JOHNSON, RON (a Senator from Wisconsin)

Amendments

Agriculture: reauthorize certain programs (S. 954), S3618 [20MY], S3727, S3772 [22MY]

Appropriations: making continuing (H.J. Res. 59), S6760, S6898 [24SE], S6963 [26SE]

——— making continuing (H.R. 933), S1715 [12MR], S1724 [13MR]

Budget: setting forth the Federal budget for 2013–2023 (S. Con. Res. 8), S2169, S2187 [21MR], S2292 [22MR]

Conservation of energy: promote energy savings in residential buildings and industry (S. 1392), S6386, S6387 [11SE], S6448 [12SE], S6535 [17SE]

Dept. of Defense: authorizing appropriations for military activities, prescribing personnel strengths, and military construction (S. 1197), S8125 [18NO], S8204, S8214, S8215 [19NO], S8373 [20NO], S8460 [21NO]

Depts. of Transportation and HUD and related agencies: making appropriations (S. 1243), S5917, S5921 [24JY], S6025 [29JY], S6080 [30JY]

Firearms: ensure National Instant Criminal Background Check System is complete, require a background check for every firearm sale, prevent gun trafficking, and enhance school security (S. 649), S2689 [16AP], S2752 [17AP]

Immigration: reform (S. 744), S4587 [18JN], S4681, S4683, S4684, S4685, S4686, S4689 [19JN], S4828, S4836, S4838 [20JN], S5076 [24JN], S5275 [26JN]

Appointments

Conferee: S. Con. Res. 8, setting forth the Federal budget for 2013–2023, S7560 [16OC]

Bills and resolutions cosponsored

Abortion: protect pain-capable unborn children (see S. 1670), S7927 [7NO]

——— protect pain-capable unborn children in the District of Columbia (see S. 886), S3159 [7MY]

Agriculture: reform sugar price support program (see S. 345), S3091 [6MY]

Appropriations: provide for automatic continuing resolutions (see S. 29), S470 [4FE]

Armed Forces: restore full working-age military retiree cost-of-living adjustment (see S. Res. 323), S8976 [18DE]

Boston, MA: commend heroism, courage, and sacrifice of victims recovering from attacks relative to Boston Marathon bombing and the subsequent manhunt (see S. Res. 115), S3029 [25AP]

——— condemn bombings at the Boston Marathon, express condolences to victims and their families, and commend medical personnel, first responders, and citizens that aided victims (see S. Res. 101), S2749 [17AP]

Budget: constitutional amendment to require balanced (see S.J. Res. 7), S708 [13FE]

——— eliminate automatic increases for inflation from CBO baseline projections for discretionary appropriations and require budget estimates to be compared with the prior year’s level (see S. 185), S400 [30JA]

——— modify discretionary spending limits to take into account savings resulting from the reduction in the number of Federal employees and freeze pay for Members of Congress when there is a Federal deficit (see S. 263), S520 [7FE]

——— modify discretionary spending limits to take into account savings resulting from the reduction in the number of Federal employees and freeze pay for Members of Congress when there is a Federal deficit, cosponsorship withdrawn (see S. 263), S658 [12FE]

——— rescind certain Federal funds identified by States as unwanted and use such funds to reduce the Federal debt (see S. 692), S2564 [10AP]

Capitol Building and Grounds: tribute to law enforcement, postal workers, and other Senate employees who detected and prevented poison threat to Members of Congress (see S. Res. 112), S2960 [24AP]

CBO: provide a macroeconomic analysis of the impact of legislation (see S. 184), S400 [30JA]

Committee To Investigate and Report on the Attack on the U.S. Diplomatic Facility and American Personnel in Benghazi, Libya (Joint, Select): establish (see S. Res. 225), S6446 [12SE]

Congress: approve permit for the Keystone XL Pipeline (see S. 582), S1951 [19MR]

——— prohibit earmarks (see S. 126), S284 [24JA]

——— require specification of the source of authority under the U.S. Constitution for the enactment of laws (see S. 1404), S6126 [31JY]

Dept. of Agriculture: authorize producers on a farm to produce fruits and vegetables for processing on the base acres of the farm (see S. 751), S3031 [25AP]

Dept. of Defense: declare the attack at Fort Hood, TX, a terrorist attack and ensure victims of such attack and their families receive the same honors and benefits as those killed or wounded in overseas combat zones (see S. 1500), S6684 [23SE]

——— provide for auditable financial statements (see S. 1510), S6518 [17SE]

Dept. of Education: allow States to opt out of certain programmatic requirements and combine certain Federal funds to improve academic achievement (see S. 1210), S4793 [20JN]

Dept. of Energy: enhance the energy security of U.S. allies by approving exports of natural gas to NATO countries, Japan, or any country found that such exports would enhance U.S. national security (see S. 192), S438 [31JA]

——— modify efficiency standards for grid-enabled water heaters (see S. 1739), S8669 [11DE]

Dept. of the Treasury: prohibit from enforcing health care reform (see S. 983), S5908 [24JY]

Dept. of Transportation: extend the positive train control system implementation deadline (see S. 1462), S6521 [17SE]

——— provide flexibility to transfer funds to prevent FAA furloughs (see S. 794), S2960 [24AP]

District of Columbia: condemn Navy Yard shootings, express condolences to victims, support for those impacted, and gratitude to responders to the shootings (see S. Res. 265), S7210 [4OC]

Economy: provide for fiscal gap and generational accounting analysis in the legislative process, the President’s budget, and annual long-term fiscal outlook reports (see S. 1351), S8101 [18NO]

Employment: allow private sector employers to offer employees the choice between cash wages and compensatory time for overtime hours worked (see S. 1623), S7674 [30OC]

Federal agencies and departments: codify and modify regulatory requirements (see S. 191), S438 [31JA]

——— establish Federal customer service standards and improve service provided by Federal agencies (see S. 760), S2797 [18AP]

——— improve detection, prevention, and recovery of improper payments to deceased individuals (see S. 1360), S6073 [30JY]

——— improve security clearance process by improving OPM oversight, terminating investigators who falsify reports, and establishing security clearance position guidelines (see S. 1276), S5620 [10JY]

——— provide for congressional review of agency guidance documents (see S. 320), S708 [13FE]

——— provide that major rules of the executive branch shall have no force or effect unless a joint resolution of approval is enacted into law (see S. 15), S871 [26FE]

——— require accountability and transparency in Federal spending (see S. 994), S8458 [21NO]

——— strengthen accountability of individuals involved in misconduct affecting integrity of background investigations and update guidelines for security clearances (see S. 1744), S8361 [20NO]

Federal employees: limit circumstances in which official time may be used by a Federal employee (see S. 1312), S5755 [17JY]

——— prohibit performance awards in the Senior Executive Service during sequestration periods (see S. 986), S3569 [16MY]

Federal-State relations: prohibit taxpayer bailouts of fiscally irresponsible State and local governments (see S. 101), S5840 [23JY]

Financial institutions: provide exception from requirement for annual privacy notices for financial institutions which do not share personal information with affiliates (see S. 635), S4586 [18JN]

Financial Literacy Month: designate (see S. Res. 105), S2897 [23AP]

FRS: provide consumers with a free annual disclosure of information the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau maintains on them (see S. 1667), S7953 [12NO]

GAO: require a study and report on the costs of Federal regulations (see S. 536), S1893 [18MR]

Grams, Rod: tribute (see S. Res. 267), S7353 [9OC]

Harbor Maintenance Trust Fund: ensure that amounts credited are used for harbor maintenance (see S. 218), S469 [4FE]

Hathaway, William D.: tribute (see S. Res. 189), S5264 [26JN]

Health: prohibit denial of coverage under Federal health care programs based on comparative effectiveness research data and ensure research accounts for advancements in health care and different treatment options (see S. 133), S330 [28JA]

Health Care and Education Reconciliation Act: repeal (see S. 177), S358 [29JA]

Insurance: condition provision of health insurance premium and cost-sharing subsidies upon a certification that a program to verify household income and other qualifications for such subsidies is operational (see S. 1455), S6297 [9SE]

Iran: support full implementation of U.S. and international sanctions on Iran and urge the President to continue to strengthen enforcement of sanctions legislation (see S. Res. 65), S2027 [20MR]

IRS: prevent discriminatory misconduct against taxpayers by IRS officers and employees (see S. 941), S3429 [14MY]

ITC: develop and recommend legislation for temporarily suspending duties (see S. 790), S2896 [23AP]

Labor unions: protect the free choice of individual employees relative to participation in labor organizations (see S. 1712), S8049 [14NO]

Lautenberg, Frank R.: tribute (see S. Res. 161), S3955 [4JN]

Mandela, Nelson R.: tribute (see S. Res. 321), S8809 [13DE]

Medicare: provide for fairness in hospital payments (see S. 183), S4673 [19JN]

Megellas, James: award Medal of Honor (see S. 993), S5527 [8JY]

Members of Congress: constitutional amendment to limit terms (see S.J. Res. 2), S214 [23JA]

National Small Business Week: observance (see S. Res. 177), S4673 [19JN]

NLRB: permit employers to pay higher wages to their employees who are working under a union contract (see S. 1542), S6753 [24SE]

——— reform criteria for determining employee units appropriate for purposes of collective bargaining (see S. 1166), S4587 [18JN]

Oak Creek, WI: recognize anniversary and condemn shootings at Sikh Temple of Wisconsin and express condolences to victims’ families and friends and gratitude to responders to the shootings (see S. Res. 209), S6127 [31JY]

OMB: rescind certain unobligated discretionary appropriations (see S. 379), S871 [26FE]

Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act: delay implementation (see S. 1490), S6448 [12SE]

——— delay implementation of the employer health insurance mandate (see S. 1488), S6447 [12SE]

——— delay implementation of the individual health insurance mandate (see S. 1488), S6447 [12SE]

——— disapprove IRS rule relative to the individual mandate (see S.J. Res. 27), S8459 [21NO]

——— ensure coverage offered under multi-State qualified health plans offered in exchanges is consistent with the Federal abortion funding ban (see S. 154), S285 [24JA]

——— limit availability of tax credits and reductions in cost-sharing to individuals receiving health coverage under certain labor union plans (see S. 1487), S6447 [12SE]

——— provide for participation in health care exchanges by the President, Vice President, Members of Congress, political appointees, and congressional staff and limit subsidies (see S. 1497), S6446 [12SE]

——— provide that the reinsurance program be applied equally to all health insurance issuers and group health plans (see S. 1724), S8186 [19NO]

——— repeal (see S. 177), S358 [29JA]

——— repeal provisions providing for the Independent Payment Advisory Board (see S. 351), S773 [14FE]

Power resources: achieve domestic energy independence by empowering States to control development and production of all forms of energy on all available Federal land (see S. 1233), S5264 [26JN]

——— clarify that a State has the sole authority to regulate hydraulic fracturing on Federal land within the boundaries of the State (see S. 1234), S5264 [26JN]

——— establish and implement oil and gas leasing programs for the Outer Continental Shelf and the Coastal Plain of Alaska, and streamline regulation of other energy projects (see S. 17), S943 [27FE]

Public debt: prioritize obligations if the debt ceiling is reached by treating public debt payments, Social Security benefits, and Armed Forces allowances equally (see S. 46), S43 [22JA]

——— require that any debt ceiling increase be balanced by equal spending cuts (see S. 43), S43 [22JA]

——— retain authority of Congress to borrow money on the credit of the U.S. and not cede this power to the President (see S. Res. 8), S214 [23JA]

Roads and highways: ensure currently-operating trucks can continue to use the future Interstate 41 in Wisconsin (see S. 1299), S5708 [16JY]

Rural areas: recognize that access to hospitals and other health care providers for patients in rural areas is essential to the survival and success of communities (see S. Res. 26), S4022 [7JN]

SBA: require a study and report on the costs to small business concerns of Federal regulations (see S. 535), S1710 [12MR]

Schiappa, David J.: tribute (see S. Res. 212), S6208 [1AU]

Small Business Saturday: designate (see S. Res. 313), S8565 [9DE]

States: prohibit Federal bailout of any State (see S. Res. 215), S6208 [1AU]

Taxation: constitutional amendment to limit congressional power to impose a tax on failure to purchase goods or services (see S.J. Res. 16), S3987 [6JN]

——— make permanent the moratorium on Internet access taxation and multiple and discriminatory taxes on electronic commerce (see S. 1431), S6206 [1AU]

——— oppose Federal efforts to establish a carbon tax on fuels for electricity and transportation (see S. Con. Res. 4), S329 [28JA]

——— reduce tax on beer (see S. 958), S3846 [23MY]

——— repeal estate and generation-skipping taxes (see S. 1183), S7354 [9OC]

U.N.: provide for an accounting of total U.S. contributions (see S. 988), S3614 [20MY]

Ukraine: support sovereignty and closer relations with Europe, condemn violence against peaceful protesters, and urge a peaceful solution to current political and economic crisis (see S. Res. 319), S8771 [12DE]

Voting: permit States to require proof of citizenship for registration to vote in elections for Federal office (see S. 1336), S5800 [18JY]

Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act: provide exemptions from municipal advisor registration requirements (see S. 710), S6209 [1AU]

——— repeal (see S. 20), S1127 [5MR]

Water: prevent finalization by the EPA or Corps of Engineers of proposed guidance on identification of waters protected by the Federal Water Pollution Control Act (see S. 1006), S3760 [22MY]

Bills and resolutions introduced

Cushing, Alonzo H.: award the Medal of Honor for acts of valor during the Civil War (see S. 1258), S5499 [27JN]

Patents: combat cyber espionage of intellectual property of U.S. persons (see S. 1111), S3987 [6JN]

Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act: ensure that individuals can keep their health insurance coverage (see S. 1617), S7673 [30OC]

Cloture motions

Budget: replace sequester and give the President the flexibility to make spending cuts (S. 16), motion to proceed, S927 [27FE], S991 [28FE]

E-Mails 

Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act implementation impact on health care, coverage, costs, and accessibility, S9030 [19DE]

——— Shannon and David McKichan, S9030 [19DE]

Remarks

Appropriations: making continuing (H.J. Res. 59), S6951 [26SE]

——— making continuing (H.R. 933), S1737, S1738 [13MR], S2027 [20MR]

Brennan, John O.: nomination to be CIA Director, S1223 [6MR]

Budget: balance, S2077 [21MR]

——— reform entitlement programs, S2077 [21MR]

——— setting forth the Federal budget for 2013–2023 (S. Con. Res. 8), S2076 [21MR], S2293 [22MR]

Federal aid programs: prohibit Federal assistance to State and local governments which declare bankruptcy, S2077 [21MR]

Immigration: reform (S. 744), S5252 [26JN]

Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act: ensure that individuals can keep their health insurance coverage (S. 1617), S7675–S7677 [30OC], S8653, S8655 [11DE]

——— impact of implementation on health care, coverage, costs, and accessibility, S8016 [14NO], S8653–S8656 [11DE], S8748 [12DE], S9030 [19DE]

——— prohibit funding to implement, S6951 [26SE]

——— prohibit implementation funding, S1737, S1738 [13MR]

——— repeal, S8016 [14NO]

Pillard, Cornelia T.L.: nomination to be circuit judge, S8652 [11DE]

Social Security: ensure solvency of Medicare and Social Security, S2293 [22MR]

Votes: position on missed, S701 [13FE]