Topic: Saxby Chambliss

Need stronger regulators for swaps: Senate chair

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," ...

Peach State Promises

The article discusses Georgia's 2008 U.S. Senate race between U.S. Senator Saxby Chambliss and lawyer Jim Martin. Running on a anti-Iraq war and healthcare reform campaign and supporting U.S. President-elect Barack Obama, Martin predicted that Georgia would be voting like the progressive ...
Republicans oppose stimulus as billions of dollars flow to their districtsGeorgia'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 ...

Obama's Defense Budget Battle

One of the few upsides to this devastating downturn, as I suggested a few weeks ago, is the clarifying effect it has had on our understanding of how our economy actually works--and for whom. Now, thanks to two new budget fights President ...
In Georgia, once-safe GOP Sen. Chambliss shows signs of vulnerabilityThis central-Georgia military town outside Robins Air Force Base should be a cakewalk on Election Day for Republican Sen. Saxby Chambliss. He also faces a potential surge of newly registered Democratic voters excited ...