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How Couponing Moms Cost J.C. Penney $55 Million

2012-05-16T17:46:17Z

Ron Johnson, the new star CEO of J.C. Penney, wishes that couponing fanatics would just listen to him already and stop fussing with those little scrap...

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WATCH: The Six Dumbest Things GOP Politicians Have Said About Birth Control Recently

2012-04-23T09:05:20Z

Now that former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney is the presumptive Republican nominee for president, contraception no longer rules the national convers...

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Romney Endorsed By Wisconsin Senator: 'He's The Only Person That Really Has A Chance'

2012-04-01T10:14:00Z

WASHINGTON -- Sen. Ron Johnson (R-Wis.) endorsed Mitt Romney on NBC's "Meet the Press" on Sunday, two days before a primary in Johnson's home state th...

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Tea Party Senator's Advice To Women Who Can't Afford Birth Control

2012-03-27T17:56:07Z

Sen. Ron Johnson (R-Wis.) weighed into the controversy surrounding President Barack Obama's birth control mandate this weekend, dismissing the concern...

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Connie Dieken: Influencer of the Week: J.C. Penney's Oscar Hijacking

2012-02-28T18:47:28Z

The 110-year-old retailer used Hollywood's hottest night to reveal its own facelift. The company unveiled five clever ads during the Oscar telecast, featuring spokeswoman Ellen DeGeneres.

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David Fagin: How About a Hand for J.C. Penney C.E.O. Ron Johnson?

2012-02-14T13:02:22Z

We should take a moment and applaud Penney's commander-in-chief, for not so much as blinking in the wake of the political storm created by naming Ellen DeGeneres as their spokesperson.

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Roy Blunt Deals Blow To Tea Party Hopes

2011-12-13T18:09:00Z

WASHINGTON -- In his inevitable rise through Senate leadership, Roy Blunt took the first significant step on Tuesday, when he surprised some observers...

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Blow Delivered To Tea Party-Backed Senator

2011-12-13T15:52:13Z

WASHINGTON -- Sen. Roy Blunt of Missouri, a supporter of Mitt Romney, won a Senate GOP leadership post Tuesday over tea party favorite Sen. Ron Johnso...

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GOP Senator: 'Good Workers' Don't Stay At Minimum Wage

2011-12-13T14:00:00Z

WASHINGTON -- In a spirited exchange with some unemployed constituents and activists last week, GOP Sen. Ron Johnson (R-Wis.) defended the concept of ...

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McCain: GOP Getting 'Picked Apart'

2011-12-06T14:22:37Z

WASHINGTON -- Democrats are winning the message war over the payroll tax cut, Sen. John McCain (R-Ariz.) declared Tuesday, conceding the GOP was getti...

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Conservative Freshman Senators Bring New Stunts To Capitol Hill

2011-07-01T10:40:00Z

The conservative freshman Senators who rode into Washington as rock stars of the 2010 elections are beginning to find their comfort zone, sounding off...

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Geithner Warns Johnson On Debt Ceiling

2011-06-29T13:35:00Z

WASHINGTON -- Treasury Secretary Tim Geithner said Wednesday that raising the debt ceiling should not be a partisan issue, telling Sen. Ron Johnson (R...

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UPDATE: Republican Senator Vows To Block Everything

2011-06-28T18:28:42Z

WASHINGTON -- Freshman Sen. Ron Johnson (R-Wis.) declared that as long as the debt ceiling negotiations are held behind closed doors, he will block al...

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Wisconsin Senator Has Found A Creative Way To Recoup His Campaign Investment

2011-06-24T14:44:08Z

Ron Johnson has always cast himself as a self-made businessman and Tea Party outsider. But if you were willing to look past the self-mythologizing, you'd see he won his election with donations from businesses and individuals who were showered with taxpayer money.

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Top Apple Exec Nabbed

2011-06-14T11:23:24Z

UPDATE: JCPenney has released a statement confirming that Johnson will be joining its company to become CEO and leaving Apple.

Johnson said of the ...

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Eric Sapp: Glenn Beck Backtracks After Seeing AVN "Rand vs Jesus" Ad

2011-06-13T17:45:02Z

Perhaps the cold spell we're experiencing in DC originated from a realm much farther down beneath the earth that just froze over today. Glenn Beck just changed his mind on Ayn Rand!

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Tea Party Caucus In Senate Holds First Meeting

2011-01-28T09:07:00Z

The Republican senators who rode the tea party wave to victory in the fall are now weighing whether that label will help them on Capitol Hill or becom...

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Incoming Tea Party-Backed Senator Explains Questionable Staff Pick

2010-12-30T11:54:48Z

Incoming Sen. Ron Johnson (R-Wis.) successfully ousted Russ Feingold this year, attacking Feingold's "controversial" ties to Washington lobbyists and ...

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Senate's Civil-Liberties Champion Fighting For His Political Life

2010-10-27T20:28:16Z

WAUSAU, Wis. — Rural Marathon County has only 2 percent of Wisconsin's population, but it provides a glimpse of why U.S. Sen. Russ Feingold, one...

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Ten Years In, Afghanistan War Barely An Issue In 2010 Campaign

2010-12-20T09:50:47Z

WASHINGTON -- With the American public increasingly souring on the nearly decade-long war in Afghanistan, voters tossed out one of the conflict's lead...

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Jim DeMint: Tax Cut Deal 'Should Be Rejected And Then Fixed' When Rand Paul & Marco Rubio Are Here

2010-12-10T12:03:00Z

Sen. Jim DeMint (R-S.C.) urged his GOP Senate colleagues Friday to reject a deal on the extension of Bush-era tax cuts and wait until the incoming cro...

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Tea Party-Backed New Senators Hire Lobbyists As Staffers Despite Campaign Rhetoric

2010-12-09T15:24:00Z

In addition to Johnson, Sen.-elect Mike Lee (Utah) has announced that energy lobbyist Spencer Stokes will be his chief of staff. Tea party favorite Ra...

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Steve Clemons: Read the 20th Amendment: New Republican Senators Violating US Constitution

2010-11-18T10:50:58Z

A handful of newly elected Republican US Senators have written to Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid trying to undo the constitutional authority of other elected incumbent US Senators.

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Joel Shatzky: Educating for Democracy: Homage to Russ Feingold

2010-11-04T19:27:00Z

I believe that Russ Feingold's defeat might well be a sign that if we don't hang together we will, indeed, find ourselves facing a very ominous future.

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The Media Consortium: Weekly Mulch: Climate Deniers Set to Freeze Progress in Congress

2010-11-05T10:57:00Z

by Sarah Laskow, Media Consortium blogger

A chill is coming to Washington. A wave of climate change deniers were elected to office this week, and co...

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