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Isakson Again Urges Congress to End Reckless Spending, Reform Federal Budget Process
Says Congress Must ‘Begin Spending Within Our Means’




August 10th Runoff

9th District U.S. Congress

Tom Graves (R)Tom Graves
Lee Hawkins (R)
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Lee Hawkins

Governor

Nathan Deal (R)Nathan Deal
Karen Handel (R)Karen Handel

Insurance and
Safety Fire Commissioner

Ralph Hudgens (R)Ralph Hudgens
Maria Sheffield (R)Maria Sheffield

Secretary of State

Gail Buckner (D)Gail Buckner
Georganna Sinkfiel (D)Georganna Sinkfield

Attorney General

Sam Olens (R)Sam Olens
Preston Smith (R)Preston Smith

Public Service Commission,
District 2

Tim Echols (R)Tim Echols
John Douglas (R)John Douglas



2010 Races we are watching
(D) - Democrat, (I) - Independent, (R) - Republican

9th District U.S. Congress
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Mike Freeman (D)Mike Freeman
Tom Graves (R)Tom Graves
Lee Hawkins (R)
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Lee Hawkins
Eugene Moon (I)Eugene Moon

Ga. House District 12
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Rick Jasperse (R)Rick Jasperse
Jerry Nally (D)Jerry Nally

Ga. Senate District 51
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Steve Gooch (R)Steve Gooch
Joseph Mann (D)Joseph Mann

WASHINGTON – During a speech on the Senate floor, U.S. Senator Johnny Isakson, R-Ga., today again urged his colleagues to end reckless spending and reform the federal budget process by converting it from an annual spending process to a two-year cycle, with one year for appropriating federal dollars and the other year devoted to much-needed oversight of federal programs.

“We have a serious, difficult problem in our country. We have a debt of $13 trillion,” Isakson said. “One of the keys to stopping the growth of debt and improving the plight of our country is to begin spending within our means. Through the process of a biennial budget, we can combine the responsibility of spending with the absolute responsibility of oversight.”

Isakson has introduced legislation, S.169, that would require the president to submit a two-year budget at the beginning of the first session of a Congress. Members of Congress would then need to adopt a two-year budget resolution, a reconciliation bill if necessary and two-year appropriations bills during that first session. The legislation ensures the enactment of two-year appropriations bills by providing a new majority point of order against consideration of an appropriations bill that fails to cover two years.

The second session of a Congress would then be devoted to the consideration of authorization bills and oversight of federal programs. Isakson believes the enhanced oversight will result in more accountability of government programs.

“During these difficult times, everybody in America is looking at where they spend their money, and they're trying to find savings. They're trying to find those places where they could better allocate their money so they are not going into debt, they are not borrowing and they are not raising the prospects of debt in the future,” Isakson said. “The American government ought to be doing the same thing.”

Isakson has introduced, co-sponsored or voted for similar legislation several times since he came to the Senate in 2005.




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Statewide Races

Governor

Republicans
Nathan Deal (R)Nathan Deal
Karen Handel (R)Karen Handel
Democrats
Roy Barnes (D)Roy Barnes

Secretary of State

Gail Buckner (D)Gail Buckner
Brian Kemp (R)Brian Kemp
Georganna Sinkfiel (D)Georganna Sinkfield

Agriculture Commissioner

Gary Black (R)Gary Black

Attorney General

Ken Hodges (D)Ken Hodges
Sam Olens (R)Sam Olens
Preston Smith (R)Preston Smith

State School
Superintendent

John D. Barge (R)John D. Barge
Joe Martin (D)Joe Martin

Insurance and
Safety Fire Commissioner

Ralph Hudgens (R)Ralph Hudgens
Maria Sheffield (R)Maria Sheffield

Commissioner of Labor

Mark Butler (R)Mark Butler
Terry Coleman (D)Terry Coleman

Public Service Commission,
District 2

Tim Echols (R)Tim Echols
John Douglas (R)John Douglas