Tag: Ron Johnson

As the chairman of the Senate's Homeland Security Committee, Ron Johnson is well placed to know how many so-called "returners" are back in the United States. (AP Photo/Scott Bauer)

Beltway Confidential

Sen. Ron Johnson: ISIS ‘returner’ threat is lower than anticipated

Tom Rogan · October 24, 2017 5:01 pm

Sen. Ron Johnson, R-Wis., has been working on his own reforms to add to the bipartisan Obamacare stabilization bill, which was announced last week with 24 Republican and Democratic sponsors. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

Ron Johnson working with White House on Obamacare fix

Robert King · October 24, 2017 3:56 pm

President Trump and Republicans are desperate for a legislative victory. The exact terms of victory are not as important.

White House signals flexibility on tax bill as Congress gets to work

Joseph Lawler · October 23, 2017 4:01 am

"My sense is that the Hill isn't too hung up on producing something for cyber month, which really needs to be disposed of -- every month needs to be cyber month," commented Kiersten Todt, who was executive director of the Commission on Enhancing National Cybersecurity that produced recommendations for the new Trump administration late last year.

Urgent DHS reforms are in the mix as ‘cyber month’ comes to a close

Charlie Mitchell · October 23, 2017 4:01 am

In a Wednesday, Jan. 25, 2012 file photo, from left; Racial Statistics Branch Chief of the U.S. Census Bureau Nicholas Jones presents a graph of Native American population during. (AP Photo/Manuel Balce Ceneta)

Washington Secrets

Census 2020 fears: Counting the dead, ignoring the living

Paul Bedard · October 19, 2017 1:54 pm

FILE - In this May 18, 2017 file photo, the Healthcare.gov website is seen on a laptop computer, in Washington. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon, File)

Medical and business groups plead with Congress to fund Obamacare payments after Trump cut them off

Robert King · October 14, 2017 7:48 pm

Johnson said that he hopes Democrats think about people who have been harmed by the law due to extreme premium hikes and are hampered by the limit on short-term plans. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

Ron Johnson seeks deal on Obamacare insurer payments

Robert King · October 13, 2017 9:59 pm

The six-week gap between Equifax learning of the breach and notifying consumers that their sensitive data had been compromised provoked bipartisan outrage on the Hill.

Congress takes broad swipes at cyber issues, with mixed results

Charlie Mitchell · October 9, 2017 4:01 am

Republican Sens. John Barrasso of Wyoming and Ron Johnson of Wisconsin are dismissing rumors that they are interested in becoming the next secretary of Health and Human Services. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

Ron Johnson, John Barrasso say they’re not in the running for Tom Price’s job

Robert King · October 3, 2017 1:38 pm

GOP lawmakers have no plan for how to bridge the major ideological divisions among them. (Graeme Jennings/Washington Examiner)

Republicans disagree on their next move to repeal Obamacare

Robert King · September 26, 2017 11:23 pm

It should be axiomatic among Republicans that Obamacare must be repealed and replaced during the current Congress. The last opportunity to do so appears to be the Graham-Cassidy bill. That being so, it must pass, and it must be improved before it passes. Specifically, the bill's experiments in actual health insurance markets, need to be made more robust. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik)

Obamacare overhaul sponsors aim to move forward

Robert King · September 26, 2017 9:36 pm

Though Democrats argued for reviving bipartisan talks that had been taking place between Sens. Lamar Alexander, R-Tenn., and Patty Murray, D-Wash., several Republican senators were skeptical about pumping more money into Obamacare without broader reforms. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

Some Republicans wary of continuing bipartisan Obamacare ‘fix’ talks

Robert King · September 26, 2017 9:29 pm