Isakson: Senate Health Care Bill Will Increase Taxes, Cut Benefits to Seniors, Place Massive Unfunded Mandate on States ' This Is Not A Public Option; This Is A Public Ultimatum' WASHINGTON - U.S. Senator Johnny Isakson, R-Ga., today blasted the health care reform proposal introduced this week by Senate Democrats, saying it will raise taxes, cut ...

Isakson Urges Support for United States-Korea Free Trade Agreement Also Praises Kia Investment in Georgia WASHINGTON - Citing the benefits to the state of Georgia and the nation, U.S. Senator Johnny Isakson, R-Ga., today voiced his support for the United States-Korea Free Trade Agreement as President Obama met with South Korean President Lee ...

A Senate committee on Wednesday approved a far-reaching food safety bill drafted in the wake of the massive salmonella outbreak that was traced to a Georgia peanut processing plant earlier this year.

Over the summer, one of the GOP's loudest complaints against health care legislation was a provision offering senior citizens Medicare reimbursement for end-of-life counseling.

Georgia's senators are bracing for a contentious debate on health-care reform and are dubious of Majority Leader Harry Reid's efforts as he prepares to unveil the Senate's version of health-care reform legislation, possibly as early as this week.

Health care reform won't come up for a vote in the U.S. Senate until January, and if the bill includes a public option, it won't pass, Sen.

The National Association of REALTORS : and Senator Johnny Isakson : worked extensively to expand the current first-time home buyer tax credit to include buyers in the "trade-in" or "move-up" market.

Sen. Johnny Isakson of Georgia urged President Obama to quickly give his commander in Afghanistan, Gen.

President Barack Obama made it clear during the onset of the health care debate that he wanted deadlines for health care legislation.

Imagine voting on a ballot initiative and knowing that everyone who didn't show up at the polls still got to vote - because their votes would be counted as "No." That's the process for airline and railway workers when they vote on whether to join a union.

But as one of 435 members of the House or even the 100 in the Senate, an individual lawmaker doesn't often feel the warmth of the limelight.

When Democrats and Republicans want to work together, they certainly know how. The U.S. Senate late Wednesday unanimously passed legislation extending unemployment benefits and also significantly expanding a homebuyer tax credit that was championed by Republican U.S. Sen.

A proposed change in the rules for union representation elections at airlines is adding tension to expected union votes at Delta Air Lines in the wake of its merger with Northwest Airlines.

MIDCOAST : Expected to contribute approximately $22 billion to the economy, Congress overwhelmingly passed a bipartisan measure this week extending the $8,000 home buyer tax credit to April 30, 2010.

Emergency help for out-of-work Americans will be a huge windfall to Realtors, homebuilders, mortgage bankers and others, and that's no accident.

Lauren Bratcher hasn't even stepped inside the "perfect" home she's hoping to buy on West View Drive in Abilene, but she's already told her realtor to start working up the contracts.

Late yesterday, after weeks of IIE dithering, the Senate approved the extension to unemployment benefits, 98-0. Claire McCaskill and Robert Byrd abstained.

Buying a home is about to get cheaper for a whole new crop of homebuyers _ $6,500 cheaper.

The U.S. House of Representatives is expected to back a Senate plan to extend a popular homebuying tax credit through April and also expand its scope, House Majority Leader Steny Hoyer said on Tuesday.

The expected extension and expansion of a popular home-buyer tax credit should be the last extension Congress should consider, the tax credit's chief proponent said on Thursday.