Chambliss Statement on the Resignation of IRS Head
Tweet WASHINGTON- U.S. Sen. Saxby Chambliss, R-Ga., today made the following statement regarding resignation of the acting IRS administrator: “Despite the resignation of the acting IRS administrator, President Obama continues to search for a scapegoat for his own administration’s misdeeds. This insufficient action comes more than two years after this offensive abuse of power. Meanwhile, the [...]
Read More →Georgia’s unemployment rate declines to 8.2 percent in April
Tweet ATLANTA – The Georgia Department of Labor announced today that Georgia’s seasonally adjusted unemployment rate declined to 8.2 percent in April. The rate was down two-tenths of a percentage point from 8.4 percent in March and nine-tenths of a percentage point from 9.1 percent in April a year ago. “At 8.2 percent, Georgia’s unemployment [...]
Read More →Attorney General Olens Announces Results of 2013 Georgia Legal Food Frenzy
Tweet Georgia Lawyers Donated Over 840,000 Pounds Food to Feed the Hungry Attorney General Sam Olens announced that the Georgia legal community raised the equivalent of 842,317 pounds of food during the 2013 Georgia Legal Food Frenzy, a 38% increase from last year. For the second year in a row, Olens asked Georgia lawyers to challenge each other outside [...]
Read More →LPL Financial Congratulates Robert “Bucky” Leach for Recognition in Bank Investment Consultant’s 2013 Top 20 Program Managers List
Tweet Albany, GA – May 14, 2013 – LPL Financial LLC, a wholly owned subsidiary of LPL Financial Holdings Inc. (NASDAQ: LPLA), congratulated Robert “Bucky” Leach of HeritageBank of the South’s Investment Center in Albany, Georgia for being selected to the Bank Investment Consultant 2013 Top Program Managers list. The list is published by Bank Investment Consultant, a leading financial services industry magazine. The [...]
Read More →Chambliss Votes for 2013 Farm Bill
Tweet Bill moves from committee to full Senate [...]
Read More →Isakson Demands Answers from Administration Over Soliciting Donations from Health Care Companies to Launch Obamacare
Tweet Calls Actions of HHS Secretary ‘At Best an Inherent Conflict of Interest and at Worst a Potentially Illegal Augmentation of Appropriation’ WASHINGTON – U.S. Senator Johnny Isakson, R-Ga., today joined his colleagues on the Senate Finance Committee in sending a letter to Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius demanding details of a fundraising scheme [...]
Read More →ASU Professor Receives National Endowment for the Humanities Award
Tweet ASU Associate Professor of English Dr. Jeffery D. Mack is among the scholars selected as a National Endowment for the Humanities fellow at its “Don’t Deny My Voice: Reading and Teaching African American Poetry” Summer Institute. The series of workshops will be held July 14 – August 3, on the University of Kansas campus in Lawrence, KS.
Read More →Guns, gays and grass: Colorado wraps up historic legislative session
Tweet Written by Greg Campbell of the Daily Caller News Foundation The Democratic agenda for the legislative session, which ended for the year on Wednesday, reads like a list of topics you’re not supposed to discuss at dinner with future in-laws. It included gun control, civil unions, legal marijuana, restrictions on oil and gas drilling, [...]
Read More →Chambliss, Isakson, Kingston Urge Obama to Fund Savannah Harbor Send letter calling on president to fulfill promises
Tweet Special to the Journal WASHINGTON –U.S. Sen. Saxby Chambliss (R-GA), U.S. Sen. Johnny Isakson (R-GA), and U.S. Rep. Jack Kingston (GA-1) strongly urged President Obama in a letter today to fulfill his “We Can’t Wait” promise and include legislative language for the Savannah Harbor Expansion Project (SHEP) authorization increase in his budget amendment to [...]
Read More →Chambliss Commemorates ‘Month of the Military Child’
Tweet Special to the Journal WASHINGTON – This week, U.S. Sen. Saxby Chambliss, R-Ga., joined his Senate colleagues in commemorating “Month of the Military Child,” a celebration in April to recognize the sacrifices made by children of military families and to applaud their service to the country. On Tuesday evening, the Senate unanimously passed a [...]
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