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Ron Johnson
2022 midterms
Nov. 9, 2022
Ron Johnson Survives, Again The most-frustrating Republican senator to Democrats defeats Mandela Barnes, thanks in no small part to highlighting his liberal past.
By Ross Barkan
2022 midterms
Oct. 16, 2022
Will Election Deniers Deny Their Own Defeats? Republican candidates aren’t necessarily going to wait for 2024 to repeat their 2020 stolen-election fables. There’s no time like the present.
By Ed Kilgore
2022 midterms
Oct. 14, 2022
Ron Johnson Is Asked to Play Nice, Gets Booed for Smearing Mandela Barnes The Wisconsin senator wondered why a nice man with a good upbringing is anti-American. It’s not the first time he’s attacked his opponent this way.
By Ed Kilgore
early and often
Oct. 7, 2022
It’s Willie Horton Season in the Midterms Ron Johnson and Mehmet Oz have clawed their ways back in the polls by blaming Democrats for violent crime and blowing racist dog whistles.
By Matt Stieb
the inside game
Oct. 7, 2022
What Biden Privately Thinks About the Midterms Behind closed doors, his 2022 priorities (like beating Ron Johnson) are also about his 2024 reelection.
By Gabriel Debenedetti
early and often
Sept. 8, 2022
Democrats Learn to Love the Culture War Wedge issues used to be the weapon solely of Republicans, but that’s changed with a push to force senators to vote to codify same-sex marriage.
By Ross Barkan
early and often
Sept. 7, 2022
By Ross Barkan
january 6 hearings
June 21, 2022
Ron Johnson’s Office Tried to Send Pence Fake Electors An illuminating text exchange was revealed by the January 6 committee on Tuesday.
By Matt Stieb
2022 midterms
Jan. 24, 2022
Democrats Need Republican Mistakes to Hang On to the Senate A normal midterm swing could help Republicans sweep close Senate races. But Trump and intraparty problems could help Democrats keep control.
By Ed Kilgore
2022 midterms
Jan. 8, 2022
Will This Be the Year Senator Ron Johnson’s Luck Runs Out? He’s a loud-and-proud yahoo running for reelection in a battleground state, but that doesn’t guarantee he’ll be an easy target for Democrats.
By Ed Kilgore
unorthodox ideas
Dec. 9, 2021
Senate’s Leading Conspiracy Theorist Suggests Mouthwash for COVID Ron Johnson is touting the potential benefits of gargling. But not, you know, vaccines.
By Benjamin Hart
2022 midterms
Oct. 18, 2021
Are Fears of 2022 Losses Driving House Democrats to Retire? Sometimes senior House members bail in anticipation of their party losing the majority. A wave of 2022 retirements could be a bad sign for Democrats.
By Ed Kilgore
Silly Season Arrives in Senate As Major Legislation Advances Get ready for “messaging amendments” and “vote-a-ramas” as pointless debate precedes passage of the infrastructure bill and the budget resolution.
By Ed Kilgore
Juneteenth Is Now a Federal Holiday “Great nations don’t ignore their most painful moments,” Biden said as he signed the bill establishing a holiday marking the end of slavery.
By Ed Kilgore
covid-19 vaccine
Apr. 23, 2021
Ron Johnson Makes Dangerously Ignorant Comments on Vaccines The Wisconsin senator’s yahooism now includes waving off the community benefits of COVID vaccination.
By Ed Kilgore
the national interest
Mar. 16, 2021
Ron Johnson Complains His Delusional Riot Claims Are Being ‘Silenced’ A hypothetical left-wing riot becomes the justification to dismiss a real right-wing one.
By Jonathan Chait
The 3 Dumbest Arguments Against Biden’s Stimulus Bill The ideas that Democrats are “ramming” a “liberal wish list” that the country cannot afford don’t bear much scrutiny.
By Ed Kilgore
Ron Johnson Makes Senate Read 600-Page COVID Relief Bill Aloud The Wisconsin Republican said his aim is to “educate the public,” but Democrat Tim Kaine countered that it’s a maneuver “designed to annoy everyone.”
By Nia Prater
Conspiracy Theorist Ron Johnson the New Model for Swing State GOP Senators Senators from battleground states used to be mostly moderates. Johnson has gone sharply the other way, making wild claims about the Capitol riot.
By Ed Kilgore
impeachment trial
Feb. 16, 2021
Senate Republicans Split on Trump’s Culpability for Capitol Riot Mitch McConnell wasn’t the only senator who combined a vote to acquit Trump with criticism of his conduct. But most won’t have trouble crawling back.
By Ed Kilgore
2022 midterms
Jan. 25, 2021
Republican Senator Rob Portman to Retire in 2022 The fight for control of the Senate in 2022 is already underway. The key factor could be the kind of Republican divisions evident in Portman’s Ohio.
By Ed Kilgore
impeachment trial
Jan. 21, 2021
A McConnell-Backed Trump Conviction Is Just Fantasy Conviction in Trump’s impeachment trial was always a long shot. Now momentum is waning, as GOP senators aren’t onboard and McConnell won’t herd them.
By Ed Kilgore
covid-19 stimulus
Dec. 18, 2020
Trump Nearly Blew Up Stimulus Talks With Demand for a Big Second Check Trump wants the kind of spending that horrifies most of his closest allies in Congress.
By Ed Kilgore
the national interest
Nov. 20, 2020
By Jonathan Chait
supreme court
Oct. 3, 2020
Could the White House COVID-19 Outbreak Screw Up Barrett’s Confirmation? That depends on how many Republicans can show up for key committee and floor votes.
By Ed Kilgore
the national interest
Sept. 23, 2020
Republican Report Suggests Hunter Biden, Donald Trump Both Unfit for Office The one person who comes out of the Ukraine scandal looking good? Joe Biden.
By Jonathan Chait
coronavirus stimulus
July 31, 2020
Democrats Put Squeeze on White House As Unemployment Benefits Expire Right now the White House looks more likely to cut a stimulus deal with Pelosi and Schumer than to herd fractious congressional Republicans.
By Ed Kilgore
coronavirus stimulus
July 25, 2020
The GOP’s Procrastination on COVID Relief Is Inexcusable Republicans had four months to prepare the next stimulus bill. Instead, they’re racing against the clock — and their own economic delusions.
By Eric Levitz
the national interest
Mar. 18, 2020
By Jonathan Chait
With Biden Ascendant, GOP Suddenly Cares About His Ukraine Connections Again President Trump and Republican senators are refocusing on debunked allegations of Biden family misconduct in Ukraine as his campaign regains steam.
By Matt Stieb
trump impeachment
Oct. 6, 2019
Ron Johnson Goes Conspiracist Route Defending Trump, Attacks Intel Community Johnson’s claim that he doesn’t trust the FBI or CIA shows how far a Trump ally is willing to go to wrangle up presidential favor.
By Matt Stieb
2018 elections
Aug. 15, 2018
Leah Vukmir’s Victory in Wisconsin Is a Rare Win for Republican Women The veteran conservative state legislator will now face incumbent Democrat Tammy Baldwin in another uphill race in Wisconsin.
By Ed Kilgore
2018 elections
Aug. 14, 2018
Scott Walker and Tammy Baldwin Prepare for a November Slugfest in Wisconsin Democrats will choose an opponent for longtime nemesis Scott Walker while Republicans are staging a pricey primary to challenge Tammy Baldwin.
By Ed Kilgore
Wisconsin’s Supreme Court Election Is Going To Be A Barnburner In a closely divided and intensely partisan state, this judicial election will be among other things a tune-up for November.
By Ed Kilgore
Ron Johnson Is Very Bad at McCarthyism For the second time in two weeks, the Wisconsin senator made up a wild conspiracy theory about the FBI — only to see it instantly fall apart.
By Eric Levitz
Senate Parliamentarian Throws Sand Into the Gears of the GOP Tax-Cut Machine It looked like the GOP tax cut would glide through the Senate. But a parliamentarian’s ruling has estranged deficit hawks.
By Ed Kilgore
The Trump Tax Cuts Pass in Committee, Head to the Senate Floor It looks like this thing is gonna pass — if Mitch McConnell can keep all of the promises he just made.
By Eric Levitz
Here’s How Republicans Plan to Get Their Tax Bill Out of the Senate Seven Senate Republicans have expressed concerns about the legislation. Mitch McConnell hopes to win them over with these last-minute changes.
By Eric Levitz
the national interest
Nov. 15, 2017
Why Ron Johnson’s Opposition Is a Body Blow for the Trump Tax Cuts They’ll need to give him either money or spend time negotiating with him. They don’t have either to spare.
By Jonathan Chait
When Two Warring Parties Share a State’s U.S. Senate Seats The number of “split” Senate delegations is declining steadily, and with it the phenomenon of voters deliberately choosing a senator from each party.
By Ed Kilgore
The GOP’s Latest Attempt to Repeal Obamacare Won’t Even Get a Vote After a pretty depressing luncheon discussion, Senate Republicans decided they won’t humiliate themselves with a vote on the Graham-Cassidy bill.
By Ed Kilgore
Senate to Hold Phony Graham-Cassidy Hearings So They Can Pretend to Deliberate John McCain is troubled by the Senate’s rushed consideration of health-care legislation. So the GOP is cooking up some bogus hearings for him.
By Ed Kilgore
GOP Senator: McCain’s Brain Tumor May Have Affected Health-Care Vote “He has a brain tumor right now — that vote occurred at 1:30 in the morning, some of that might have factored in,” Senator Ron Johnson said.
By Adam K. Raymond
the national interest
July 17, 2017
By Jonathan Chait
the national interest
May 20, 2015
Obamacare: What If the GOP Gets What It Wants? With the Supreme Court decision looming, the right is rethinking its scorched-Earth approach to attacking Obamacare.
By Jonathan Chait
the national interest
June 11, 2013
By Jonathan Chait
penney pinching
Apr. 8, 2013
By Hilary Moss
penney pinching
Mar. 19, 2013
By Hilary Moss
penney pinching
Jan. 29, 2013
By Hilary Moss
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