Open Congress : News Articles for Sen. Saxby Chambliss [R, GA]

Attacks could intensify in Atlanta mayor runoff

2009-11-05T00:00:00Z

...voters to trek back to the ballot box after the Thanksgiving holiday, said Tom Perdue, campaign manger for U.S. Sen. Saxby Chambliss’ runoff in Georgia last year. Chambliss revved up the state’s vaunted GOP turnout operation and kept a parade of for

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Chambliss, Graham propose lawsuit reform as part of health care overhaul

2009-11-03T00:00:00Z

...what he says is a major shortfall in congressional Democrats' plans for a health care overhaul, Republican U.S. Sen. Saxby Chambliss of Georgia is co-sponsoring legislation he says would cut down on frivolous malpractice lawsuits that are often blamed f

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Farmers’ cap/trade costs – EWG

2009-10-30T00:00:00Z

...crying wolf about the cost of the climate bill. As it frequently does, EWG struck a nerve. Almost immediately, Georgia Sen. Saxby Chambliss, ranking member on the Senate Agriculture Committee, claimed in an attempt to sideline legitimate concerns of U.S

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2009-10-26T00:00:00Z

As it was presented by Georgia Republicans John Linder and Saxby Chambliss more than ten years ago, the Fair Tax Act (HR 25/S. 296) would be levied once at ...

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Marshall trumpets legislative victory on maintenance depots

2009-10-24T00:00:00Z

...from the National Federation of Federal Employees, a prominent government workers union. Both Georgia senators, Sen. Saxby Chambliss and Sen. Johnny Isakson, voted against the bill. The bill did not include money to extend the F-22 production line. Fina

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Cass Sunstein: Obama's radical or conservative hope?

2009-10-23T00:00:00Z

Sen. Saxby Chambliss of Georgia and Sen. John Cornyn of Texas both put the nomination on hold. For several months the debate flared, as conservatives ...

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Landrieu, Chambliss announce creation of Senate Natural Gas Caucus

2009-10-23T00:00:00Z

WASHINGTON – United States Senators Mary L. Landrieu, D-La., and Saxby Chambliss, R-Ga., today announced the creation of the bipartisan Senate Natural Gas ...

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2009-10-23T00:00:00Z

Saxby Chambliss R-Ga. and Johnny Isakson, R-Ga. The bi-partisan bill's sponsors include Sens. Ben Nelson, D-Neb., Bob Bennett, R-Utah and John Cornyn, ...

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2009-10-23T00:00:00Z

Saxby Chambliss R-Ga. and Johnny Isakson, R-Ga. The bi-partisan bill's sponsors include Sens. Ben Nelson, D-Neb., Bob Bennett, R-Utah and John Cornyn, ...

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Quips and quotes

2009-10-23T00:00:00Z

Sen. Saxby Chambliss, R-Ga. in a statement after President Barack Obama won a modest victory in his continuing effort to close the Guantanamo Bay prison in ...

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Bill giving FDA new powers to oversee food supply has wide support

2009-10-22T00:00:00Z

...the breadth of support for reform is the list of co-sponsors on Durbin's bill. It includes five Republicans, including Sens. Saxby Chambliss and Johnny Isakson, both senators from Georgia, a state hard hit by the peanut recall. "This legislation afford

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Delta employees in limbo as unions vie to change the rules

2009-10-22T00:00:00Z

...change request should not be holding up the elections already under way at Delta. A group of U.S. senators, including Sen. Saxby Chambliss (R-Ga.) and Sen. Johnny Isakson (R-Ga.), voiced a similar concern in a recent letter urging the NMB to proceed wit

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Senate OKs Gitmo transfers to U.S.

2009-10-22T00:00:00Z

...United States for trial. "We have a perfectly good and secure courtroom at Guantanamo Bay to try these individuals," said Sen. Saxby Chambliss, Georgia Republican. Those Republicans said there is no good process for putting terrorists on trial in the Un

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HR 2997 - Agriculture, Rural Development, Food and Drug Administration, and ...

2009-10-22T00:00:00Z

The Senate passed by a voice vote an amendment (S.AMDT.2253) introduced by Senator Saxby Chambliss (R-GA) and co-sponsored by Senator Tom Harkin (D-IA) "to ...

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35 GOP Senators Vote Against Defense Bill With Hate-Crimes Amendment

2009-10-22T00:00:00Z

...hate crimes legislation, which I firmly believe is unnecessary, irresponsible, and certainly not germane to this bill," Saxby Chambliss of Georgia said. "There is little evidence that indicates that violent crimes motivated by hate go unpunished in the

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Bill giving FDA new powers to oversee food supply has wide support

2009-10-22T00:00:00Z

Chambliss inducted into national 4-H hall of fame

2009-10-22T00:00:00Z

WASHINGTON, DC — US Sen. Saxby Chambliss (R-Ga.), Ranking Member of the Senate Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition and Forestry,was inducted into the ...

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2009-10-22T00:00:00Z

Coincidentally, last week, a vote arose on the floor of the United States Senate upon a proposed amendment to the Appropriations Bill, put forth by Sen. ...

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Ga Democrats launch site targeting state GOP

2009-10-22T00:00:00Z

... and state Insurance Commissioner John Oxendine - all Republican candidates for governor - and Republican US senators Johnny Isakson and Saxby Chambliss.

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Congress passes bill to ease military voting snags

2009-10-22T00:00:00Z

...left, Sen. Charles Schumer, D-N.Y., Sen. Ben Nelson, D-Neb., and Sen. Saxby Chambliss, R-Ga., take part in a news conference on Capitol Hill in Washington, Thursday, Oct. 22, 2009, to discuss absentee voting rights for armed forces members. (AP Photo/Ha

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