Saxby Chambliss

2010-11-30T13:55:46Z

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Twelve senators to be on Wall Street bill panel: source

2010-06-26T04:03:14Z

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The Senate was expected to appoint 12 senators, including banking committee Chairman Christopher Dodd, to a conference committee with the House of Representatives to hammer out a final Wall Street

Shelby, Chambliss to serve on Wall Street panel: aide

2010-06-26T04:02:54Z

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Republican senators Richard Shelby and Saxby Chambliss will serve on a conference committee tasked with finalizing a sweeping rewrite of financial regulations in Congress, a Senate Democratic aide said on Monday.

Shelby is the top Republican on the Banking Committee and Cham...

Republicans want to lift bank swaps ban: senator

2010-06-26T03:50:03Z

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Banks would be allowed to keep their lucrative swaps-trading desks under a softened set of regulations for the $450 trillion derivatives market proposed by U.S. Senate Republicans on Wednesday.

The proposal could lead to a bruising Senate floor fight as Democrats try t...

Capital Briefs

2010-04-16T13:39:43Z

* LABOR LAYS DOWN LAW: As Secretary of Labor Elaine Chao prepares to close out eight years as head of the department, one major accomplishment that the lone member of George W. Bush's original Cabinet can proudly point to is steadfast criminal prose- cution of union financial malfeasance. The department's Ga. Senate runoff could decide balance of power as Dems seek filibuster-proof majority

Georgia voters are returning to the polls Tuesday to decide one of two unresolved U.S. Senate races that Democrats need to win for a 60-seat majority impervious to GOP filibusters...

Former Sen. Cleland wades into Georgia race

2010-04-16T16:21:36Z

Former Sen. Cleland wades into Georgia race, cites 2002 campaign ad in urging Dems to donate

Harsh ads by Republican Saxby Chambliss helped unseat a Democratic senator and Vietnam veteran in Georgia six years ago. Now, Senate Democrats are hoping that rekindled memories of that campaign will help raise money to a...

New START Treaty

2010-12-18T04:30:24Z

Republican Sens. Saxby Chambliss, Ga., left, James Risch, Idaho; Christopher Bond, Mo.; George LeMieux, Fla.; Orrin Hatch<...

Bobby Cox Honored

2010-06-26T10:26:00Z

From left, Sen. Kent Conrad, D-N.D., Sen. Jim Bunning, R-Ky., Sen. Jay Rockefeller, D-W.Va, Atlanta Braves Manager Bobby Cox, Sen. Johnny Isakson, R-Ga., and Sen...

Financial Reform

2010-06-26T10:20:24Z

Ranking Member, Sen. Saxby Chambliss, R-Ga., talks with Committee Chairman Sen. Blanche Lincoln, D-Ark., following a markup of the Wall Street Transparency and Accountability Act before the 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...

Stimulus Defense Dollars

2010-06-26T01:08:44Z

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 $200 million in defense stimulus money, 55 perc...

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