One potato, two potato, three potato, five? I wrote previously Senate Advances Tax Break for Homebuyers Look who sponsored the bill. Senator Johnny Isakson, Republican of Georgia, a former real estate broker. I wonder where Johnny gets most of his campaign dough? Senator Johnny says this amendment was modeled after the $2,000 home buyer incentive that helped lead the country out of recession in 1975. Minor differences? In 1975 that was a one year deal and only for new houses. Upon further... Read Full Story
Like Sarah Palin, Republican Sen. Johnny Isakson was for “death panels” before he was against them. In fact, until last week, many Republicans were for the ‘death panels” before they conveniently against them. Can you say GOP hypocrites? http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090814/…s_death_panels Quote: WASHINGTON Until last week, Republican Sen. Johnny Isakson was among the most enthusiastic backers of end-of-life counseling in government health care programs like Read Full Story
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Yesterday, we wrote about Sen. Johnny Isakson's (R-GA, 76%) lunkheaded misunderstanding of Sarah Palin's "death panel" remark: In his anti-Palin hysteria, he imagined she was talking about "living wills" and the "end of life directive." Isakson thought that Palin was saying those amounted to euthanasia -- when in fact, she was talking about the health-care rationing that inevitably results from a single-payer, government-run system... Read Full Story
In the weekly response to the President's address, Republican Senator Johnny Isakson said Americans are anxious about health care reform. Isakson cited many of the town hall meetings over the summer, and the potential cost of a new plan. Read Full Story
Meet Pamela L. Lewis, a homeless 4.0 GPA student at Griffin Technical College that was displaced by Hurricane Katrina and is presently sleeping in a '95 Ford Explorer as a resident of Riverdale, Ga. without a source of income. The student, a Katrina survivor, was recently denied food-stamps by Clayton County-DFAS in Jonesboro, Ga. because she is not working at least 20 hrs/wk while attending school. And to top things off, a FEMA representative informed the student that her case was closed... Read Full Story
Sen. Johnny Isakson of Georgia has proposed a tax credit of up to $15,000 for homebuyers.
Here is a press release from his website:
The U.S. Senate today unanimously approved an amendment by U.S. Senator Johnny Isakson, R-Ga., to stimulate the nation’s declining housing market by offering a $15,000 tax credit to individuals who purchase a home in the next year.
“It is time to fix America’s problem, not throw money at the symptoms. It is time to fix housing first. It is rare that we... Read Full Story
The House has its restrictionist Immigration Reform Caucus , and its counterpart in the Senate is the recently formed Border Security and Enforcement First Caucus . According to its mission statement: “The Caucus is a platform to let Americans know that some in the U. S. Senate are continuing to make sure that the laws already on the books will be enforced, act as the voice of those concerned citizens who have expressed their opinions time and time again for interior enforcement and border... Read Full Story
Sheila “SUPERWOMAN” St. James, a native of New Orleans and Hurricane Katrina survivor, relocated to Minneapolis and has hit the ground running; despite horrific circumstances of losing everything.
Health and Fitness go-to-girl, Sheila St. James says, “It’s okay to call her a fitness guru, but ultimately she wants to be known as a life-saver.” Armed with [...] Read Full Story
Meet Pamela L. Lewis, a homeless 4.0 GPA graduate student of Griffin Technical College that was displaced by Hurricane Katrina and is presently sleeping in a '95 Ford Explorer as a resident of Riverdale, Ga. without a source of income. The Katrina survivor is still being denied food-stamps by Clayton County-DFAS in Jonesboro, Ga. She has not received assistance from FEMA since March of 2006. A FEMA representative informed the survivor that her case was closed because THEY did not meet their... Read Full Story
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