Saxby Chambliss
U.S. Congressperson
1943 –
Who is Saxby Chambliss?
Clarence Saxby Chambliss is the senior United States Senator from Georgia. A member of the Republican Party, he previously served as a U.S. Representative.
During his four terms in the House, Chambliss served on the United States House of Representatives Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence and chaired the House Intelligence Subcommittee on Terrorism and Homeland Security, which oversaw investigations of the intelligence community after the September 11 attacks in 2001.
During his 2002 bid for the U.S. Senate, Chambliss focused on the issue of national defense and homeland security. He won with 53% of the vote. For several years he was the ranking Republican on the Senate Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition and Forestry, and chaired the committee during the 109th Congress. In the 112th Congress he is the ranking Republican on the Select Committee on Intelligence.
Chambliss has a conservative voting record in the Senate, but he has participated in some bipartisan legislation. In December 2011 the Washington Post named Saxby and the "Gang of Six" as one of the Best Leaders of 2011 for attempts to craft a bipartisan deficit reduction package.
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- Born
- Nov 10, 1943
Warrenton - Also known as
- Clarence Saxby Chambliss
- Spouses
- Julianne Chambliss
(1968 - )
- Julianne Chambliss
- Religion
- Episcopal Church
- Nationality
- United States of America
- Profession
- Education
- Juris Doctor, University of Tennessee
( - 1968) - Bachelor of Arts, University of Georgia
Business Administration
( - 1966) - Louisiana Tech University
- C. E. Byrd High School
- Juris Doctor, University of Tennessee
- Lived in
- North Carolina
- Shreveport
- Moultrie
Submitted
on July 23, 2013
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