Ousted Sen. McCaskill Falsely Claims GOP Senator Hasn’t Held Hearings on Coronavirus

David Rutz
March 11, 2020 5:55 PM

Sen. Ron Johnson (R., Wis.) pushed back forcefully Wednesday after former Sen. Claire McCaskill (D., Mo.) falsely claimed he hadn't held Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee hearings to address the Wuhan coronavirus.

Ron Johnson: Ukrainians Felt No Pressure From White House Over Withheld Aid

New testimony further calls into question Chris Murphy's characterization of Zelensky meeting

Brent Scher
November 18, 2019 6:05 PM

Republican senator Ron Johnson (Wis.) said Ukrainian president Volodymyr Zelensky made no mention during their September meeting in Kiev of feeling pressure from the White House to take action in return for military aid, contradicting his Democratic colleague Chris Murphy's characterization of the meeting.

Senators Ask State Dept. for Docs on Hunter Biden

Johnson, Grassley digging into details on foreign business deals

Yuichiro Kakutani
November 7, 2019 6:35 PM

Leading Republican senators are asking the State Department to turn over all information relating to Hunter Biden and his business associates after newly released documents revealed that foreign companies attempted to leverage their ties to former vice president Joe Biden's son.

Sen. Ron Johnson Presses for Investigation of ‘Burrowing’ by CFPB Employee

Wisconsin senator believes Cordray aide's conversion to civil servant was rushed

Todd Shepherd
January 4, 2018 3:40 PM

Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Chairman Ron Johnson (R., Wis.) called on the Office of Special Counsel to investigate further the "conversion" of Leandra English at the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau from a political appointee to a civil-service career position.

Ron Johnson Requests Information Surrounding English’s Transition to CFPB

Charles Russell
November 29, 2017 5:29 PM

Sen. Ron Johnson (R., Wis.), chairman of the Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee, on Wednesday requested information concerning the approval to move Leandra English from the Office of Personnel Management (OPM) to the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB).

Murkowski Says She Supports Repealing Obamacare Individual Mandate

Senate Republican tax bill includes provision to repeal mandate

Andrew Kugle
November 22, 2017 11:55 AM

Sen. Lisa Murkowski (R., Ala.) wrote in an op-ed published Tuesday that she supports Republican efforts to repeal Obamacare's individual mandate.

Ron Johnson Suggests There Are Enough Votes to Expel Roy Moore From Senate if Elected

Cameron Cawthorne
November 16, 2017 2:21 PM

Trump Addresses Crowd in Wisconsin as Part of ‘Thank You’ Tour

Jack Heretik
December 14, 2016 10:14 AM

Sen. Ron Johnson Upsets Russ Feingold In Wisconsin

Johnson was considered such a long shot to win reelection

Joe Schoffstall
November 8, 2016 11:25 PM

Republican Sen. Ron Johnson has defeated Russ Feingold in the Wisconsin Senate race to hold on to his seat.

Feingold’s Hometown Newspaper Endorses Ron Johnson

Joe Schoffstall
November 4, 2016 5:42 PM

The Janesville Gazette, the hometown newspaper of Wisconsin Democratic Senate candidate Russ Feingold, threw its endorsement behind incumbent Republican Sen. Ron Johnson on Friday, praising him for his "outsider" mentality in Washington, D.C.