ISAKSON, JOHNNY (a Senator from Georgia)
Amendments
Appropriations: making emergency supplemental for disaster relief, summer youth jobs programs, and SBA loans program, and rescind amounts from certain accounts (H.R. 4899), S4229 [25MY], S4406, S4451 [26MY], S4504 [27MY]
Budget: increase statutory limit on the public debt (H.J. Res. 45), S123 [21JA], S155 [22JA]
Crime: prevent video depictions of animal cruelty (H.R. 5566), S7639 [28SE]
Dept. of the Treasury: create the Small Business Lending Fund Program to make capital investments in eligible institutions to increase availability of credit for small businesses (H.R. 5297), S5851 [14JY], S5975 [15JY], S6246 [26JY], S6521 [29JY], S7036 [13SE], S7055 [14SE]
Depts. of Defense, Veterans Affairs, and related agencies: making appropriations for military construction and veterans' services (H.R. 3082), S10415 [16DE]
FAA: extend Airport Improvement Program authority (H.R. 4853), S9263 [14DE]
Financial institutions: improve accountability and transparency in the financial system, end ``too big to fail'', end bailouts, and protect consumers from abusive financial services practices (S. 3217), S2979 [29AP], S3049 [3MY], S3262 [5MY], S3474, S3480, S3485 [10MY], S3511, S3537, S3552 [11MY], S3575, S3645, S3659 [12MY], S3832 [17MY]
Taxation: extend certain expiring provisions of the Internal Revenue Code (H.R. 4213), S1019 [3MR], S1171 [4MR], S1233 [5MR], S1277, S1312 [9MR], S4699 [8JN], S4851, S4859 [10JN], S4943 [15JN], S4970 [16JN], S5115 [17JN]
———extend funding and expenditure authority of the Airport and Airway Trust Fund (H.R. 4853), S9263 [14DE]
———impose a higher rate of tax on bonuses paid by businesses receiving Troubled Asset Relief Program funds (H.R. 1586), S1620 [16MR]
Articles and editorials
ALG Urges Senate To Support Isakson Resolution Against Union Organization by Plurality Rule, GetLiberty.org (Internet site), S7373 [23SE]
Bills and resolutions cosponsored
Abortion: ensure that women seeking an abortion are fully informed relative to pain experienced by the unborn child (see S. 14), S7786 [29SE]
———prohibit taxpayer funding of insurance plans or health care programs that cover abortion (see S. 3723), S6883 [5AU]
America Recycles Day: observance (see S. Res. 677), S7970 [17NO]
Appropriations: establish an earmark moratorium (see S. 2990), S622 [22FE]
———making continuing (see S.J. Res. 42), S10410 [16DE]
———require Congress to establish a searchable database on a public Internet site for congressional earmarks (see S. 3335), S3644 [12MY]
Budget: constitutional amendment to require a balanced budget and grant the President of the U.S. the line-item veto (see S.J. Res. 22), S53 [20JA]
———constitutional amendment to require balanced (see S.J. Res. 27), S622 [22FE]
———reduce the deficit by establishing discretionary spending caps for non-security spending (see S. 3095), S1460 [11MR]
Burmese Freedom and Democracy Act: approve renewal of import restrictions (see S.J. Res. 29), S4443 [26MY]
Byrd, Robert C.: tribute (see S. Res. 572), S5489 [28JN]
Citizen Diplomacy Day: designate (see S. Res. 603), S6549 [30JY]
Construction industries: recognize importance and sustainability of U.S. hardwoods industry and urge such products be given full consideration in programs for constructing environmentally preferable buildings (see S. Res. 411), S2020 [24MR]
Corps of Engineers: require operation of the Allatoona Dam and Reservoir Project to allow continued provision of water to the Atlanta, GA, region (see S. 3911), S7788 [29SE]
———require operation of the Buford Dam/Lake Sidney Lanier Project to allow continued provision of water to the Atlanta, GA, region (see S. 3911), S7788 [29SE]
———update each water control manual regarding the Apalachicola-Chattahoochee-Flint River system to include reallocation of storage to meet water supply needs (see S. 3910), S7788 [29SE]
CPSC: require residential carbon monoxide detectors to meet certain safety standards and encourage States to require installation of such detectors in homes (see S. 1216), S7968 [17NO]
Credit: exempt certain nonprofit housing organizations from certain licensing requirements for residential mortgage loan originators (see S. 3106), S1458 [11MR]
Crime: amend stalking laws (see S. 3727), S6883 [5AU]
———prevent video depictions of animal cruelty (see S. 3841), S7620 [28SE]
Cuba: recognize life of political prisoner Orlando Zapata Tamayo, who died in custody, and call for continued focus on promotion of human rights in Cuba (see S. Con. Res. 54), S1517 [15MR]
Dept. of Justice: establish public-private Meth Project Prevention Campaign Grant Program (see S. 3278), S4659 [8JN]
———prohibit funding for prosecution in Article III courts of individuals involved in the September 11, 2001, terrorist attacks (see S. 2977), S483 [4FE]
Dept. of the Navy: redesignate as the Dept. of the Navy and Marine Corps (see S. 504), S1813 [22MR]
Dept. of the Treasury: terminate authority under the Troubled Asset Relief Program (see S. 2938), S123 [21JA]
Dept. of Veterans Affairs: furnish hospital care, medical services, and nursing home care to veterans who were stationed at Camp Lejeune, NC, when the well water was contaminated (see S. 1518), S440 [2FE]
Developing countries: protect girls through prevention of child marriage (see S. 987), S6651 [3AU]
District of Columbia: restore right to keep and bear arms (see S. 3265), S2708 [27AP]
Education for All Handicapped Children Act: anniversary (see S. Res. 684), S8063 [18NO]
EPA: delay implementation of certain final rules in States until accreditation classes are held in the States for a certain period (see S. 3296), S3091 [4MY]
———disapprove rule relative to endangerment findings and regulation of greenhouse gases under the Clean Air Act (see S.J. Res. 26), S122 [21JA]
Federal employees: make persons having seriously delinquent tax debts ineligible for Federal employment (see S. 3790), S7134 [15SE]
FEMA: extend the National Flood Insurance Program (see S. 3347), S5269 [22JN] (see S. 3814), S7267 [21SE]
First Lieutenant Robert Wilson Collins Post Office Building, Tyrone, GA: designate (see S. 3592), S5963 [15JY]
Foundation of the American Academy of Ophthalmology: anniversary of EyeCare America program (see S. Res. 557), S4989 [16JN]
Global Youth Service Days: designate (see S. Res. 493), S2477 [20AP]
Greece: independence anniversary (see S. Res. 464), S1813 [22MR]
Gulf of Mexico: create system to resolve claims of economic injury caused by the Deepwater Horizon incident and renegotiate lease relative to incident to increase existing liability limits (see S. 3410), S4443 [26MY]
———waive compliance with the Jones Act to allow foreign-flagged vessels to assist in responding to the Deepwater Horizon oil spill (see S. 3512), S5269 [22JN]
Haiti: express condolences and support to citizens in aftermath of earthquake and support relief efforts (see S. Res. 392), S122 [21JA]
Health: repeal mandate that employers provide health insurance for employees (see S. 3501), S6737 [4AU]
———repeal mandate that individuals purchase health insurance (see S. 3502), S6079 [21JY]
Housing: ensure availability of loan guarantees for rural homeowners (see S. 3266), S3037 [3MY]
Immigration: refuse or revoke visas to aliens if in U.S. security or foreign policy interests, review all visa applications before adjudication, and provide for immediate dissemination of visa revocation information (see S. 2944), S122 [21JA] (see S. 3077), S1169 [4MR]
Iran: establish a program to support a transition to a freely elected, open democracy (see S. 3008), S797 [25FE]
Japan: support increased market access for exports of U.S. beef and beef products (see S. Res. 452), S1620 [16MR]
Jumpstart's Read for the Record Day: designate (see S. Res. 593), S6201 [22JY] (see S. Res. 621), S7089 [14SE]
Korea, Democratic People's Republic of: condemn unprovoked military attack against South Korea and reaffirm alliance with South Korea (see S. Res. 693), S8397 [2DE]
Mathias, Charles McC., Jr.: tribute (see S. Res. 397), S251 [26JA]
Members of Congress: eliminate automatic salary adjustments (see S. 3074), S1169 [4MR]
Motor vehicles: protect the rights of consumers to diagnose, service, maintain, and repair their motor vehicles (see S. 3181), S4885 [14JN]
Murtha, John P.: tribute (see S. Res. 413), S536 [9FE]
National Airborne Day: designate (see S. Res. 599), S6397 [28JY]
National Asbestos Awareness Week: designate (see S. Res. 427), S857 [1MR]
National FFA Organization: mint coins in commemoration of founding (see S. 1553), S1670 [17MR]
National Guard Youth Challenge Day: support goals and ideals (see S. Res. 421), S742 [24FE]
National Historically Black Colleges and Universities Week: designate (see S. Res. 595), S6302 [27JY]
National Prostate Cancer Awareness Month: designate (see S. Res. 597), S6521 [29JY]
National Small Business Week: observance (see S. Res. 540), S4442 [26MY]
National Stuttering Awareness Week: support goals and ideals (see S. Res. 524), S3716 [13MY]
National Work and Family Month: designate (see S. Res. 618), S7353 [22SE]
News media: maintain free flow of information to the public by providing conditions for the federally compelled disclosure of information by persons connected with the news media (see S. 448), S1169 [4MR]
Olympic Day: designate (see S. Res. 552), S4939 [15JN]
OSHA: authorize and expand the Voluntary Protection Programs to include more small businesses (see S. 3257), S7034 [13SE]
Parkinson's Awareness Month: designate (see S. Res. 474), S2162 [26MR]
Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act: repeal provisions providing for the Independent Payment Advisory Board (see S. 3653), S6652 [3AU]
Peace Corps: improve and expand (see S. 1382), S5489 [28JN]
Poland: express sympathy to citizens and surviving families of victims of airplane crash in Russia, solidarity with people and Polish-American communities, and support for restoration of leadership (see S. Res. 479), S2295 [14AP]
Recycling: commend efforts to promote recycling on the National Mall and providing an example to follow in making recycling possible in public places (see S. Res. 677), S7970 [17NO]
Silver Star Service Banner Day: designate (see S. Res. 534), S4443 [26MY]
Small business: extend loan enhancements (see S. 3604), S5964 [15JY]
———repeal expansion of information reporting requirements for certain payments to corporations (see S. 3578), S5849 [14JY]
Small Business Development Center network: anniversary (see S. Res. 638), S7352 [22SE]
States: provide special standing for State government officials to challenge proposed regulations issued in conjunction with the implementation of Federal laws (see S. 4020), S10410 [16DE]
Stevens, Ted: tribute (see S. Res. 617), S7000 [12AU]
Sudan: implement Comprehensive Peace Agreement between Sudan and the Sudan People's Liberation Movement/Army and call for urgent and aggressive actions to establish peace in all regions (see S. Res. 404), S393 [1FE]
Taiwan: accord observer status in the International Civil Aviation Organization (see S. Con. Res. 63), S6886 [5AU]
Taxation: establish ABLE accounts to pay for qualified disability expenses of family members with disabilities (see S. 493), S1619 [16MR]
———increase exclusion for employer-provided dependent care assistance (see S. 3067), S7790 [29SE]
———permanently extend Bush administration tax cuts and provide permanent alternative minimum tax and estate tax relief (see S. 3773), S7034 [13SE]
———provide that the volume cap for private activity bonds shall not apply to bonds for facilities for the furnishing of water and sewage facilities (see S. 3262), S4573 [28MY]
———reduce excise tax rate on beer produced domestically by certain small producers (see S. 3339), S5203 [21JN]
———reduce tax on beer (see S. 1058), S123 [21JA]
———require the manufacturers' excise tax on recreational equipment be paid quarterly (see S. 632), S3984 [19MY]
Terrorism: strike medals in commemoration of anniversary of terrorist attacks and establishment of the National September 11 Memorial & Museum at the World Trade Center (see S. 3034), S5489 [28JN]
U.N. Convention on the Rights of the Child: oppose ratification based on incompatibility with the U.S. Constitution, sovereignty, and the independence of families (see S. Res. 519), S4530 [27MY]
U.S. Coast Guard Academy: anniversary (see S. Con. Res. 56), S2425 [19AP]
U.S. Marshals Service: mint coins in commemoration of anniversary (see S. 3572), S7035 [13SE]
Uganda: develop a strategy to support efforts to protect civilians and eliminate threat posed by the Lord's Resistance Army and authorize funds for relief, reconstruction, and transitional justice (see S. 1067), S440 [2FE]
Veterans: increase rates of disability compensation for veterans with service-connected disabilities and dependency and indemnity compensation for survivors of certain disabled veterans (see S. 3107), S1458 [11MR]
West Virginia: honor coal miners who perished in the Upper Big Branch Mine-South, extend condolences to their families, and recognize efforts of emergency response workers at the mine disaster (see S. Res. 487), S2377 [15AP]
Zimbabwe: update U.S. policy and authorities to help advance a genuine transition to democracy and promote recovery (see S. 3297), S3091 [4MY]
Bills and resolutions introduced
Corps of Engineers: require calculation of the aggregate water withdrawals from a Federal reservoir by local entities (see S. 13), S7786 [29SE]
———require operation of the Buford Dam/Lake Sidney Lanier Project to allow continued provision of water to the Atlanta, GA, region (see S. 12), S7786 [29SE]
Dept. of the Interior: authorize the lease of certain lands within Fort Pulaski National Monument (see S. 3778), S7089 [14SE]
Drive Safer Sunday: designate (see S. Res. 630), S7205 [20SE]
National Mediation Board: disapprove rule on recognition of a labor union if a simple majority of workers who cast ballots approved organizing (see S.J. Res. 30), S3536 [11MY]
Taxation: terminate Internal Revenue Code (see S. 3047), S796 [25FE]
Letters
National Mediation Board rule on recognition of a labor union if a simple majority of workers who cast ballots approved organizing: Christopher Prandoni, Alliance for Worker Freedom, S7372 [23SE]
———Geoff Burr, Associated Builders and Contractors, Inc., S7373 [23SE]
———Joe Trauger, National Association of Manufacturers, S7372 [23SE]
———R. Bruce Josten, U.S. Chamber of Commerce, S7372 [23SE]
———Sandra Polaski, Dept. of Labor, S7381 [23SE]
Motions
National Mediation Board: disapprove rule on recognition of a labor union if a simple majority of workers who cast ballots approved organizing (S.J. Res. 30), S7370 [23SE]
Remarks
Appropriations: making emergency supplemental for disaster relief, summer youth jobs programs, and SBA loans program, and rescind amounts from certain accounts (H.R. 4899), S4406 [26MY], S4494 [27MY]
———making omnibus appropriations, S10279 [15DE]
Augusta State University: tribute to men's golf team, S5108
Becker, Craig: nomination to the NLRB, S513 [9FE]
Budget: establish a biennial budget process and a biennial appropriations process and enhance oversight and the performance of the Federal Government (S. 169), S6367 [28JY]
Chick-fil-A, Inc.: tribute, S535
Congress: National Prayer Breakfast, S4979 [16JN]
Credit: require the mortgage originator retain a certain percentage of the mortgage for its lifetime or until the mortgage is paid, S2435 [20AP]
———restore State's rights to protect consumers from usury, S3971 [19MY]
Depts. of Defense, Veterans Affairs, and related agencies: making appropriations for military construction and veterans' services (H.R. 3082), House amendment, S10279 [15DE]
Economy: impact of failure to extend Bush administration tax cuts, S8317 [1DE]
———provide financial regulatory reform, protect consumers and investors, enhance Federal understanding of insurance issues, and regulate the over-the-counter derivatives markets (H.R. 4173), conference report, S5825 [14JY]
———reform the financial regulatory system of the U.S., S388 [1FE]
FAA: extend Airport Improvement Program authority (H.R. 4853), House amendment, S8979 [14DE]
———extend Airport Improvement Program authority (H.R. 4853), House amendment—unanimous-consent request, S8978 [14DE]
FDIC: fully insure Interest on Lawyers Trust Accounts (H.R. 6398), S10964 [22DE]
FEMA: include flooding in Atlanta, GA, area for disaster assistance, S4406 [26MY], S4494 [27MY]
Financial institutions: impact of mark to market financial regulatory rule 114 relative to real estate appraisals, S387-S389 [1FE]
———improve accountability and transparency in the financial system, end ``too big to fail'', end bailouts, and protect consumers from abusive financial services practices (S. 3217), S2435 [20AP], S3498, S3514 [11MY], S3576 [12MY], S3969, S3970, S3971 [19MY]
———improve accountability and transparency in the financial system, end ``too big to fail'', end bailouts, and protect consumers from abusive financial services practices (S. 3217), motion to proceed, S2700 [27AP]
———reform regulations for residential mortgage underwriting standards, S3514 [11MY]
Financial Markets Commission: establish (S. 298), S5825 [14JY]
First Lieutenant Robert Wilson Collins Post Office Building, Tyrone, GA: designate (S. 3592), S5946 [15JY]
Government-sponsored enterprises: establish a term for conservatorships of Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac, and provide conditions for continued operations, wind down, and dissolution of such enterprises, S3498 [11MY]
Greensboro, GA: tribute to Springfield Baptist Church's recognition by the Georgia Historical Society as the oldest African-American church in Greene County, GA, S6515
Housing: reform the regulation of the housing-related Government-sponsored enterprises, S3969, S3970 [19MY], S8317 [1DE]
Immigration: cancel removal and adjust status of certain long-term resident alien students (S. 3992), motion to proceed—unanimous-consent request, S8660 [9DE]
Kagan, Elena: evaluation of nomination to be Supreme Court Justice relative to interference with military recruiting activities while serving as Harvard Law School dean, S6719 [4AU]
———nomination to be Supreme Court Justice, S6719 [4AU]
Katz, Arthur E.: U.S. Coast Guard Academy Wall of Gallantry inductee, S1667
Labor unions: establish efficient system to enable employees to form, join, or assist labor organizations and provide for mandatory injunctions for unfair labor practices during organizing efforts (S. 560), S513 [9FE], S7372 [23SE]
Martin, Beverly Baldwin: nomination to be circuit judge, S14 [20JA]
Mining and mineral resources: improvements in mine safety, S151 [22JA]
National Eye Donor Month: observance, S694 [23FE]
National Mediation Board: disapprove rule on recognition of a labor union if a simple majority of workers who cast ballots approved organizing (S.J. Res. 30), motion to proceed, S7370, S7375, S7378, S7381, S7383 [23SE]
Pensions: reform funding rules, S1291 [9MR]
Real estate: exempt qualified residential mortgages from credit risk retention requirements, S3576 [12MY], S10441 [17DE]
Real estate investment trusts: anniversary of establishing legislation, S7081 [14SE]
Smith, M. Patricia: nomination to be Dept. of Labor Solicitor, S375 [1FE]
———suitability to be Dept. of Labor Solicitor relative to inconsistencies in testimony before Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (Senate) on New York Wage and Hour Watch program, S375 [1FE]
Supreme Court: decision in Ledbetter v. Goodyear Tire & Rubber Co., on restricting time limits on employees seeking redress for wage discrimination, S513 [9FE]
Taxation: extend certain expiring provisions of the Internal Revenue Code (H.R. 4213), S1291 [9MR]
———extend certain expiring provisions of the Internal Revenue Code (H.R. 4213), House amendment, S4970, S4971 [16JN], S5092 [17JN]
———extend estate tax relief, S8979 [14DE]
———extend funding and expenditure authority of the Airport and Airway Trust Fund (H.R. 4853), House amendment, S8979 [14DE]
———extend funding and expenditure authority of the Airport and Airway Trust Fund (H.R. 4853), House amendment—unanimous-consent request, S8978 [14DE]
———extend the time for closing on a principal residence eligible for the first-time homebuyer credit, S4970, S4971 [16JN]
———make certain middle class tax relief permanent, increase limits on small business expensing of certain depreciable assets, and extend alternative minimum tax relief, S8979 [14DE]
———offset costs of extending certain expiring provisions of the Internal Revenue Code by eliminating wasteful, inefficient, and duplicative spending, S5092 [17JN]
Treadwell, Marc T.: nomination to be district judge, S5186 [21JN]
U.S.-Russian Strategic Arms Reduction Treaty (START): renewal, S10330 [16DE], S10964 [22DE]
Votes: position on missed, S1164 [4MR], S4437 [26MY]
Warner Robins, GA: tribute to Warner Robins Little League softball team, S6367 [28JY]
Statements
National Mediation Board Rule on Recognition of a Labor Union if a Simple Majority of Workers Who Cast Ballots Approved Organizing: by, S7373 [23SE]
Transcripts
National Prayer Breakfast, S4979-S4985 [16JN]
Tributes
Caves, Diane Berry, S616
Coverdell, Paul, S6014 [20JY]
Cox, Bobby, S2474
Ingram, Conley, S7305 [22SE]
Lindsey, Terry, S1667
Mahony, Grace and Charles, S4742
Malone, Patricia W. (Mother), S1667
Puzey, Katherine, S1451 [11MR]
Stevens, Ted, S7571 [28SE]