Saul Newton: Sen. Ron Johnson’s Shameful Votes
We need elected officials willing to fight for us. Instead, Johnson has shown us exactly who he is: an embarrassment to Wisconsin.
Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 06/19/2014
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Refinancing Help for Student Loan Borrowers Blocked by U.S. Senate Republicans
Republicans in the U.S. Senate today voted to block action on legislation authored by Sen. Elizabeth Warren, and sponsored by Sen. Tammy Baldwin to allow student loans to be refinanced.
One Wisconsin Now, 06/11/2014Will Sen. Ron Johnson Extend Call for Transparency to Himself?
In a recent press release Sen. Ron Johnson announced he is calling for more “transparency” in the Congressional Budget Office’s fiscal analyses of the Affordable Care Act.
One Wisconsin Now, 06/09/2014U.S. Sen. Ron Johnson Has a Lot to Say About Student Loan Debt… But None of It Makes Any Sense
Johnson’s disingenuousness was on full display as he conflated efforts to help student loan borrowers refinance loans with limited loan forgiveness programs.
One Wisconsin Now, 06/04/2014U.S. Sen. Ron Johnson Needs to Go Back to School on Student Loan Debt
Recent statements from U.S. Sen. Ron Johnson on student loan debt reveal a need for him to go back to school on the issue.
One Wisconsin Now, 05/30/2014Wisconsin Money Badger Michael Grebe and Bradley Foundation, Cash Cow for Right-Wing Politicians
Besides using the Bradley Foundation-funded law firm and getting a sweetheart delayed billing deal, Johnson is trying to milk this lawsuit for campaign cash for himself.
One Wisconsin Now, 05/16/2014One Wisconsin Now Files Federal Election Commission Complaint Over Sen. Johnson’s Failure to Disclose Legal Fees
One Wisconsin Now has filed a complaint with the FEC alleging Johnson improperly failed to disclose expenditures associated with his lawsuit against the Affordable Care Act.
One Wisconsin Now, 05/14/2014One Wisconsin Now Files FEC Complaint Over Sen. Ron Johnson Disclosure Fail
One Wisconsin Now has filed a complaint with the FEC alleging Sen. Ron Johnson has improperly failed to disclose any incurred obligations and expenditures associated with his lawsuit against the Affordable Care Act.
WJFW-TV, 05/14/2014Sen. Ron Johnson Is Suing Over Health Care, But Who’s Paying?
Despite declaring he could use campaign funds to cover legal costs, a review of Johnson's campaign finance reports reveal no incurred obligations or expenditures related to the suit.
One Wisconsin Now, 05/12/2014One Wis. Now Blasts Attack on Healthcare As ‘Political Stunt’
“Ron Johnson wants people to be denied access to healthcare... He wants to reinstate things like lifetime caps and denial of coverage for pre-existing conditions.”
WLUK-TV, 01/06/2014U.S. Senator Ron Johnson Attack on Affordable Care Act Tagged As ‘Political Stunt’, Even by Fellow Republicans
Who would have thought that the best characterization of the legal action announced by Sen. Johnson today would come from fellow Wisconsin Republican Rep. Jim Sensenbrenner?
One Wisconsin Now, 01/06/2014Best Advice Ron Johnson Can Give Iowa Senate Candidate: Marry Rich, Have Company Pay for Campaign
Sadly, it seems like the best advice Sen. Ron Johnson can give his Republican friends is: marry rich and have you company pay for the campaign.
One Wisconsin Now, 08/12/2013Wisconsin Reps. Kind, Pocan Reject Short-Term Student Loan Debt Fix, Instead Call for Long-Term Common Sense Reforms to Truly Tackle Trillion Dollar Plus Debt Crisis
While some D.C. politicians like Sen. Ron Johnson are all too eager to declare the student loan debt crisis solved, it is clear more action is needed.
One Wisconsin Now, 07/31/2013Senate GOP Blocks Vote on Bill to Reverse Federal Student Loan Interest Rate Hike
Republicans in the U.S. Senate today voted en masse to deny the 60 votes necessary to move to a vote on legislation that would repeal the doubling of interest rates on federal student loans.
One Wisconsin Now, 07/09/2013Wither Sen. Johnson?
With the U.S. Senate moving toward acting on legislation to repeal the increase in interest rates on federal student loans, U.S. Senator Ron Johnson has fallen strangely silent.
One Wisconsin Now, 07/08/2013Ron Johnson Says Poor Blacks Are Responsible for Financial Crisis
Cody Oliphant on the One Wisconsin Now blog reports on Sen. Ron Johnson’s latest broadside against our “dependent” nation in which he complains about everything from food stamps to Social Security. So, in case...
Capital Times, 06/11/2013Time Running Out to Defuse Ticking Time Bomb of Trillion-Dollar Student Loan Debt Crisis
With time running out, the U.S. Senate today considered competing plans for setting interest rates on federal Stafford Loans.
One Wisconsin Now, 06/05/2013The Trillion-Dollar Student Loan Debt Crisis: A Tale of Two Senators
It's the best of times and the worst of times for tackling the trillion dollar student loan debt crisis with the views of Wisconsin's two U.S. Senators, Tammy Baldwin and Ron Johnson
One Wisconsin Now, 06/02/2013Racist Vote Suppressor Is U.S. Senator Ron Johnson’s Latest ‘Victim of Government’
Promoting someone like Ms. Engelbrecht, who organized and engaged in racially motivated voter suppression campaigns, as a victim of government is nothing short of grotesque.
One Wisconsin Now, 05/28/2013Will Sen. Johnson Finally Admit Student Loan Debt A Crisis?
Johnson talks endlessly about the need to reduce the nebulous federal debt as a justification for ruthless austerity, but has been utterly silent on the trillion-dollar student loan debt crisis.
One Wisconsin Now, 05/01/2013As Tax Day Arrives, Will GOP Legislators Fail to Pay Their Fair Share, Again?
Will Republicans and their businesses that have paid no state income tax in recent years will be joining the rest of us in paying for services like education, health care, public safety and roads.
One Wisconsin Now, 04/14/2013One Wisconsin Now Statements on Sen. Ron Johnson’s Failed Filibuster Attempt on Common Sense Gun Legislation
Sen. Ron Johnson's failed effort to filibuster common sense gun safety legislation shows he is so out of touch with Wisconsin, we wonder if he can find the Badger State on a map.
One Wisconsin Now, 04/10/2013Gun Control Filibuster: Ron Johnson Picks Losing Side
One Wisconsin Now, which has been hammering Johnson through its website, Our Dumb Senator, chimed in on Twitter: “#OurDumbSenator RoJo wants to protect “right” to sell guns to criminal without background check.”
Capital Times, 04/09/2013‘Beyond Understanding’: One Wisconsin Now Calls On U.S. Senator Johnson to Drop Threat to Filibuster Common Sense Gun Sale Regulation
One Wisconsin Now Executive Director Scot Ross wrote Wisconsin Senator Ron Johnson, taking him to task for his threats to filibuster common sense gun regulations.
One Wisconsin Now, 04/09/2013#OurDumbSenator Ron Johnson Makes National ‘March Badness’ Tournament
Johnson has been given a seventh seed in a national NCAA tournament-themed contest to determine who is the most “outrageous, radical, out of touch right-winger” of the past year.
One Wisconsin Now, 03/28/2013Open Letter: Victims of Ron Johnson’s Government
On behalf of the taxpayers of Wisconsin who pay your salary and for your office, I'm wondering just how much of our money is being spent on your latest inanity?
One Wisconsin Now, 03/26/2013Is Walker-Ryan Relationship on the Rocks?
Ryan’s call for the repeal of ObamaCare, and Johnson’s support for legislation to defund health insurance exchanges, seem targeted to undermine Walker’s latest health care scheme
One Wisconsin Now, 03/12/2013Ron Johnson Opposed Violence Against Women Act
It's simple: U.S. Sen. Ron Johnson thinks VAWA is unconstitutional and voted against it.
Rachel Maddow, 02/12/2013Madison Politiscope: Liberal Group Creates Blog for Wisconsin’s ‘dumb Senator’
One Wisconsin Now unveiled a new blog, Our Dumb Senator, dedicated to the alleged intellectual shortcomings of Wisconsin’s junior senator, Ron Johnson.
Capital Times, 10/05/2012He Said What?
It is almost unbelievable that a single elected official could make so many wrongheaded, ill-informed and outright offensive public statements in such a short time.
One Wisconsin Now, 10/04/2012Right-Wing Irony Parade Adds Another Act
The ironic cavalcade of right-wing politicians rallying for unaccountable privatization in a publicly run building just upped the ante with the addition of Lt. Gov. Kleefisch to the roster of speakers.
One Wisconsin Now, 09/20/2012Irony on Parade in Waukesha
From the location to the keynote address, irony will be on parade this weekend in Waukesha according to One Wisconsin Now Executive Director Scot Ross as a cavalcade of right-wing organizations promote unaccountable privatization.
One Wisconsin Now, 09/13/2012