This Week – The Senate voted Monday to approve the conference report to accompany the Federal Aviation Administration reauthorization. This is the first full reauthorization bill for the Federal Aviation Administration since 2003. The Senate turns next to a two-year surface transportation reauthorization package.
Contraceptive Mandates in Health Care Law – On Jan. 20, 2012, the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), announced that under the President’s health care law, all employers – including most faith-based organizations – will be required to provide coverage of contraceptives for women. Johnny believes this is wrong and has co-sponsored S.1467, Respect for Rights of Conscience Act of 2011, legislation that permits a religious organization to decline mandated coverage of items and services that directly contradict its religious beliefs.
Reading to Students – On Monday, Johnny read “Oh The Places You’ll Go” by Dr. Seuss to students at Centennial Place Elementary School in Atlanta in conjunction with Everybody Wins!, a national children’s literacy and mentoring nonprofit that brings volunteer mentors into schools for weekly one-on-one reading experiences.
Johnny speaks on the Senate floor on how it has been 1,000 days since President Obama’s Democrat Majority in the Senate last offered a budget plan.
February 8, 2012 Savannah Delegation Applauds Harbor Expansion Funding Announcement
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Savannah’s delegation to the United States Congress today applauded the announcement that the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers will direct an additional $2.5 million toward the Savannah Harbor Expansion Project. The funding, which will go directly toward project construction, comes from a general fund provided by Congress for the Corps’ ongoing work and is in addition to nearly $600,000 already budgeted for the project this year. read the story ---------------------------------------
February 3, 2012
Isakson, Chambliss Continue Fight Against President Obama’s Highly Questionable ‘Recess’ Appointments
WASHINGTON – U.S. Senators Johnny Isakson, R-Ga., and Saxby Chambliss, R-Ga., today joined 37 of their Senate colleagues to announce their intention to file an amicus brief and join a court challenge to President Obama’s recent unconstitutional ‘recess’ appointments of individuals to lead the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau and National Labor Relations Board. read the story --------------------------------------- February 3, 2012 Landrieu, Isakson Introduce Bill to Protect Small Insurance Agents, Consumers
WASHINGTON – U.S. Senator Mary L. Landrieu, D-La., chair of the Senate Committee on Small Business and Entrepreneurship, and Sen. Johnny Isakson, R-Ga., have introduced S. 2068, the Access to Independent Health Insurance Advisors Act. This legislation will ensure that health insurance agents and brokers can continue to provide essential counseling and advocacy services to consumers looking for the right health insurance coverage. Sens. Lisa Murkowski, R-Alaska, and Ben Nelson, D-Neb., are also cosponsors of the legislation. read the story --------------------------------------- February 2, 2012 Isakson, Chambliss Demand Answers from Democrat Leader Reid Over Unconstitutional Recess Appointments
WASHINGTON – U.S. Senators Johnny Isakson, R-Ga., and Saxby Chambliss, R-Ga., today joined 32 of their Senate colleagues in demanding that Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid, D-Nevada, clarify “serious inconsistencies” in his past statements about the use of recess appointments. read the story --------------------------------------- January 30, 2012 Isakson, Chambliss Join Bipartisan Group of Senators in Introducing Legislation to Approve Keystone XL Pipeline read the story --------------------------------------- January 26, 2012
Isakson Opposes President Obama’s Request to Increase Debt Limit By An Additional $1.2 Trillion read the story --------------------------------------- January 24, 2012 Isakson Statement on State of the Union read the story ---------------------------------------
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