Tag Archives: Johnny Isakson

Georgia politicians react to Obama’s state of the union speech

A sampling of comments from Georgia political figures on the president’s state of the union speech . . .

Tags: Barack Obama , John Lewis , Johnny Isakson , Lynn Westmoreland , Maria Sheffield , state of the union , Sue Everhart , Tom Graves , Tom Price

Political Notes – New senators get committee assignments

The two new members of the Georgia Senate get their committee assignments; a deal is worked out on funding of the Savannah and Charleston port projects . . .

Tags: committee assignments , Democratic National Committee , John Wilkinson , Johnny Isakson , Len Walker , Liz Johnson , Mike Crane , Nathan Deal , Savannah port , Saxby Chambliss , toll lane project

Isakson, Chambliss question pharmacy merger

Georgia Sens. Johnny Isakson and Saxby Chambliss push back against a proposed merger of two giant pharmacy benefits managers . . .

Tags: Express Scripts , FTC , healthcare costs , Johnny Isakson , Medco , pharmacy benefits manager , prescriptions , Saxby Chambliss

Isakson: Limit Social Security, means-test Medicare

Sen. Johnny Isakson calls for reducing the benefits paid to Medicare and Social Security recipients, along with reducing the number of people eligible for those benefits . . .

Tags: Johnny Isakson , means-testing , Medicaid , Medicare , raising age of eligibility , Social Security

Isakson on the 9-9-9 plan: ‘At least it’s an idea’

Sen. Johnny Isakson is asked what he thinks of Herman Cain’s 9-9-9 plan to revise the federal tax system; his reaction is very restrained . . .

Tags: biometrically secure visas , federal tax code , Herman Cain , immigration , Johnny Isakson

Political Notes — Isakson and Boxer? Seriously?

In one of the more unusual political alliances we’ve seen recently, Georgia Sens. Johnny Isakson and Saxby Chambliss find themselves working with Democratic Sens. Barbara Boxer and Bob Menendez on the home refinancing issue . . .

Tags: 12th Congressional District , Barbara Boxer , Bob Menendez , Bryan Tolar , business licenses , Champ Walker , Edna Jackson , farm labor , guest worker program , Jeff Felser , John Barrow , Johnny Isakson , Lee Anderson , refinancings , Rick Allen , Savannah mayor's race , Saxby Chambliss , state immigration law

Georgia requests ‘No Child’ school waiver from the feds

Georgia wants to get out from under the test score requirements of the No Child Left Behind Act . . .

Tags: Arne Duncan , John Barge , Johnny Isakson , No Child Left Behind , waiver request

Political Notes — So much for the “Gang of Six”

The debt deal that finally passed the House and Senate this week didn’t include the strategies discussed by Saxby Chambliss and the Gang of Six, so Chambliss voted against it . . .

Tags: Barack Obama , CTCA , debt deal , Gang of Six , Johnny Isakson , Newnan cancer facility , Saxby Chambliss

Senate passes debt bill, Georgia senators split their votes

The Senate passage of debt limit legislation ends a congressional crisis over raising the national debt ceiling and avoids a default by the federal government . . .

Tags: debt limit , Johnny Isakson , Saxby Chambliss , U.S. Senate

Chambliss, Isakson vote for Medicare privatization

Georgia’s senators voted for a controversial bill that would have privatized Medicare and replaced it with a voucher system; the Senate defeated the bill on a 57-40 vote . . .

Tags: Johnny Isakson , Medicare privatization , Saxby Chambliss