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	<title>Tom Crawford&#039;s Georgia Report &#187; Johnny Isakson</title>
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		<title>Georgia politicians react to Obama’s state of the union speech</title>
		<link>http://gareport.com/story/2012/01/25/georgia-politicians-react-to-obamas-state-of-the-union-speech/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 25 Jan 2012 13:29:24 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Tom Crawford</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Barack Obama]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[John Lewis]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Johnny Isakson]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Lynn Westmoreland]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Maria Sheffield]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[state of the union]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Sue Everhart]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Tom Graves]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Tom Price]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[A sampling of comments from Georgia political figures on the president's state of the union speech . . .]]></description>
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		<title>Political Notes – New senators get committee assignments</title>
		<link>http://gareport.com/story/2011/12/19/political-notes-%e2%80%93-new-senators-get-committee-assignments/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 19 Dec 2011 21:22:54 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Tom Crawford</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[committee assignments]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Democratic National Committee]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[John Wilkinson]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Johnny Isakson]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Len Walker]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Liz Johnson]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Mike Crane]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Nathan Deal]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Savannah port]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Saxby Chambliss]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[toll lane project]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[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 . . .]]></description>
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		<title>Isakson, Chambliss question pharmacy merger</title>
		<link>http://gareport.com/story/2011/12/06/isakson-chambliss-question-pharmacy-merger/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 06 Dec 2011 22:34:16 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Tom Crawford</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Express Scripts]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[FTC]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[healthcare costs]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Johnny Isakson]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Medco]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[pharmacy benefits manager]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[prescriptions]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Saxby Chambliss]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Georgia Sens. Johnny Isakson and Saxby Chambliss push back against a proposed merger of two giant pharmacy benefits managers . . .]]></description>
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		<title>Isakson:  Limit Social Security, means-test Medicare</title>
		<link>http://gareport.com/story/2011/10/25/isakson-limit-social-security-means-test-medicare/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 25 Oct 2011 18:57:13 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Tom Crawford</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Johnny Isakson]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[means-testing]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Medicaid]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Medicare]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[raising age of eligibility]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Social Security]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[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 . . .]]></description>
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		<title>Isakson on the 9-9-9 plan:  ‘At least it’s an idea’</title>
		<link>http://gareport.com/story/2011/10/17/isakson-on-the-9-9-9-plan-%e2%80%98at-least-it%e2%80%99s-an-idea%e2%80%99/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 17 Oct 2011 19:26:19 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Tom Crawford</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[biometrically secure visas]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[federal tax code]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Herman Cain]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[immigration]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Johnny Isakson]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[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 . . .]]></description>
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		<title>Political Notes &#8212; Isakson and Boxer?  Seriously?</title>
		<link>http://gareport.com/story/2011/10/12/political-notes-isakson-and-boxer-seriously/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 12 Oct 2011 15:39:10 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Tom Crawford</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[12th Congressional District]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Barbara Boxer]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Bob Menendez]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Bryan Tolar]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[business licenses]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Champ Walker]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Edna Jackson]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[farm labor]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[guest worker program]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Jeff Felser]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[John Barrow]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Johnny Isakson]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Lee Anderson]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[refinancings]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Rick Allen]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Savannah mayor's race]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Saxby Chambliss]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[state immigration law]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[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 . . .]]></description>
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		<title>Georgia requests ‘No Child’ school waiver from the feds</title>
		<link>http://gareport.com/story/2011/09/20/georgia-requests-%e2%80%98no-child%e2%80%99-school-waiver-from-the-feds/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 20 Sep 2011 16:59:05 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Tom Crawford</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Arne Duncan]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[John Barge]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Johnny Isakson]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[No Child Left Behind]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[waiver request]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Georgia wants to get out from under the test score requirements of the No Child Left Behind Act . . . ]]></description>
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		<title>Political Notes &#8212; So much for the “Gang of Six”</title>
		<link>http://gareport.com/story/2011/08/03/political-notes-so-much-for-the-%e2%80%9cgang-of-six%e2%80%9d/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 03 Aug 2011 15:57:42 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Tom Crawford</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Barack Obama]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[CTCA]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[debt deal]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Gang of Six]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Johnny Isakson]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Newnan cancer facility]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Saxby Chambliss]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[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 . . .]]></description>
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		<title>Senate passes debt bill, Georgia senators split their votes</title>
		<link>http://gareport.com/story/2011/08/02/senate-passes-debt-bill-georgia-senators-split-their-votes/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 02 Aug 2011 16:43:23 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Tom Crawford</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[debt limit]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Johnny Isakson]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Saxby Chambliss]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[U.S. Senate]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[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 . . .]]></description>
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		<title>Chambliss, Isakson vote for Medicare privatization</title>
		<link>http://gareport.com/story/2011/05/25/chambliss-isakson-vote-for-medicare-privatization/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 25 May 2011 23:09:59 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Tom Crawford</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Johnny Isakson]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Medicare privatization]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Saxby Chambliss]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[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 . . .]]></description>
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