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Senate Group on Debt Loses a Key Republican
The already weak prospects for a bipartisan debt-reduction deal this year dimmed further on Tuesday when a Republican member of the Senate’s “Gang of Six,” Senator Tom Coburn of Oklahoma, withdrew after months of private negotiations amid differences...Read Full Story
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Ezra Klein on why the government should not be run like a household
Rep. Jeb Hensarling (GOP Conference Chair) calls Social Security, Medicare + Medicaid “cruel ponzi schemes”
GOP budget slashes investments in science, infrastructure, and education to historically...Read Full Story
The presence of Georgia’s two United States senators in Washington political circles is taking new turns. Both Sens. Saxby Chambliss and Johnny Isakson have shown unusually good moves lately on increasingly important measures. It appears that their time-in-grade is working in their favor, as they become more statesman-like in their working within the Senate. Perhaps the most surprising change in Senator Chambliss has been his new-found ability to seek major compromise, as found in his...Read Full Story
Newsflash to readers and commenters: you have an IP address ! I know it's hard to wrap your head around, but it's a special little number that sort of vaguely identifies your point of origin when you visit a website. When you comment, your IP address is saved with the comment, and the website's administrator (hey, that's me!) can get a general idea of where the comment came from. If you happen to be writing from the office of a US Senator, it might say something like: "ISP: US Senate." Uh-oh...Read Full Story
News 9 new results for U.S. Politics US Olympic superstar Carl Lewis enters politics Reuters A political novice, Lewis said he was running to help young people, improve education and aid senior citizens. A detailed platform will be coming soon, he said. "My focus will be on children, on the future," he said. "We cannot rest until we make sure ... See all stories on this topic » US Politics : Open and transparent bills that may bring changes. Examiner.com Wisconsin's recent budget battle...Read Full Story
Walker has been nominated before, but found herself trapped in the maze between Congress and the White House. WASHINGTON — Three long-awaited federal judge vacancies in Atlanta that have been declared “emergencies” are nowhere close to ...
Kay Bailey Hutchison, Chuck Grassley, Saxby Chambliss, and Lisa Murkowski A Politico Op-Ed The Right Way to Address Cybersecurity By U.S. Sens. Kay Bailey Hutchison, Chuck Grassley, Saxby Chambliss, and Lisa Murkowski Politico Op-Ed Monday ...
WASHINGTON (February 2, 2012) – U.S. Senators Johnny Isakson, R-Ga., and Saxby Chambliss, R-Ga., today joined 32 of their Senate colleagues in demanding that Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid, D-Nevada, clarify “serious inconsistencies” in ...
Georgia’s senior senator along with 10 GOP colleagues wrote a letter to President Obama concerning the nomination of Lafe Solomon as General Council of the National Labor Relations Board. The senators expressed concern about Solomon’s comments on taking similar actions that the NLRB took against Boeing earlier this year. You can read the full letter [...]
An unaffiliated Ron Paul web video is our generation's "Daisy" ad, except this time the girl is Jon Huntsman's children and the flower is a racist discussion about their ethnicity. K Street lobbyists who recently worked on the Hill can stop calling themselves "strategic consultants" and can start calling themselves "lobbyists." Not that they will. And a study ranked Saxby Chambliss among the five most attractive members of Congress. Sorry...
WASHINGTON –Today, U.S. Sen. Saxby Chambliss (R-Ga.), vice chairman of the Senate Select Committee on Intelligence, questioned top U.S. intelligence officials on the current administration’s propos...
VALDOSTA — Senator Saxby Chambliss discussed the economy, the 2012 presidential campaign and the military Wednesday while meeting with the Valdosta Rotary Club. “I came here to talk to you about some things that are and are not going on in Washington ...
Saxby Chambliss (b. Nov. 10, 1943) is a Republican politician who is currently running for the U.S. Senate in Georgia against Democratic challenger Jim Martin.
The 2008 U.S. Senatorial Elections will take place alongside the presidential election on Nov. 4, 2008. 35 of the nation's 100 senatorial seats will be up for grabs. See more in our Zimbio special section on the 2008 Senatorial Elections.
Welcome to the Saxby Chambliss Website, become part of the Saxby Team. Hello, I am Saxby Chambliss, United States Senator for Georgia. It is an honor and a privilege to serve you ...
Jim Martin, the Democratic candidate for U.S. Senate, has decided that the first image you’ll see in his general election campaign will be the face of Max Cleland. Cleland, of course, was ousted in