sen. Ron Johnson (R-WI) reacted to Tuesday’s media appearances by former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton to promote her new memoir, “Hard Choices” in which she took questions about her involvement in the 2012
On Friday’s “The Kelly File,” Sen. Ron Johnson (R-WI), the legislator that evoked the “What difference does it make?” response from former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton in a hearing before the Senate Foreign Relation Committee, explained to host Megyn
Phil Robertson, the patriarch of the smash reality show Duck Dynasty, will speak at this week’s Republican Leadership Conference in New Orleans. Robertson came under media fire last year for expressing his views on sin and homosexuality. The show’s network, A&E,
Wednesday at hearing of the Senate Commerce Committee, Sen. Ron Johnson (R-WI) went after Sen. Jay Rockefeller (D-WV) after he said Republican opposition to ObamaCare is because the president is “the wrong color” Johnson shot back saying it was “offensive”
Tuesday on NewsMax TV, Sen. Ron Johnson (R-WI) the member of the Senate who took the infamous “what difference does it make” response from then-Secretary of State Hillary Clinton to his question during the 2013 Senate hearing on Benghazi, said
Sen. Ted Cruz (R-TX) believes if the midterms elections were held today, Republicans would win control of the Senate. Cruz reminded conservatives that they should be focused on winning control of the Senate. Cruz explained that it was also crucially
Sen. Ron Johnson (R-WI) told “NewsMax TV” he was angry he was not listed with the nine American officials Russia had imposed sanctions against. The list of sanctioned U.S. officials included Senator John McCain (R-AZ), Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid
At his confirmation hearing on Tuesday, Sen. Max Baucus (D-MT), Obama’s nominee for US Ambassador to China admitted, “I’m no real expert on China.” The answer came in response to a question from Sen. Ron Johnson (R-WI). Points to Baucus
NewsmaxTV: Sen. Ron Johnson, a member of the Foreign Affairs Committee, tells Newsmax TV in an exclusive interview that the increased violence in Iraq is a symptom of the president’s failed foreign…
Back in October, Ron Johnson of Wisconsin slammed his fellow Republican senator Ted Cruz of Texas for what he portrayed as Cruz’s flawed strategy of attempting to defund Obamacare. But it soon became painfully apparent that Johnson had no strategy of his
Sen. Ron Johnson (R-WI) plans to file a lawsuit against the Office of Personnel Management (OPM) because OPM approves giving Obamacare subsidies to congressmen, senators, and their staff members. Johnson heads a group that asserts that OPM’s policy is not authorized
More and more Americans are beginning to realize that they were sold Obamacare on false pretenses. What they are getting in the mail isn’t what they ordered. Those responsible for saddling the country with this law, including the law’s chief salesman,
Senate Democrats facing reelection in 2014 are scrambling to distance themselves from their prior promises that anyone who wants to keep their healthcare insurance can do so under Obamacare. According to CBS News, over two million Americans have already received
Like many other health insurance carriers across the country, CareFirst BlueCross BlueShield recently sent letters to thousands of its customers informing them that their insurance coverage was in peril as a result of the implementation of the Obamacare exchanges. According to
“The Social Responsibility of Business is to Increase Profits”; that was the title of an opinion piece in the New York Times in September 1970 written by Milton Friedman… and sounding like Calvin Coolidge. It was received by some with
(AP) J.C. Penney to open on ThanksgivingBy ANNE D’INNOCENZIOAP Retail WriterNEW YORKJ.C. Penney is opening its doors on Thanksgiving evening to kick off the holiday shopping season, as the beleaguered retailer hopes to get back in the game for the
J.C. Penney Co. has ousted Ron Johnson after only a 17-month stint as company CEO. The Wall Street Journal reports that the former Apple chief executive’s overhaul of the company’s stores has led to a 25% drop in sales in
(AP) Calif. sheriff’s captain: Race car kills 2MARYSVILLE, Calif.A speeding race car careened off a track and into pit row during warm-up laps at a California raceway Saturday night, killing a 14-year-old boy and a 68-year-old man, officials said. Six
Wisconsin Senator Ron Johnson Interview on MSNBC’s Morning Joe…
Sen. Lindsey Graham was pleased to be invited by Barack Obama to dinner on Wednesday night, saying: The president called Sen. McCain and myself a couple of weeks ago. I’m assuming the president wants to talk seriously about the issues
A dozen Republican senators, including John McCain (R-AZ), Bob Corker (R-TN), Lindsey Graham (R-SC) and Ron Johnson (R-WI), chose to dine with President Obama at a Washington hotel Wednesday evening rather than join Senator Rand Paul on the Senate floor
As Capitol Hill prepares to withstand any fallout stemming from Friday’s sequestration cuts, Obama and the Democrats are increasing pressure to replace the spending cuts with tax increases. Fearful that the House GOP would go along with such a plan,
This weekend National Review Institute hosted a Summit in Washington DC titled “The Future of Conservatism.” The fact that National Review felt the need to call on Joe Scarborough to sum up the “Trouble with Conservatism” is Exhibit A for
Alexis de Tocqueville wrote in Democracy in America that democracies are weak when it comes to foreign policy. The Senate’s failure to hold Secretary of State Hillary Clinton and President Barack Obama himself accountable for the Benghazi disaster is a case
After being pressed today by Republican Senator Ron Johnson to explain how it was that over the course of weeks, the Obama Administration stood by an absurd story claiming that four Americans were murdered in Libya due to a spontaneous protest
The conservative movement took it pretty good on the chin earlier this week. President Obama and his liberal allies mobilized their vote and got it out very effectively in the key states. On Tuesday night, as I went to bed,
Wisconsin Senator Ron Johnson will campaign for Republican Pennsylvania Senate candidate Tom Smith on Friday in Murrysville, Pennsylvania. Smith has said he was inspired by Johnson, the Tea Party businessman who knocked off incumbent Russ Feingold, the progressive Democrat, in
Racine, Wisconsin: At a Mitt Romney rally on Wednesday featuring Vice Presidential Candidate Paul Ryan, Senator Ron Johnson spoke to Breitbart News on the upcoming election. I asked the senator how things are going around the state of Wisconsin, as
Today, four senators issued a letter to President Obama, demanding that Obama and his staff answer questions about the Benghazi attacks that resulted in the death of an American ambassador and three other Americans. The letter was also sent to
The Racine, Wisconsin Tea Party held a get-out-the-vote rally Saturday to energize conservatives for the final stretch of the upcoming election. Organizers for the rally arrived at the event venue to find hundreds of roofing nails spread across the parking
(AP) Feinstein: Election year not ideal for gun debateWASHINGTON Sen. Dianne Feinstein says the nation needs to have a “sane” discussion on gun control and ban military-style assault weapons. But the California Democrat acknowledges that probably won’t happen before the
Though the United States Green Building Council (USGBC) recently announced that they would postpone balloting on controversial amendments to its LEED building certification program until June 2013, they gave no hint of openness to working towards a consensus-based approach. But despite what
(AP) Wis. Sen. Ron Johnson endorses Mitt RomneyWASHINGTONGOP presidential front-runner Mitt Romney has picked up another endorsement from a Wisconsin Republican ahead of the state’s primary Tuesday. First-term Sen. Ron Johnson says Romney is the right candidate to carry the
Next week, Senate Republicans will vote to elect a new Conference Vice Chairman, a position that is considered to be the Number 5 GOP leadership post. As was the case at the start of the new Congress, when committee chairmanships
It turns out that health policy under President Obama is just wrong-headed, it’s also corrupt. The Obama administration is now allowing left wing health care companies to shape policy in exchange for big campaign donations. The Washington Examiner’s Lachlan Markay
“There is,” Shakespeare’s Brutus said to Cassius, “a tide in the affairs of men.” Which, taken at the flood, leads on to fortune; Omitted, all the voyage of their life Is bound in shallows and in miseries. On such a