Bureaucracy.

Via DrewM, a story Kafka didn’t live long enough to write. Just one of many to come, per Ron Johnson’s new Victims of Government Project. The series will perform oversight of the cost and impact of unnecessary, ineffective, and excessive federal regulations. Johnson also invited anyone who has been dealing with excess regulation to submit [...]

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Pressure.

Skip to 3:10 of the vid for the key bit. Not sure why Johnson’s trying to turn the spotlight on Boehner when the new Republican strategy is to keep it on Reid. Evidently Boehner’s not sure either: Senate Democrats have unveiled a package that would replace the sequester with a mix of spending cuts and [...]

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Plus, Jonah Goldberg on why it matters.

Hillary Clinton’s testy “What difference at this point does it make?” response to Ron Johnson certainly had the media in awe, which as Allahpundit noted yesterday is both unsurprising and a little discouraging.  These are supposed to be the people eager to “hold the powerful to account” and/or “comfort the afflicted and afflict the comfortable,” [...]

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Responsibility.

White House press secretary Jay Carney on Wednesday defended Secretary of State Hillary Clinton’s assertion that the administration’s initial claims the Benghazi attack was the result of a violent protest — rather than terrorism — made no “difference” in the big picture of the tragedy. Carney, speaking to reporters at the White House daily briefing, [...]

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"That guy doesn't represent anybody."

Via Newsbusters, here’s the media bookend to Terry Moran’s snotty tweet this morning questioning Rand Paul’s foreign-policy credentials after he had the audacity to criticize Her Majesty. It’s one thing for Matthews to coo over the Clintons, a role to which he’s well accustomed, it’s another to do it in lieu of demanding a straight [...]

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Getting out in front of the debate.

Last year, House Republicans were put in a tough spot during the debt ceiling debate. Just as they were finally beginning to come out with a plan to support raising the debt ceiling in exchange for solid spending cuts (Speaker Boehner was way behind the ball on that), Senator Tom Coburn (R-OK) hurt their efforts [...]

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Conservatives want to prevent government shutdown

Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-NV) is hoping to orchestrate a “carefully choreographed crisis” after the Nov. 6 election to force the GOP’s hand on spending and taxes, a trio of Republican senators warned today. They want help from their House colleagues to remove the threat of a government shutdown during the lame-duck session of [...]

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Reuters takes Kyl's comments out of context.

The president and congressional leaders met this morning at the White House to discuss ways to reduce the deficit — and House Speaker John Boehner (R-Ohio) says there’s a 50/50 chance a debt limit deal will be reached in 48 hours — but just what the meeting accomplished is not yet clear. Prior to the [...]

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Solid.

Should Congress decide not to raise the debt ceiling by the Aug. 2 deadline set by Treasury Secretary Tim Geithner, the government could continue to operate for days or even weeks, Wisconsin Republican Sen. Ron Johnson said today on a conference call with bloggers. “Next year, if we don’t increase the debt ceiling, I don’t [...]

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Liquidated his portfolio.

Too cool. Before he ever assumed office, Sen. Ron Johnson (R-Wis.) liquidated much of his investment portfolio, so as to avoid conflicts of interest, according to the latest financial disclosures released last week. The Wall Street Journal’s Washington Wire reports: First-year Republican Sen. Ron Johnson of Wisconsin and his wife, Jane, sold their stake in more than [...]

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The president announces $500 million partnership.

At Carnegie Mellon University in Pittsburgh, Pa., today, the president will announce a $500 million manufacturing initiative aimed to bring together industry, universities and the government to determine the best investments to boost America’s competitiveness and create jobs. That sounds nice. “Today, I’m calling for all of us to come together… to spark a renaissance [...]

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