{"id":192113,"date":"2021-03-06T06:29:41","date_gmt":"2021-03-06T11:29:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=192113"},"modified":"2021-03-06T09:05:10","modified_gmt":"2021-03-06T14:05:10","slug":"sen-johnson-indicates-preference-for-leaving-office-after-current-term","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/sen-johnson-indicates-preference-for-leaving-office-after-current-term\/","title":{"rendered":"Sen. Johnson Indicates Preference for Leaving Office After Current Term"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">20<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fsen-johnson-indicates-preference-for-leaving-office-after-current-term%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=192113&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>Sen. Ron Johnson (R-Wis.) said Friday his preference is probably retiring after his current term.<\/p>\n<p>Johnson is in his second term; he pledged previously that this term would be his last.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThat pledge is on my mind, it was my preference then, I would say it\u2019s probably my preference now. I\u2019m happy to go home,\u201d Johnson <a href=\"https:\/\/madison.com\/wsj\/news\/local\/govt-and-politics\/ron-johnson-no-decision-on-2022-run-but-leaving-office-is-probably-my-preference-now\/article_aa0160e1-c81e-5c2c-8bdb-7333c6b3e09c.html\">told<\/a> media outlets in a call.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI think that pledge was based on the assumption we wouldn\u2019t have Democrats in total control of government and we\u2019re seeing what I would consider the devastating and harmful effects of Democrats\u2019 total control just ramming things through,\u201d he added.<\/p>\n<p>Democrats control the White House in addition to both chambers of Congress. The party is currently pushing a COVID-19 relief package through Congress with no Republican support by utilizing a budget process that enables simple majority votes in the lower and upper chambers.<\/p>\n<p>Speaking on WTMJ radio on Friday, Johnson said both that he hasn\u2019t decided yet whether to run again and that he feels a decision isn\u2019t required soon.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe only people who want me to decide right now are consultants, and particularly the consultants of other people who may want to run for the U.S. Senate seat, they\u2019d like to start raising money and start making money right off the bat,\u201d Johnson said. \u201cI think it\u2019ll save everybody a lot of money by just holding tight and making a decision when I\u2019m ready to.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Johnson noted that he didn\u2019t decide to run the first time until about six months before the election.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThat seemed to work out pretty well. These elections are way too long, they spend way too much money. And in the last couple cycles, some of these U.S. Senate seats have cost $100 million dollars. That is grotesque, it is absurd. And it\u2019s money primarily all wasted. So I\u2019ll save everybody a lot of money. And I\u2019ll make my decision when I think I need to,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p>The seat Johnson holds has become the focus of a number of Democrats.<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-large wp-image-3700328\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/Alex-Lasry-1200x900-1.jpg\" alt=\"Epoch Times Photo\" width=\"640\" height=\"480\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Milwaukee Bucks senior vice president Alex Lasry (L) and then-Bucks guard George Hill walk through a neighborhood in Milwaukee, Wis., on Oct. 24, 2020. (Steve Megargee File\/AP Photo)<\/p>\n<p>Milwaukee Bucks executive <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theepochtimes.com\/milwaukee-bucks-executive-alex-lasry-announces-run-for-ron-johnsons-senate-seat_3700321.html\">Alex Lasry<\/a>, Outgamie County Executive Tom Nelson, and radiologist Gillian Battino have announced bids for the seat.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhat we all too often, I think, see in Washington is people talking about the problems rather than actually trying to do something about it,\u201d Lasry said in his launch video.<\/p>\n<p>No Republicans have launched bids as of yet.<\/p>\n<p>Johnson is in the middle of battling in the Senate against the Democrats\u2019 COVID-19 relief bill.<\/p>\n<p>The $1.9 trillion package, put together by lawmakers based on a proposal from President Joe Biden, has received virtually unanimous opposition from the GOP, who don\u2019t like many of the provisions it\u2019s laden with, such as funding to states and local governments.<\/p>\n<p>Johnson <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theepochtimes.com\/gop-senator-to-push-for-10-hour-reading-of-1-9-trillion-covid-relief-bill_3719893.html\">forced<\/a> the Senate clerk to read the entire 600-page bill, and was leading a scheduling effort so that shifts of Republicans could offer hundreds of amendments to the package.<\/p>\n<p>Work was continuing on the package early Saturday, after the Senate worked overnight. A vote was expected on Saturday.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Sen. Ron Johnson (R-Wis.) said Friday his preference is probably retiring after his current term. Johnson is in his second term; he pledged previously that this term would be his &#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2274894,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/Alex-Lasry-1200x900-1.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"Sen. Johnson Indicates Preference for Leaving Office After Current Term","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-192113","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/Alex-Lasry-1200x900-1.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"Sen. 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