Ryan offers health care alternatives
By Matt Pommer Congressman Paul Ryan, R-Wisconsin, is promoting an economic road map that would dramatically affect those younger than 55. It includes major changes in Medicare and Social Security,...
View ArticleEntitlements are tough political targets
By Matt Pommer Ron Johnson, the Oshkosh businessman and likely Republican nominee for the U.S. Senate seat, says he is running to end America‘s “culture of entitlement.” Johnson will have to spell out...
View ArticleHealth care debate offers market medicine
By Matt Pommer “The miracles of modern medicine are simply outrunning the public’s ability to pay for them.” Almost a quarter-century has passed since then-Colorado Gov. Richard Lamm made that...
View ArticleSenate race centers on Social Security
By Matt Pommer Republican Ron Johnson says most people now in their 20s, 30s and 40s don’t expect Social Security to be around when they retire. Johnson has been riding the Social Security issue in his...
View ArticleRyan, rising GOP star, easily wins re-election
MILWAUKEE (AP) — U.S. Rep. Paul Ryan of Janesville has won re-election to a seventh term in the U.S. House of Representatives. Ryan’s victory puts him in position to become chairman of the House Budget...
View ArticleCongressmen: Use high-speed rail money to cut deficit
By Joe Lanane Three Republican congressmen from Wisconsin say the state should be allowed to return the $810 million in stimulus money designated for high-speed rail to the federal government to help...
View ArticleWalker could enter VP talks
By Matt Pommer Gov. Scott Walker’s collective bargaining revolution has put him on the national stage as a possible Republican vice presidential candidate in 2012. The new law, which eliminated most...
View ArticleWisconsin GOP has golden opportunity
By Matt Pommer This summer’s recall elections will attract national political attention, providing a splendid opportunity for Wisconsin Republicans to advance GOP ideas. At first blush the recall...
View ArticleA different GOP awaits Thompson
By Matt Pommer Former Gov. Tommy Thompson is vowing to help campaign to save six Republican state senators who will face recall elections this summer. Thompson was elected governor four times, the last...
View ArticleDealing with recall election fallout
By Matt Pommer The summer recall elections have killed any Republican idea of dramatically changing the state’s public-employee pension system. Gov. Scott Walker’s budget law calls for a study of the...
View ArticleLet’s vote on future of programs
By Matt Pommer Let’s have some advisory votes on the future of Social Security and Medicare. Wisconsin and other populist states have a history of deciding spending issues by the way of referenda in...
View ArticleDems, GOP lawmakers sell budgets back home
Republicans and Democrats are selling their budget plans back home as models for how they would run Washington if they win the November elections.
View ArticleTwo parties, two visions
Listening to Republicans, a vote for Mitt Romney and Paul Ryan is imperative to save the nation.
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VP Ryan? Prof. Ryan? GOP nominee’s future unclear
Professor Ryan? Lobbyist Ryan? Maybe back to plain-old Rep. Ryan or future President Ryan?
View ArticleGreat Lakes program inspires rare bipartisanship
Nowhere has the fervor to cut government down to size been more dramatically on display than in the industrial Midwest.
View ArticlePoliticians raise cash behind closed doors
On Oct. 8, Mandy Wright held an event to raise money at a bar across the street from the state Capitol in Madison.
View ArticleNew tool helps track congressional assets
Congressional members and candidates must disclose their personal financial assets as a check on possible conflicts of interest.
View ArticleGOP seeks curbs in Obama environmental agenda in budget bill
Congressional Republicans are pressing for an end to the four-decade ban on exporting crude oil and further curbs on President Barack Obama's environmental agenda as part of a sweeping $1.1 trillion...
View ArticleTough reality looms for Trump, GOP Congress
The budding new alliance between Donald Trump and congressional Republicans hides a tougher reality: Even with unified GOP control of Washington, D.C., the president-elect's priorities may have trouble...
View ArticleWisconsin Republicans built winning ground game over years
Seven months ago, as Wisconsin Republicans looked ahead to the upcoming presidential election, they focused on the state's nonpartisan race for the state Supreme Court as a test run of sorts.
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