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Sen. [Ron] Johnson wants stronger medicine than Ryan's budget plan
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| Contributor | Homegrown Democrat |
| Last Edited | Homegrown Democrat Apr 30, 2011 12:51pm |
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| Category | News |
| Author | Lee Bergquist |
| Media | Newspaper - Milwaukee Journal Sentinel |
| News Date | Friday, April 29, 2011 06:00:00 PM UTC0:0 |
| Description | In his first news conference in Milwaukee since taking office, Republican U.S. Sen. Ron Johnson said Friday that Rep. Paul Ryan's budget proposal shows "courage," but Johnson would push for what he sees as stronger medicine:
He wants to see spending caps and a constitutional limit on government spending.
Johnson criticized President Barack Obama for "not showing any leadership" on lowering the federal budget deficit, and dusted off bits of his campaign rhetoric, saying that the federal government is too large and is the root cause of much of what ails the nation today.
While Johnson said he likes many aspects of the budget written by Ryan, a Janesville Republican, and approved by the House on April 15, he declined to endorse it because he doesn't know how the Ryan budget package will be presented in the Senate.
The freshman senator said, however, that he supports a proposal by Sen. Bob Corker (R-Tenn.) to cap federal spending. |
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