Senator Mike Johanns News Archives

What's all the fuss about? After all the noise over Democrats' push for a government insurance plan to compete with private carriers, coverage numbers are finally in: Two percent.

Republicans say the Democrats' proposal to overhaul health care is far too complicated, intrusive and expensive and are urging several steps they claim would bring down costs while not greatly expanding government involvement.

Things looked so promising Tuesday night when the Senate voted 87-13 to invoke cloture on HR 3548, the bill to extend unemployment benefits.

Nebraska's political leaders are praising China's move to lift its ban on U.S. pork imposed last spring out of fear of swine flu.

Consumers would be spared having to pay huge medical bills under Democratic health care legislation that's moving through Congress, as lawmakers agree on the need to put limits on how much people would pay out of their own pockets.

Anne Batchelder was the grande dame of Republican politics in Nebraska for decades.

An Omaha political consultant will run as a Democrat for secretary of state, the first Democrat to announce candidacy for a statewide office in the 2010 election.

The Obama administration is considering a way to bring together patients, doctors, insurers and law officers to combat fraud in Medicare and Medicaid, a Health and Human Services official said Wednesday.

Every time the Republicans recite the bullshit their HMO puppetmasters tell them to recite, the lie gets refuted over and over.

In this Sept. 17, 2009 file photo Sen. Mike Johanns, R-Neb., second from left, talks about health care reform on Capitol Hill in Washington with, from left, Sen.

Lincoln County authorities say 18-year-old David Pederson Jr. of Brady likely fell asleep early Sunday morning as he was driving his pickup near mile marker 188 on U.S. Highway 30.

Republican Senate frontrunner Kelly Ayotte did have an impressive first quarter of fundraising.

Sunday October 25, 2009 11:44 a.m. FILE - In this Sept. 17, 2009 file photo Sen.

President Barack Obama is making sure hospitals have the flexibility they need to deal with swine flu.

Senator Johanns today applauded Taiwan's decision to accept expanded imports of U.S. beef.

President Barack Obama is trumpeting small business, while Republican Senator Mike Johanns of Nebraska is tearing apart Democatic proposals on health care.

Mike Johanns said Saturday in the GOP's weekly video and radio address. "Yet current proposals in Congress don't accomplish this goal and could even have the opposite effect, negatively impacting each and every one of us," Johanns said.

The Matthew Shepard and James Byrd, Jr. Hate Crimes Prevention Act [S 909 text] is part of a $681 billion military appropriations conference report for fiscal year 2010, and enables the Department of Justice to investigate or prosecute hate crimes that result in death or serious injury by assisting state and local authorities or by assuming a ...

OMAHA, Neb. - Database marketer InfoGroup Inc. has fired one of its top executives who once ran for Nebraska governor.

Senator Mike Johanns today led a bipartisan effort in the Senate to commemorate 40 years of membership by women in the Future Farmers of America, now known as the National FFA organization.

An outage was reported Thursday morning in the southwest Nebraska towns of Maywood and Curtis in Frontier County .

Former Nebraska State Patrol commander Tom Nesbitt is announcing his candidacy for state treasurer.

In recent years, Nebraska has been one of the lucky states when it comes to senators.

Donovan stressed that the administration wona t know the true cost to taxpayers until Americans have filed their tax returns in April.

Part of what makes our country great is the transparency that exists between citizens and their government.

Senator Mike Johanns today issued the following statement on the possibility of using budget reconciliation to pass health care reform.

On October 1, 2009, Minnesota Senator Al Franken proposed an amendment to add to the appropriations bill for the Department of Defense.

Legislation introduced would end federal funding Washington, DC - Idaho Senator Mike Crapo wants to cut all funding for the community action group ACORN .

As I write to you, the Senate Finance Committee has acted on the latest version of health care reform.

South Carolina Republican Sen. Lindsey Graham announced his support for a climate bill this year on Sunday - but Democrats still face a steep climb to gain broad bipartisan backing for the legislation.

As President Barack Obama ponders his strategy on Afghanistan, lawmakers on Capitol Hill find themselves waiting - some with more patience than others.

President Obama's troubles with health care reform rest with his fellow Democrats, and not Republicans, former GOP presidential contender Mitt Romney said Friday in Omaha.

Senator Johanns on Wednesday applauded the inclusion of $2 million in funding for the U.S. Department of Agriculture to depopulate tuberculosis -infected cattle herds - an increase of $1 million over last year.

The New York Times reports that Bertha Lewis, ACORN's chief executive, lashed out at her group's critics on Tuesday, decrying their investigation efforts as nothing more than "modern-day ACORN McCarthyism." Sen.

It's a message that lawmakers have been hearing frequently from constituents lately, and now it's become the focus of jockeying on Capitol Hill.

A bipartisan bid to extend existing federal transportation law for three months -- and tap the TARP bailout fund to avert the cancellation of $8.7 billion in contract authority -- was rejected on the Senate floor last night after GOP senators insisted on using stimulus money, rather than bailout cash, to fix the problem.

The Obama administration has adopted a Clinton-era immigration enforcement tactic that is starting to bear fruit.

While a few U.S. senators are looking for compromise on legislation to make it easier for labor unions to organize, the U.S. Chamber of Commerce says most Nebraskans oppose any such measure.

If the fate of a climate change bill rests in the hands of agricultural interests, Sen.

Senators Barbara Boxer and John Kerry introduced their climate change bill in Washington, D.C. yesterday.

Congressional officials have honored a Nebraska family that has taken in four foster children with adoption plans in mind.

Senate climate bill faces uphill battle Oct. 1, 2009 By Rick Jordahl Pork Magazine Senators John Kerry, and Barbara Boxer , introduced their version of the climate bill on Wednesday.

Some legal experts say that provisions Congress passed to defund ACORN may be unconstitutional, and the House bill in particular will alienate defense contractors, who are long-time allies of Republicans.

Nebraska U.S. Senator Mike Johanns says both parties need to stick to debating the issues after a comment by Florida Democratic Congressman Alan Grayson that the Republican health care proposal "wants sick Americans to die quickly". Repulicans are asking Grayson to apologize after a Democratic-led reprimand of South Carolina Republican Joe Wilson ...

Two senators this week said they have formed a General Aviation Caucus and invited other senators to join them to ensure support for pilots, aircraft owners, and the aviation industry in the U.S. "General aviation has a presence in every state, and plays a significant role in our economy," said Sen.

For years, ACORN has been ladled federal funds by its friend on the Hill. Now, congressional Republicans are working to snip the unseemly relationship, bill by bill.