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A list of the most recent stories about Johnny Isakson.
Chambliss, Isakson Back Earmark Ban
By SHANNON McCAFFREY Associated Press ATLANTA (AP) -- U.S. Sens. Saxby Chambliss and Johnny Isakson showed their support Tuesday for a two-year moratorium on pork barrel earmarks, joining fellow Republicans in a push to halt a popular political practice which lawmakers have used for years to fund projects at home. Both ...
Sen. Isakson Wins 2nd Term
By ERRIN HAINES Associated Press ATLANTA (AP) -- Georgia voters are set to decide whether to send U.S. Sen. Johnny Isakson back to Washington for a second term. The Republican incumbent is facing Democrat Mike Thurmond, the state's labor commissioner, and Libertarian Chuck Donovan in Tuesday's general election. Isakson has branded ...
Ga. Voters to Decide on 2nd Term for Sen. Isakson
By ERRIN HAINES Associated Press ATLANTA (WSB Radio/AP) -- Georgia voters are set to decide whether to send U.S. Sen. Johnny Isakson back to Washington for a second term. The Republican incumbent is facing Democrat Mike Thurmond, the state's labor commissioner, and Libertarian Chuck Donovan in Tuesday's general election. Isakson ...
Isakson Raises Another $950K
ATLANTA (AP) Sen. Johnny Isakson is headed into the final weeks before the general election with nearly $2.5 million to spend in his bid for re-election. According to his latest campaign finance disclosures for the three-month period ending Sept. 30, the incumbent GOP senator raised more than $950,000. Isakson has ...
Isakson: Overhaul Immigration Health Care
ATLANTA (AP) With weeks to go before the midterm elections, Sen. Johnny Isakson is weighing in on two top issues among Republicans, saying immigration law and the recent health care legislation could both use an overhaul. Isakson said the government should reconsider the part of the 14th amendment that guarantees ...
Isakson Meets Thurmond in November
ATLANTA (AP) Georgia's labor commissioner has defeated a little-known opponent to win the state's Democratic primary for U.S. Senate. Michael Thurmond will face Republican Sen. Johnny Isakson in November. Thurmond defeated Conyers resident R.J. Hadley on Tuesday. Unofficial returns show Thurmond with 83 percent of the vote with 16 percent ...
Isakson Will Not Confirm Kagan
ATLANTA (AP) Sen. Johnny Isakson says that after interviewing Elena Kagan and following her testimony in Congress, he will vote against confirming the solicitor general to the U.S. Supreme Court. The Georgia Republican says he supports a qualified judge who will rule ``based on the law, and who will not ...
Isakson Faces Formidable Challenge
ATLANTA (AP) Just a few months ago, Johnny Isakson had a clear path to re-election and was coasting toward his second term as a U.S. senator. That changed in April, when Labor Commissioner Michael Thurmond surprised political observers across the state and announced that he would leave the post he ...
Isakson Noncommital on Kagan
ATLANTA (AP) Sen. Johnny Isakson has met with U.S. Supreme Court nominee Elena Kagan and says her responses to his questions were thoughtful, but he's not ready to decide whether he will vote to confirm her appointment. The Atlanta Journal-Constitution reports that Isakson met with Kagan on Tuesday. The Georgia ...
Thurman Running for Isakson's Seat
ATLANTA (AP) Georgia's Democratic labor commissioner is running to unseat Republican U.S. Senator Johnny Isakson in this fall's election. Michael Thurmond is one of the most prominent black Democrats in a state that has increasingly voted Republican in recent years. He announced his campaign Wednesday. Thurmond's primary opponent in July ...
Isakson: Lighter Schedule for Now
ATHENS, Ga. (AP) - Sen. Johnny Isakson, who spent five days in a hospital last week, has postponed a visit to the University of Georgia while he continues his recovery. Isakson was admitted to Piedmont Hospital for an irregular heartbeat and a blood clot in his leg. He was released ...
Sen. Isakson Released From Hospital
ATLANTA (AP) U.S. Sen. Johnny Isakson has been released from Piedmont Hospital, where he was being treated for an irregular heartbeat and a blood clot in his leg. It was the second hospital stay in just two weeks for the Georgia Republican. He spent four days the ...
Isakson Back in Hospital
ATLANTA (AP) U.S. Sen. Johnny Isakson is back in the hospital. Isakson was admitted to Piedmont Hospital in Atlanta on Monday night after doctors found an irregular heartbeat during a routine appointment to check Isakson's progress in recovering from a bacterial infection. Spokeswoman Joan Kirchner says doctors also later found ...
Isakson Hospitalized
ATLANTA (AP) U.S. Sen. Johnny Isakson has been hospitalized, and doctors believe he is suffering from a bacterial infection. Isakson spokeswoman Joan Kirchner said the Georgia Republican woke up Monday feeling ill and very dehydrated. He was admitted to Northside Hospital in Atlanta to receive fluids and undergo tests. Kirchner ...
Isakson: Dems Ignoring Health Care Concerns
WASHINGTON (AP) Republicans say Democrats have ignored the public's concerns in drafting new health care legislation under debate in the Senate Finance Committee. Democrats are giving the public anything but an ``open, honest and bipartisan debate,'' Sen. Johnny Isakson, R-Ga., said in the GOP's weekly radio and Internet address. The ...
Isakson, GOP Backs Away From End-of-Life Counseling
WASHINGTON (AP) Until last week, Republican Sen. Johnny Isakson was among the most enthusiastic backers of end-of-life counseling in government health care programs like Medicare. That was before conservatives called it a step toward euthanasia and former Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin likened the idea to a bureaucratic ``death panel'' that ...
Isakson Joins Deportation Fight
(WSB Radio) U.S. Senator Johnny Isakson is joining an immigration battle to keep an 11-year-old Forsyth County girl, whose father is a U.S. citizen, from being deported to Poland. The feds have ordered Evelina Bledinak out of the country by July 23rd. The attorney for the Bledinak family says a ...
Isakson Fighting for F-22
(WSB Radio) Johnny Isakson isn't giving up on the F-22. The Georgia senator says he will fight to keep the fighter jet that's manufactured in Marietta. "It's false security and false savings if you cut yourself short in terms of national security," Isakson says. "This is the weapons system of ...
Isakson Re-election Bid
ATLANTA (AP) U.S. Sen. Johnny Isakson got an early jump on the 2010 election, announcing his bid for a second term. Tuesday's state Capitol news conference was the first stop in a statewide tour for Isakson, an Atlanta real estate developer. No Democratic challenger has emerged yet to challenge Isakson. ...
Chambliss, Isakson expected to vote against stimulus package
(WSB Washington Bureau) -- The Senate is expected to give final passage of its $838 billion economic stimulus bill Tuesday. After that there could be a bruising battle to hammer out a compromise between Senate and House versions before sending the legislation to the president. WSB's Jamie Dupree reports both ...
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