Tag: Johnny Isakson

The VA has been plagued with numerous scandals in recent years, most notably the manipulation of waiting lists for veterans, with some dying while waiting for treatment. (iStock photo)

Senate to vote on bill making it easier to fire Veterans Affairs employees

Sean Higgins · June 5, 2017 4:28 pm

Sen. Johnny Isakson, R-Ga., said the micro-union rule allowing divisions within a larger company to organize is a mere gift to organize labor. (AP Photo/David Goldman, File)

GOP seeks to roll back ‘micro-union’ rule

Sean Higgins · May 24, 2017 10:21 pm

GOP circling wagons around HHS pick

Robert King · January 18, 2017 5:01 am

U.S. Sen. Richard Burr, R-N.C., remains deadlocked in a tight race against his Democratic challenger Deborah Ross, according to a new poll released Friday. (AP Photo/Gerry Broome, Pool)

Burr neck-and-neck with Dem challenger as election nears

Al Weaver · October 28, 2016 5:04 pm

"To date, we have seen no proof of a change in the conduct that prompted the initial sanctions on Iran Air," Sen. David Perdue, R-Ga., and four other senators wrote in a letter to a senior Treasury Department official. (AP Photo/Manuel Balce Ceneta)

National Security

Senators: Iran deal providing planes for Assad aid

Joel Gehrke · October 13, 2016 11:06 pm

"Iran has increased its defense budget by $1.7 billion — exactly the same amount as the U.S. settlement payment," the lawmakers' letter said. (AP Photo/Vahid Salemi)

Senators: Iran war budget increased by ‘exactly the same amount’ as ransom payment

Joel Gehrke · August 9, 2016 6:45 pm

Shooting down the bill, Johnny Isakson said, "is saying to pregnant moms in America, we don't think the case of the Zika virus is that important. You're going to have to run the risk yourself." (AP Photo)

GOP senator: ‘Unbelievable’ Dems voted down vets, Zika bill

Pete Kasperowicz · June 28, 2016 5:11 pm

It's an authority Congress gave the VA in response to the wait-times scandal of 2014. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

Lawmakers fume after VA ditches power to fire employees

Joel Gehrke · June 17, 2016 7:23 pm

In this Feb. 9, 2016 file photo, Senate Armed Services Committee Chairman Sen. John McCain, R-Ariz., speaks on Capitol Hill in Washington.

Senate removes limits on VA employee bonuses before controversial vote

Sarah Bedford · May 13, 2016 7:24 pm

Sen. Johnny Isakson, R-Ga., left, speaks to members of the media on April 24, 2015, following a Senate delegation tour of the over-budget Veterans Administration hospital complex, which is under construction, in Aurora, Colo. (AP Photo)

POLICY ROUNDUP

Washington Examiner, Joana Suleiman · May 9, 2016 4:01 am

Sens. Johnny Isakson, R-Ga., and Richard Blumenthal, D-Conn., introduced their VA reform bill on Thursday, which confirmed for many suspicions of weak discipline measures. (AP Photo)

Senate VA bill ‘extraordinarily weak,’ full of ‘loopholes’

Pete Kasperowicz · April 28, 2016 8:57 pm

Secret ballots should be used for unions, too

Sen. Johnny Isakson · April 4, 2016 4:01 am