A sampling of comments from Georgia political figures on the president’s state of the union speech . . .
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
Georgia Sens. Johnny Isakson and Saxby Chambliss push back against a proposed merger of two giant pharmacy benefits managers . . .
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 . . .
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 . . .
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 wants to get out from under the test score requirements of the No Child Left Behind Act . . .
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 . . .
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 . . .
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 . . .
