Isakson Demands Answers from Former IRS Commissioners at Senate Finance Hearing
Tweet Special to theJournal Isakson: ‘We Need to Get to the Bottom of What Happened’ to ‘Restore the American People’s Confidence’ WASHINGTON – U.S. Senator Johnny Isakson, R-Ga., today demanded answers from former Internal Revenue Service (IRS) Commissioners Steven Miller and Douglas Shulman at a Senate Finance Committee hearing examining the IRS targeting conservative political [...]
Read More →Isakson, Chambliss Send Letter Criticizing FAA’s Imprudent Decision to Furlough Air Traffic Controllers, Create Delays for Passengers
Tweet Special to the Journal WASHINGTON – U.S. Senators Johnny Isakson, R-Ga., and Saxby Chambliss, R-Ga., on Friday strongly urged Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) Administrator Michael Huerta to reconsider his plan to furlough air traffic controllers and reduce staffing in towers to cut costs as a result of the Budget Control Act of 2011. Such [...]
Read More →No Pleasing The Party Of No
Tweet I’ve almost been amused at the press Senator Johnny Isakson has received over the past week. Almost. Some on the hard right are going ballistic over the temerity of Isakson to agree to have dinner with 11 of his colleagues from the Senate and the President. These same folks are people who like to [...]
Read More →Have our senators betrayed us?
Tweet Johnny Isakson and Saxby Chambliss both voted to allow the latest abomination of gun control legislation to move forward in the senate. For some folks, this isn’t a big deal. For me, it’s an absolute betrayal of the Constitution.
Read More →Isakson Offers Alternative to ‘Kick The Can’ Budgeting
Tweet “Kick the can” is perhaps the most overused euphemism in Washington these days. It seems at each point a critical deadline on a fiscal issue draws near, some sort of patchwork solution that merely extends the deadline is crafted. We all then write stories about how Congress is just playing “kick the can.”
Read More →Isakson Statement on the Administration’s Decision to Bring Former Spokesman for Al Qaeda to U.S. for Civilian Trial
Tweet Special to the Journal WASHINGTON – U.S. Senator Johnny Isakson, R-Ga., made the following statement today regarding the administration’s decision to bring Osama bin Laden’s son-in-law and former spokesman for al Qaeda, Sulaiman Abu Ghaith, to the United States for trial in a federal civilian court in New York City.
Read More →Isakson Co-Sponsors ‘Careers for Veterans Act’
Tweet WASHINGTON – U.S. Senator Johnny Isakson today co-sponsored the Careers for Veterans Act, a bill that would help create long-term, sustainable jobs for America’s veterans by transitioning the skills they gained through their service into jobs in the civilian workforce. By making licenses and credentials in their chosen fields more accessible, this bill will [...]
Read More →Isakson Named Ranking Republican for Trade Subcommittee
Tweet Special to the Journal WASHINGTON, DC – U.S. Senator Johnny Isakson, R-Ga., has been named the ranking Republican for the Senate Subcommittee on International Trade, Customs and Global Competitiveness within the U.S. Senate Committee on Finance. The trade subcommittee handles a wide range of issues relevant to trade and U.S. competitiveness in world business [...]
Read More →Chambliss, Isakson Support Balanced Budget Amendment
Tweet Special to the Journal WASHINGTON – Today, U.S. Sens. Saxby Chambliss, R-Ga., and Johnny Isakson, R-Ga., joined 43 of their Senate colleagues in introducing a Balanced Budget Amendment to the Constitution to bring much-needed fiscal discipline back to Washington.
Read More →Albany delegation responds to State of the Union
Tweet Staff Reports Albany, Ga -The State of the Union is usually an opportunity for members of congress to score political points by either agreeing or disagreeing with topics brought up by the president. Last nights was no exception as Sanford Bishop, Johnny Isakson and outgoing senator Saxby Chambliss sent out statements regarding President Obama’s [...]
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