John Isakson is the senior senator
representing the state of Georgia. He has been serving as a Republican in the
U.S. Senate since he was first elected back in 2005. Before being elected to
public office, Isakson was a successful businessman who helped grow one of the
Southeast’s largest residential real estate brokerage firms. He served in the
Georgia House before he served as a U.S. Congressman for three terms. Isakson
now sits as the chair of two Senate committees: the Senate Select Committee on
Ethics and the Senate Committee on Veteran’s Affairs. As a senator he has stood
his ground in terms to his conservative stance on social issues. Just recently
he voted in favor of a bill that would prohibit federal funding to Planned
Parenthood. He has also been very vocal about his opposition to the Iran
nuclear deal. Senator Isakson announced that he has been diagnosed with Parkinson’s
disease earlier in the summer, but still plans to seek re-election for 2016
even though there are some worthy candidates that have announced to challenge
his seat.
David Perdue is the junior senator
from Georgia and was first elected to office in 2014. This is Senator Perdue’s
first time ever serving in an elected position. Prior to being elected senator
he was the CEO of Reebok as well as the CEO for Dollar General. He serves on
multiple senate committees, which include the U.S. Senate Committee on the
Budget, U.S. Senate Committee on Foreign Relations, U.S. Senate Committee on the
Judiciary, and the U.S. Senate Committee on Aging. In his first major speech on
the Senate floor, Perdue slammed the Obama administration for its abuse of
executive power. He blamed the president for freezing congress out of the
decision-making process over the past six years and he believes that this has
had led to both foreign and domestic issues. Last week the Atlanta Journal
Constitution asked Perdue whether he is being considered as a potential running
mate for the upcoming presidential election and his response was simple, “Me?
No sir. I’m sort of an outsider.” Perdue has been present at many of the GOP
debates and has been vocal about his disappointment in the dialogue of the
candidates, but has shown little desire to pursue running as a vice
presidential candidate.
Tom Price is the U.S. House
representative for Georgia’s 6th Congressional District. He has
served in that position since he was first elected back in 2005. The 6th
in district in Georgia is home to most of the northern suburbs of Atlanta and
has typically been represented by a conservative representative. Price has been
praised for his recent success in helping bring the U.S. Mercedes-Benz head
quarters to his district. This move should provide multiple jobs for his
constituents and brings more high profile business to the already business
centered district. Before serving as an elected official, Price had a
successful private practice as an orthopedic surgeon. He serves as the chair on
the House Committee on the Budget and he also serves on the House Committee on
Ways and Means. Price has also been a major participant in forming alternative
health care bills in recent years. This week Price announced on twitter that he
would be participating in a hearing on Restoring the Trust in Young American’s on Wednesday.
2 comments:
I was really interested to read about the Senators and Representative of Georgia, especially since my own Senators and Representative in Connecticut have very different political views. These are two very different states so wasn't at all surprised by the vastly different members of Congress. Despite some of these major ideological differences, especially when it comes to social issues, I was fascinated to see many of the commonalities regarding economics. It seemed like it was a priority for Senators and Representatives of both states to help create more jobs and improve the economies especially in their own districts. I think this is important to note because even though these Senators and Representatives might fiercely disagree with each other on the floor of Congress, they seem to have the same priority; they all want to do what the can for their constituencies. So even as Congressmen and women struggle to balance the two roles of Congress they can find common ground in that many of them are their to do what they can for their constituents.
Nice to see a blog about congressmen beyond the New York/Philadelphia liberal bubble and read about where they stand with major political decisions. But as I was reading this it got me thinking if I were a resident in the state of Georgia how can I really relate to these politicians. For example Perdue was the former CEO of both Reebok and Dollar General two big name brands in their industry and Price help bring Mecedes Benz's US headquarters to his district and when I think Georgia Mercedes is not at the top of my list. So I have nothing against these congressmen and I see that they are successful and have done a great job representing Georgia I guess my problem with not only these politician but many others as well is that they don't reflect who I am.
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