Isakson close to the mark on ports claim
By Eric Stirgus
May 6, 2013 "The port provides more than 297,000 jobs directly to the state of Georgia."
"The port provides more than 297,000 jobs directly to the state of Georgia."
Says state Senate leaders have accepted $142,400 in campaign contributions from dentists and pharmacists during the past two years.
On allowing a vote on universal gun background checks in the U.S. Senate.
About 3 percent of Gov. Nathan Deal’s appointments have been African-American.
Congress has spent 66 of the first 100 days of this term in recess.
"We Really Do Have the Highest Corporate Tax Rate in the World."
The Internal Revenue Service spent $60,000 on a "Star Trek" training video.
"In the last two years, I have supported and proposed $155 billion worth of targeting cuts. Dr. Gingrey has presented zero."
"In this city, there hasn’t been a stadium that’s lasted more than 27 years."
"[A] 2009 USDA study found that 87 percent of chicken carcasses tested positive for generic E. coli ... just prior to packaging."
Georgia loses "millions of dollars of revenue because people go out of state to buy fireworks."
"The incidents of threats against (President Barack Obama) are greater than for any other president in modern times."