There were cheers all around for the approval of the Savannah harbor deepening by the Army Corps of Engineers, but how will the project be financed? . . .
Congress gives final approval to a resolution sponsored by Rep. Lynn Westmoreland and Sen. Saxby Chambliss that calls for a study of the nation’s massive wave of bank failures . . .
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 . . .
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
Bank failures continue to plague Georgia, and lawmakers Tom Graves and Chip Rogers are getting part of the blame . . .
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 Republicans are staking out their positions during the deficit battle raging in Congress, but in some cases, those positions are at cross-purposes . . .
Tags: Anti-Defamation League
, Bill Nigut
, debt ceiling
, Ethics Commission
, federal deficit
, immigrants
, John Yates
, Mo Brooks
, Nathan Deal
, Saxby Chambliss
, shoot to kill
, Tom Graves
Some of the politicians who want to take stern measures against undocumented immigrant workers didn’t always take such a hard-nosed stance . . .
