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Sen. Ron Johnson (R-Wis.) on Wednesday criticized President Barack Obama’s lack of leadership on the budget, charging it is not a “serious” document. “Obviously releasing a budget two months late is leading from behind, which is not a real good idea,” the Senate Budget Committee member said. “I mean it is not a serious budget,” Johnson added on Fox News. “It never provides balance. [It] doesn’t put us on a glide path to actually live within our means. What the president is really proposing is increasing spending and increasing the deficit in that first year, then extrapolate that for the next 10 years. That is what his proposal looks like to me - more increased spending, more increased taxes and unfortunately more increased deficits.”

Washington, D.C. -- Senate Republican Ron Johnson of Wisconsin said Tuesday his support of a GOP filibuster of a gun bill will depend on the final shape the legislation takes. But he also re-stated his opposition to expanded background checks, a core aim of the legislation that Senate Democrats are preparing. Johnson is one of 13 GOP senators who has signed a letter vowing to filibuster a gun bill. Johnson said his intention is to filibuster any legislation that “would infringe on our Second Amendment rights. To me, that’s a pretty easy letter to sign.”

U.S. Senator Ron Johnson says less is more. He's pushing for fewer government regulations concerning small businesses. Senator Johnson says when agencies consider public input as bills are written it leads to fewer regulations and fees to taxpayers. Government agencies do have checks and balances called "Notices of Proposed Rulemaking" to inform the public but Senator Johnson says they're not always followed. "Most of these government programs are very well intentioned, but the fact of the matter is, so often government programs have unintended consequences, negative unintended consequences," says Senator Johnson.