“Given the possibility that the U.S. Supreme Court might disrupt the flow of the Affordable Care Act (ACA) depending upon how it rules in the next couple of weeks, Wisconsin’s Sen. Ron Johnson(R) has been working to put together a bipartisan bill that would solve the problem of premium subsidies while extracting some give-backs from…
Sen. Johnson
Democrats, GOP, Politics, Sen. Baldwin, Sen. Johnson, WisDems, WISGOP
Understatement of the Week™
Agriculture, Government Spending, Photography, Sen. Johnson
Your tax dollars at work
Via Johnson Announces June Dairy Month Instagram Photo Contest @ Press Releases -U.S. Senator Ron Johnson.
Russ Feingold, Sen. Johnson, U.S. Senate 2016
Feingold talks Ron Johnson
“He does a lecture, he does a PowerPoint about the deficit, which of course is an important issue, but he doesn’t open himself to hearing about the daily realities that Wisconsin middle-class families and workers face,” said Feingold, who used the word “lecture” numerous times to characterize Johnson. Via Feingold talks 2016 rematch with Johnson…
Russ Feingold, Sen. Johnson, U.S. Senate 2016
Johnson talks Russ Feingold
“He spent his prior 30 years basically building big government,” Johnson said of his potential challenger in an interview after Feingold announced his candidacy last week. “I think the voters of Wisconsin … if they take a look at things objectively, will start realizing that big government that Senator Feingold is dedicated to continue to…
Russ Feingold, Sen. Johnson, U.S. Senate 2016
16 U.S.C. § 1531 et seq.
Larry J. Sabato’s Crystal Ball at the University of Virginia Center for Politics said last week’s announcement from former U.S. Sen Russ Feingold that he would challenge Johnson in a rematch race “crystallized for us that Johnson is the most vulnerable incumbent senator in the country.” Via Ron Johnson called ‘most vulnerable incumbent senator in…
Pres. Obama, Sen. Johnson
Ron Johnson’s Preference
“I don’t know, I hate to admit it, but in terms of this framework, do I trust President Obama, or do I trust the Ayatollah? In terms of what the framework actually says? I’m not so sure I’m trusting President Obama on this,” Johnson continued. Via TPM.
Sen. Johnson, WISGOP
Johnson @ WISGOP Convention
Russ Feingold, Sen. Johnson, U.S. Senate 2016
Feingold v. Johnson
GOP, ObamaCare, Sen. Johnson, WISGOP
The question that answers itself
Polls, Russ Feingold, Sen. Johnson
Feingold Clobbers Johnson
In possible 2016 WI Senate race match up in 2016, it’s Russ Feingold, 54%, Ron Johnson 38%, 9% no opinion. #mulawpoll — MULawPoll (@MULawPoll) April 16, 2015
Foreign Affairs, Sen. Johnson
Regret
Ron Johnson says he regrets anti-Obama letter was addressed to Iranian leaders http://t.co/F7JrVAvfDI pic.twitter.com/qm3kriuvv2 — Wis. State Journal (@WiStateJournal) March 14, 2015
Polls, Russ Feingold, Sen. Johnson
50-41
Johnson hasn’t proven to be very popular during his first term in the Senate. Only 32% of voters approve of the job he’s doing to 40% who disapprove. 28% of voters with no opinion about him also suggests he hasn’t made a terribly strong impression on people over the last 4 years. Meanwhile Feingold is…
Health, Misconduct, Sen. Johnson, Veterans
Ineffectual
One Johnson staffer told the whistleblower that back in October, and the assertion has been repeated in media reports by another Johnson aide. But a spokesman for U.S. Sen. Claire McCaskill, a Missouri Democrat who ran the U.S. Senate Subcommittee on Federal Contracting Oversight, said Sunday that the whistleblower complaints never reached her or others…
Sen. Baldwin, Sen. Johnson
Senate, Homeland Security
Via Yikes: Tammy Has to Be Ranking Member Under New Chair, Ron Johnson! @ Uppity Wisconsin.
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Not That Big
Many pretentious writers have begun to use the expression “orders of magnitude” without understanding what it means. The concept derives from the scientific notation of very large numbers in which each order of magnitude is ten times the previous one. Via Ron Johnson, your order is up @ The Political Environment.
Sen. Johnson
Ron Johnson Gets Homeland Security
Sen. Johnson
Sen. Ron Johnson ditches the Tea Party girl who brought him
Sen. Johnson
But how long a place at the table?
Elections, Sen. Johnson
RoJo lacks mojo
Via Washington Post: Ron Johnson is most vulnerable U.S. senator in 2016 @ JS All Politics Blog.
Sen. Johnson
No free food?
Economy, Employment, Sen. Johnson, Wisconsin
Millionaire US senator complains about shiftless Wisconsin bums
Foreign Affairs, Military, Sen. Johnson
Call for boots
Gov. Walker, Sen. Johnson
Signs Point to Yes
When U.S. Sen. Ron Johnson took a shot or two at fellow Republican Gov. Scott Walker’s campaign tactics this week, it prompted an immediate question: Was this a case of political payback? Earlier this year, Walker was caught at a private New Jersey event taking a swipe at a certain Republican U.S. senator, whom he…