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  Saxby Chambliss - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Chambliss was born in Warrenton, North Carolina, and graduated from C.E. Byrd High School in Shreveport, Louisiana.
Chambliss was elected to the United States House of Representatives in 1994 as one of the new conservative Republican congressmen whose elections caused the party to gain a majority in both houses of congress.
Chambliss' ratings from interest groups indicate how often he votes in agreement with their priorities; his particular scores are fairly typical for a conservative Republican.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Saxby_Chambliss   (519 words)

  
 U.S. Senate: Senators Home > Senator Saxby Chambliss
On November 5, 2002, Saxby Chambliss was elected Georgia's 63rd United States Senator in what is being talked about as one of the most stunning and historical victories of the midterm elections.
Chambliss first arrived in Washington in 1994 representing the 8th congressional district of Georgia.
Chambliss, who previously worked in support of Georgia during the last base realignment and closure round, will be an instrumental figure in preparing and protecting Georgia's bases in advance of the next round of Base Realignment and Closure (BRAC) in 2005.
www.senate.gov /pagelayout/senators/one_item_and_teasers/chambliss.htm   (587 words)

  
 Saxby Chambliss - dKosopedia
Saxby Chambliss arrived in Congress in 1994, and represented the 8th District for 4 terms.
Saxby's campaign was lauded by both parties as being blessed with a strong debater as well as very well-designed bio ads.
Cleland, who sacrificed his mobility for his country while Chambliss was sitting at home with a trick knee, was permanently slandered and smeared as a terrorist-supporter, his patriotism mauled beyond belief.
www.dkosopedia.com /index.php/Saxby_Chambliss   (356 words)

  
 .: United States Senator Saxby Chambliss :: About Senator Saxby :.   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
On November 5, 2002, Saxby Chambliss was elected Georgia’s 63rd United States Senator in what was one of the most stunning and historical victories of the 2002 elections.
Chambliss secured a practical and fair amount for agriculture’s share of deficit reduction during the fiscal year 2005 budget reconciliation, and held firm to maintain hard-won provisions of the 2002 Farm Bill.
Chambliss is a member of the Senate Caucus on Military Depots, Arsenals and Ammunition Plants, the Congressional Sportsmen Foundation, the Congressional Fire Services Caucus, the Rural Health Caucus, the Juvenile Diabetes Caucus and he is the co-chair of the Senate Reserve Caucus.
chambliss.senate.gov /public/index.cfm?FuseAction=AboutSenatorSaxby.Biography   (794 words)

  
 All Immigration Votes of Senator Saxby Chambliss
Chambliss voted for more foreign workers even though U.S. high tech workers over the age of 50 were suffering 17% unemployment and U.S. firms were laying off thousands of workers at the time.
Chambliss voted AGAINST H RES 365 which was brought up and passed in a new form in March of 2002.
Rep. Chambliss voted on the floor of the House AGAINST a motion to suspend the rules and pass H.R. a four-month extension of the Section 245(i) amnesty.
profiles.numbersusa.com /improfile.php3?DistSend=GA&VIPID=221   (3601 words)

  
 CNN.com - Rep. Saxby Chambliss: Anti-terrorism measures in the U.S. - October 2, 2001
Saxby Chambliss: Anti-terrorism measures in the U.S. Rep. Saxby Chambliss is a United States congressman representing Georgia's Eighth District and serving his fourth term.
CHAMBLISS: What we are doing right now is looking at background information with respect to the September 11 incident from the standpoint of why this type of terrorist act would occur inside the United States, and who the perpetrators of the acts were.
CHAMBLISS: I think all members of Congress are very concerned about the fact that, while we want to see our law enforcement agencies have every means they can possibly have to combat terrorism, we've got to remember that we've had a Constitution in place for 225 years, and it has served us well.
edition.cnn.com /2001/COMMUNITY/10/02/chambliss   (1691 words)

  
 Election 2004 | Georgia Right to Life Withdraws Endorsement of Rep. Saxby Chambliss, Citing His 'Changing' Abortion ...
Chambliss has stated that while he opposes abortion rights, he favors allowing exceptions for abortion in cases of rape, incest and when the life of the woman is in danger.
Chambliss originally won the endorsement of the antiabortion group during the Republican primary election after completing a questionnaire stating that he favored only one exception to an abortion ban; however, Chambliss later said that the form was filled out in error by campaign staff and that he has always supported allowing three exceptions.
Noting that Chambliss signed four forms stating that he would support legislation banning abortion in all instances except when the life of the woman was in danger, Ezzard states that Chambliss has "clearly flip-flopped" on the abortion issue.
www.kaisernetwork.org /daily_reports/rep_index.cfm?hint=2&DR_ID=14170   (408 words)

  
 Saxby Chambliss   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
Saxby Chambliss (born November 10, EHandler: no quick summary.
Saxby Chambliss began his political career as an attorney attorney quick summary:
Chambliss was re-elected to the House in 1996, EHandler: no quick summary.
www.absoluteastronomy.com /encyclopedia/s/sa/saxby_chambliss.htm   (960 words)

  
 Sikhs respond to Representative Saxby Chambliss Bigoted Comments
We Americans look to Representative Saxby Chambliss and his fellow members of Congress to provide the leadership to secure our safety as well as to uphold the principles upon which this country was founded.
Representative Saxby Chambliss, in his influential role as the Chair of the House Subcommittee on Terrorism and Homeland Security, must be more diligent and scrupulous than his peers.
Representative Saxby Chambliss is well respected and has tremendous influence in his district and in his state.
www.sikhnet.com /s/Chambliss   (515 words)

  
 Saxby Chambliss: "Al-Qaeda is composed of the meanest killers...whose sole purpose is to kill and harm ...
Saxby Chambliss: "Al-Qaeda is composed of the meanest killers...whose sole purpose is to kill and harm Americans."
Chambliss: In recent weeks, we have been reminded by the tragic terrorist attacks in London and in Egypt that these terrorists are out there to kill and harm anyone who believes in freedom and democracy, including Americans.
Chambliss: When an individual is charged with a crime and flees to a foreign country, it is the responsibility of the U.S. Department of State to seek extradition of that fugitive.
www.georgiadailydigest.com /article_12244.shtml   (2711 words)

  
 ATR: Press Releases: "Taxpayer Hero" Saxby Chambliss Declares "No New Taxes" in Race for Georgia's ...
Chambliss has signed the Americans for Tax Reform (ATR) Taxpayer Protection Pledge, which is a written commitment from candidates and elected officials to oppose new efforts to raise taxes.
Chambliss signed the Pledge both as a congressman from Georgia's 8th congressional district and as a candidate for U.S. Senate.
Chambliss backed up his Pledge repeatedly, by scoring a 95% on ATR's congressional scorecard during his last two years in Congress.
www.atr.org /content/html/2002/nov/110402pr_2.html   (443 words)

  
 USATODAY.com - Cleland defeated by conservative   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
Few believed Republican Saxby Chambliss could paint Sen. Max Cleland, a veteran who lost both legs and an arm in Vietnam, as soft on national security.
Saxby Chambliss, R-Ga., celebrates his Senate election victory over incumbent Democrat Sen. Max Cleland Wednesday in Atlanta.
Chambliss, 59, a four-term congressman from Moultrie, was virtually unknown in Atlanta and its Republican suburbs, where a hefty share of Georgia voters reside.
www.usatoday.com /news/politicselections/2002-11-06-chambliss_x.htm   (329 words)

  
 Creative Loafing Atlanta | VIEWS | SHOULD PATRIOTISM BE AN ISSUE IN THE U.S. SENATE RACE?   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
In a recent press release, Chambliss accused his opponent of "breaking his oath to protect and defend the Constitution" because Cleland had voted "yes" on a routine Chemical Weapons Treaty amendment allowing inspectors from neighboring nations like Syria and Iran to serve on U.N. inspection teams in Iraq.
What makes Chambliss' bizarre attack all the more frustrating is that the bipartisan ratification of the amendment was unremarkable in its impact on national security, a mere footnote in the grand scheme of the war on terrorism.
Chambliss would do well to learn that if you attack one of us -- especially one of our wounded -- you have attacked us all.
atlanta.creativeloafing.com /2002-07-03/flipside.html   (574 words)

  
 Creative Loafing Atlanta | NEWS & VIEWS | SAXBY CHAMBLISS, REDUX
Rather, it's a well-deserved, last-minute slap at a candidate who represents a particularly unsavory form of political parasite: disingenuous about his own positions; strictly partisan in his voting; an adversary to personal liberties; and a dishonorable campaigner.
Chambliss' latest affront is blocking an independent investigation into the Sept. 11 attacks, clearly a sop to the Bush administration, which has aggressively backed the campaign of its most faithful lackey.
Recognizing Chambliss for what he is is especially important now, at a time when Georgia is considered among the principal battlefields for control of the Senate.
atlanta.creativeloafing.com /2002-10-30/news_scalawag.html   (296 words)

  
 Features | New Dog in the Senate
Chambliss is equally down-to-earth in assessing his own strengths: "The one thing I bring to the table is the perspective of being a real person, of doing the things normal Americans do: raising kids and going to church.
When Chambliss entered UGA in the fall of 1963, it was a halcyon era for UGA fraternities, as his Sigma Chi brothers recall.
Julianne met Saxby when, as sweetheart of the Sigma Chi pledges, she was assigned to arrange for a gift from the Phi Mus to the fraternity house.
www.uga.edu /gm/1203/FeatSenate.html   (2340 words)

  
 Saxby Chamblis: ChickenHawk of the Week   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
Saxby Chambliss from Georgia is ChickenHawk of the Week.
Chambliss prefers not to answer whether Republican supporters of the amendment, including the chairman of the GOP Senate campaign committee who encouraged him to run, Tennessee's Bill Frist, also broke their solemn oaths 'to protect and defend' the United States.
Even with the amendment Chambliss so despises, the Chemical Weapons treaty was approved by a 74-to-26 Senate vote, with the backing of a majority of Republican senators, including such notorious fellow travelers as Trent Lott, R-Miss.; John McCain, R-Ariz; Orrin Hatch, R-Uah; Mitch McConnell, R-Ky.;and Rick Santorum, R-Penn.
labb.port5.com /ark/chambliss.html   (959 words)

  
 CNN.com - Transcripts
SEN. SAXBY CHAMBLISS (R), GEORGIA: Well, of course, we know, based on General Taguba's report, that this particular 800th MP Brigade was very untrained, unprepared, even in the basic skills, Larry, to carry out the job that they were assigned to do.
CHAMBLISS: That was a little unusual to see a major policy issue of just how closely or how separated the military intelligence and the military police ought to be with respect to interrogation.
CHAMBLISS: First of all, war is a very, very difficult thing to deal with, even on the good days.
transcripts.cnn.com /TRANSCRIPTS/0405/11/lkl.00.html   (6898 words)

  
 The Weekly Online!
This week senator Saxby Chambliss met with President Bush's nomination to the United States Supreme Court Judge Samuel Alito.
Senators Saxby Chambliss, co-chairman of the Senate Reserve Caucus, and Johnny Isakson introduced the "Reservist Access to Veterans Preference Act" as an amendment to the Fiscal Year 2006 National Defense Authorization Act.
U.S. Senators Saxby Chambliss, a member of the Senate Armed Services Committee, and Johnny Isakson praised final Senate passage of the Fiscal Year 2006 Defense Authorization Bill, which authorizes important funds for weapons systems built or partially built in Georgia and funds for Georgia's military bases.
www.theweekly.com /news/2005/November/19/Chambliss.html   (289 words)

  
 JS Online: GOP's Saxby Chambliss Wins in Ga.
ATLANTA - Republican Rep. Saxby Chambliss denied incumbent Max Cleland a second term in the Senate, stealing the seat Tuesday with a campaign in which he painted the triple amputee Vietnam veteran as too soft on homeland security.
Chambliss, a relative unknown outside the south Georgia district he's represented for eight years, soared in polls after attacking Cleland.
Although Chambliss received a military deferment because of a bum knee, he received the endorsement of the national Veterans of Foreign Wars and targeted much of Cleland's veteran base.
www.jsonline.com /election2000/ap/nov02/ap-eln-georgia-sen110602.asp   (360 words)

  
 Saxby Chambliss - Search Results - MSN Encarta
Saxby Chambliss - Search Results - MSN Encarta
Chambliss, Saxby, born in 1943, Republican member of the United States Senate from Georgia.
Chambliss, Chris: table of rookies of the year
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 Exit Jesse, Enter Saxby
A heretofore obscure figure, Chambliss is perhaps best known for his comment last year to a group of Georgia law enforcement officers on homeland security.
Such an attempt to mobilize law enforcement in the service of stifling free expression is, sadly, par for the course with Chambliss---who has yet to encounter a piece of legislation that gives greater powers to federal law enforcement or big business that he doesn't like (tax legislation, of course, excepted).
While it's one thing for individual Georgia districts to have elected the likes of Newt Gingrich and Chambliss to the lesser 435, having the entire state exalt Chambliss to senatorial heights is enough to make one nostaglic for the Georgia of a bygone day---immediately post-Sherman.
www.thenation.com /doc/20021125/vest20021110   (390 words)

  
 The Rude Pundit
But let us pause here to offer advice to the Democratic Party in general, 'cause, face it, even if Kerry wins, he's gotta have at least one house of Congress on his side or it's just gonna be another four years of meaningless Congressional investigations, failure to pass any large-scale meaningful legislation, and the like.
The strategy of the Saxby Chambliss is based, of course, on the infamous campaign where, in Georgia, Republican Saxby Chambliss was running against Democrat Max Cleland for the Senate in 2002.
The Saxby Chambliss is shameless, barren of ethics and morality, and vile, but it works.
rudepundit.blogspot.com /2004/09/advice-to-democrats-time-to-go-saxby.html   (778 words)

  
 :: GOP.gov :: News From Republicans in Congress   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
Saxby Chambliss (R-Ga.), chairman of the House Subcommittee on Terrorism, co-sponsored legislation introduced by Rep. John Linder (R-Ga.) to increase funding for the Centers for Disease Control by $1.5 billion over the next 5 years.
U.S. Representative Saxby Chambliss (R-Ga.), chairman of the House Subcommittee on Terrorism and Homeland Security, announced his support for a stronger more robust federal role in providing Americans with more security at our nation's airports.
U.S. Rep. Saxby Chambliss (R-Ga.), chairman of the House Subcommittee on Terrorism, will hold a field hearing in New York City on Monday, October 29.
www.gop.gov /cc-page.asp?eID=7846   (361 words)

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