Topic: Saxby Chambliss
Reuters US Online Report Politics News | 2009-12-02 17:54:28
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The two major U.S. financial market regulators need additional authority to oversee over-the-counter derivatives, the Senate Agriculture Committee chairman said on Wednesday. "We need to remember our over-arching goal -- increasing transparency and accountability in the nation's financial markets," Chairman Blanche Lincoln said at a hearing. Lincoln said "a certain amount of 'market re-engineering' will be in ...
AP News | 2009-10-22 21:27:26
From 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 News | 2009-08-27 17:07:00
FILE - In this Feb. 17, 2009, file photo Sen. Johnny Isakson, R-Ga, left, announces his reelection bid while backed by fellow Sen. Saxby Chambliss, R-Ga., right, at the state Capitol in Atlanta. The state of Georgia is receiving just over ...
AP News | 2009-08-27 17:06:49
STIMULUS WATCH: Republicans oppose stimulus as billions of dollars flow to their districts
Georgia's Republican senators, Saxby Chambliss and Johnny Isakson, voted against the $787 billion economic stimulus package, blasting the bill as a bloated government giveaway. Their disdain didn't stop them from later asking Defense Secretary Robert Gates to steer $50 million in stimulus money to a ...
