Johnny Isakson News

February 9-- U.S. Senators Johnny Isakson, R-Ga., and Saxby Chambliss, R-Ga., today praised the Nuclear Regulatory Commission's vote to issue a Combined Construction and Operating License to Southern Company, clearing the way for construction to begin on the nation's first two new nuclear units in 30 years.

House leaders are engaged in all manner of politicking over the so-called STOCK act, which would make clear that members of Congress and top officials of the executive branch are covered by rules against insider trading, defined as profiting from privileged information gained from their work.

POLITICS: With the holiday season now in the rear-view mirror, the money-raising season is gearing up for candidates in this summer's political races.

Two U.S. senators have filed a bill to clarify that agent compensation should be excluded from the federal health reform Medical Loss Ratio requirement for the individual and small group markets.

Tyler Thompson , the lead health aide to Sen. Johnny Isakson , is joining the health care practice at the Bockorny Group .

Throughout metro Atlanta, thousands of vacant homes now owned by the federal government sit languishing - dragging down home values and adding to a mass of housing woes that stunt the region's economic recovery.

Sens. Mary Landrieu and Johnny Isakson have introduced the Access to Independent Health Insurance Advisors Act of 2012.

The Senate's 96-3 vote to ban members of Congress from using nonpublic information to inform their private investments brought with it important additional amendments that stand to shape the debate next week as the House takes up the STOCK Act.

Paulding County State Representative, Paulette Braddock attended a press conference on January 25th supporting school choice in Georgia.

Matthew Boyle is a reporter at The Daily Caller. He studied journalism at Flagler College in St.

Senate leaders today agreed to wrap up work on legislation designed to reinforce a ban on Congressional insider trading and will begin voting on up to 20 amendments this afternoon.

Two senators who have taken the lead on legislation aimed to help homeowners refinance at historically low interest rates were blunt this morning about how concerned they are by the news NPR reported earlier this week that Freddie Mac "has placed multibillion-dollar bets against American homeowners being able to refinance to cheaper mortgages." The ... (more)

Millions of homeowners are under water in their mortgages but have not been able to refinance.

U.S. Senators Amy Klobuchar and Kay Bailey Hutchison today introduced a resolution designating January as National Stalking Awareness Month, which aims to raise awareness on the issue and educate Americans about the dangers of stalking.

The Stop Trading on Congressional Knowledge Act, the STOCK Act, a legislation to ban members of Congress from benefiting from insider stock trading, on Monday moved one step closer to passage in the Senate.

Several U.S. lawmakers and prominent economists on Monday said Congress and the White House should end a financial conflict of interest at the taxpayer-owned mortgage company Freddie Mac.

U.S. Rep. Jack Kingston, R-Ga. 1st, implied he thought Obama's annual address was more rhetoric than an action plan.

Superintendents of the Marietta City School system have tended to "stay a while." The system has had only 12 supers during its 113-year history.

As Congress criticized Wall Street for the proliferation of risky derivatives investments and short-selling practices in recent years, some lawmakers privately made highly speculative investments in derivatives funds that sometimes aimed to profit from a decline in the overall performance of the stock market or Treasury bonds, congressional ... (more)

Georgia's two senators have told President Barack Obama who they want him to consider as nominees for three judicial openings.