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Senator Ron Johnson’s take on President Obama and the federal budget

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Republican Senator Ron Johnson is telling state business groups that President Obama is a “disaster,”and the first-term lawmaker is defending his recent budget votes in Congress.Democrats take issue with Johnson’s remarks, as Chuck Quirmbach reports.

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