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A coalition of conservative groups holds a rally against government health care, Tuesday, Dec.

First time homebuyers received an early Christmas gift from Uncle Sam last week and Clayton County residents turned out last Saturday at Clayton State University to hear the good news.

U.S. Senator Johnny Isakson, R-Ga., Sunday voted against a massive $1.1 trillion spending bill that would fund a number of domestic and State department programs.

U.S. Education Secretary Arne Duncan says creating national education standards is "a good idea whose time has come." Duncan spoke to a group of educators and education leaders at Atlanta's Tech High School on Monday as part of a national tour to prepare for the reauthorization of the federal No Child Left Behind law.

U.S. Education Secretary Arne Duncan is planning to visit two Atlanta high schools.

The Senate on Sunday sent President Obama another hot potato, passing a $1.1 trillion catchall spending bill that includes money needed to run dozens of government agencies but also is loaded with pork-barrel spending.

I hope to go, listen and learn and then tell you about it. U.S. SECRETARY OF EDUCATION DUNCAN TO VISIT TWO LOCAL ATLANTA HIGH SCHOOLS MONDAY Duncan to convene Listening and Learning Session with Sen.

U.S. Senator Johnny Isakson, R-Ga., today voted for an amendment that would have protected benefits for all enrollees in the Medicare Advantage program, which serves about 11 million seniors nationwide.

U.S. Senator Johnny Isakson, R-Ga., Tuesday joined with five of his Republican colleagues on the Senate Commerce, Science and Transportation Committee in a letter to Committee Chairman John Rockefeller, D-W.V., expressing support for a bipartisan investigation of climate research.

U.S. Senator Johnny Isakson, R-Ga., today voiced dismay that the Senate rejected an amendment he co-sponsored to ensure that any revenues created by curtailing waste, fraud and abuse in Medicare go to save Medicare.

Georgia is open for business and will remain that way as long as we dona t raise taxes.

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U.S. Senator Johnny Isakson, R-Ga., today reiterated his concerns over President Obama's proposed July 2011 timeline to begin troop withdrawal from Afghanistan, and he urged administration officials during a Senate Foreign Relations Committee hearing to ensure that any withdrawal of troops is based on conditions on the ground.

The office of U.S. Senator Johnny Isakson, R-Ga. today announced that it will host a statewide First-Time Homebuyer's Forum on Saturday, Dec.

When most people think of nuclear fuel, uranium and plutonium come to mind. Should a different fuel - something called thorium - be used in our nuclear reactors instead? A reader wondering about the safety of thorium fission submitted one of the questions in this edition of "Ask AP," a weekly Q&A column where AP journalists respond to readers' ...

U.S. Senator Johnny Isakson, R-Ga., today voiced dismay that the Senate rejected an amendment he co-sponsored to ensure health insurers listen to doctors, not Washington bureaucrats, when determining whether to cover preventative services such as mammograms for women in their 40s.

Members of Congress representing Chatham County reacted warily to President Barack Obamaa s announcement that hea s sending 30,000 more troops to Afghanistan.

The local delegation to the U.S. House of Representatives and U.S. Senate supports President Barack Obama's proposed increase in the number of soldiers in Afghanistan, although the lawmakers have reservations.

The NCR Corp., the Fortune 500 company that recently moved its corporate headquarters to Gwinnett County, officially opened its "services center of excellence" Monday in Peachtree City.

Moderate Republicans may be a vanishing breed elsewhere, but Maine Sens. Olympia Snowe and Susan Collins are thriving.