Senator Saxby Chambliss of Georgia

Saxby Chambliss: Barack Obama's new best friendAtlanta Journal ConstitutionBut these days on Capitol Hill, the senior senator from Georgia is turning into one of the biggest boosters of the Democratic president's plans for ...and more »  

In a phone interview Tuesday from his Washington office, Sen. Saxby Chambliss, R-Ga., threw his conditional support behind President Obama's troop increase in Afghanistan while scolding House Democrats for proposing a "war surtax" to pay for the escalation.  

Sen. Saxby Chambliss (R-GA) has returned from a recent visit to Afghanistan. He tells Steve Inskeep that President Obama made the right decision on the troop buildup. But Chambliss says he disagrees with Obama when it comes to the 18-month timeline to begin drawing down forces.  

ATLANTA — Senator Saxby Chambliss is leading a congressional delegation from Georgia that's visiting Afghanistan and the senator says the U.S. must increase its troop strength there. Senator Saxby Chambliss, seen here in a press conference last ...  

U.S. Sen. Saxby Chambliss said he supports a troop buildup in Afghanistan, something he believes can be paid for by cutting other government spending.The Georgia Republican just returned from a Thanksgiving trip to visit troops and military leaders in the war-torn country. He took reporters’ questions during a conference call this morning.read more  

Georgia slaveowner Sen. Saxby Chambliss recently participated in this thing from National Geographic, which “invited all 100 U.S. Senators to draw a map of their home state from memory and to label at least three important places.” Most of the participating Senators sketched their states admirably. Chambliss, meanwhile, drew Mississippi, but with more saw teeth [...] Mississippi - Saxby Chambliss - Georgia - United...  

Saxby Chambliss is ... Tom Price and Lynn Westmoreland, and Democratic Rep. John Barrow. On Thursday, the delegation had Thanksgiving dinner with troops from the 48th Infantry Brigade, part of the Georgia Army National Guard. President Barack Obama ...  

ATLANTA - Republican Sen. Saxby Chambliss, leading a Georgia congressional delegation that visited Afghanistan, said the U.S. must increase its troop strength there. The delegation included Republican Reps. Tom Price and Lynn Westmoreland, and ...  

Please call Republican Senators and ask them to filibuster the Health care bill! The Rep. Minority Leaders: Senator Mitch McConnell Phone: (202) 224-2541 Senator Jon Kyl Phone: (202) 224-4521 Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-NV) last Tuesday laid the groundwork for the Senate's healthcare reform debate to start TODAY - Tuesday, Nov. 17th. Reid filed a motion to introduce the bill yesterday, Monday, Nov. 16. Anticipating a Republican...  

Coburn Backs Off Threat to Read Health Care Bill in Senate The Oklahoma lawmaker says there's uncertainty about whether reading the bill during Thanksgiving week would be productive. WASHINGTON -- Republican Sen. Tom Coburn is backing off his threat to require that the Senate read the 2,074-page health care bill because some GOP colleagues aren't supporting the effort. The Oklahoma lawmaker said there's uncertainty about whether reading the...  

Well this pretty much tells you everything you need to know about what Republicans think is really important: appearing on This Week with George Stephanopoulos on Sunday, Georgia Republican U.S. Senator Saxby Chambliss endorsed a new economic stimulus package...for Afghanistan. Developing Afghanistan's economy may be a laudable goal, but it's too bad Chambliss doesn't feel the same way about America, where he continues to oppose any sort of...  

Chambliss, Isakson praise Senate passage of Military Appropriations ActWALB-TVSaxby Chambliss, R-Ga., a member of the Senate Armed Services Committee, and Johnny Isakson, R-Ga., a member of the Senate Veterans' Affairs Committee, ...and more »  

ABC NewsChambliss: This is the Wrong Way to Reform Health CareWALB-TVSaxby Chambliss, R-Ga., on the Senate floor today, discussed the health care bill introduced by Sen. Harry Reid, D-Nev. "Our health care system needs to be ...Pass healthcare already…then jobs, jobs, jobsKansas City StarGOP urges better healthcare bill than the one before the SenateLos Angeles Times (blog)Right-wing senators attack health plansMorning Star OnlineThe...  

CQPolitics.com - Dick Wadhams, the Colorado Republican party chairman and campaign manager for Sen. John Thune's 2004 defeat of then-Majority Leader Tom Daschle (D-S.D.), has penned a fundraising letter for Republican Sue Lowden's Nevada Senate campaign.  

Republican senators continued their assault Friday on key funding sources for a health-care overhaul, targeting Democratic plans to cut payments to private insurers who serve Medicare patients and to create a new government insurance program for long-term care that would raise more than $70 billion...