Tag: Ron Johnson

"I think tax reform is an easier lift," Ron Johnson said. "There are a number of pretty good proposals out there." (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

Ron Johnson: Tax reform an easier lift than healthcare

Robert King · June 4, 2017 5:12 pm

Johnson, who chairs the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs, said the IRS is making overpayments to illegal immigrants who apply for the Additional Child Tax Credit, the refundable part of the child tax credit. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh, File)

Ron Johnson demands IRS review of illegal immigrant tax credits

Al Weaver · June 1, 2017 4:00 pm

Staffers will start writing their own version of legislation to replace Obamacare during the week-long Memorial Day recess, according to Sen. Ron Johnson. (AP Photo/Cliff Owen)

Senate starts writing health bill

Robert King · May 25, 2017 5:25 pm

Those requests were made in response to what Senate Homeland Security Committee Chairman Ron Johnson, R-Wis., said was a problem being fueled by poor border security. (AP Photo/Jae C. Hong)

Police ask Senate for funding, surveillance changes to fight MS-13 gang

Todd Shepherd · May 24, 2017 4:34 pm

"We need to stabilize premiums, or we are not gonna have a market," said Sen. Bill Cassidy, R-La. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

House resisting Senate push for short-term Obamacare fix

Robert King · May 23, 2017 4:01 am

In this March 15, 2017, photo, cards that read "I Vape. I Vote" are displayed at the Future Vapor store in Seattle, with quitting smoking and other reasons people choose to vape written on them. Lawmakers in the Washington state legislature are proposing a tax on vapor products, e-cigarettes and other nicotine products. (AP Photo/Ted S. Warren)

Washington Secrets

FDA urged to kill Obama’s e-cigarette regs, $1M tax on vape shops

Paul Bedard · May 18, 2017 4:13 pm

A major theme of the working group's meeting was what to do about the individual market in 2018. (AP)

GOP senators talk 2018 Obamacare rescue plan

Robert King · May 16, 2017 7:54 pm

Sen. Ron Johnson, R-Wisc., and Sen. Claire McCaskill, D-Mo., talk as Homeland Security Secretary John Kelly arrives for a hearing on Capitol Hill on April 5. McCaskill said discussions have begun on elevating cybersecurity issues as a function of the Department of Homeland Security. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

Sen. Ron Johnson: Policymakers must look to private sector for cyber solutions

Charlie Mitchell · May 15, 2017 4:03 am

Working group focuses on stabilizing the insurance market short term and lowering costs long term, Sen. Ron Johnson said. (AP Photo/Rich Pedroncelli)

GOP senators search for key to lower insurance premiums than Obamacare’s

Robert King · May 11, 2017 9:11 pm

In May of 2015, two radicalized Islamists, Elton Simpson and Nadir Soofi, went to a "Draw Muhammed" event in a car loaded with firearms and ammunition. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster)

National Security

Pressure builds on FBI to explain Garland terrorist attack

Todd Shepherd · May 6, 2017 4:01 am

Research has found e-cigarettes are 95 percent less harmful than cigarettes, and have helped 6.1 million people in Europe quit smoking. (AP Photo/Nam Y. Huh, File)

Beltway Confidential

Small-town America takes on FDA over e-cigarette regulations

Kathy Hoekstra · April 28, 2017 5:06 pm

Trump selected Randolph D. "Tex" Alles as the next director of the Secret Service, the White House announced on Tuesday. (James Tourtellotte/U.S. Customs and Border Protection photo)

National Security

Trump announces new Secret Service director

Sarah Bedford · April 25, 2017 7:17 pm