Saxby Chambliss
Clarence Saxby Chambliss is an American politician who was a United States Senator from Georgia from 2003 to 2015. He previously served as a U.S. Representative from 1995 to 2003. In 2006, ChamBliss was among several congressional Republicans and Democrats who returned campaign donations from Jack Abramoff.
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Clarence Saxby Chambliss is an American politician who was a United States Senator from Georgia from 2003 to 2015. He previously served as a U.S. Representative from 1995 to 2003. During his House tenure, he chaired the House Intelligence Subcommittee on Terrorism and Homeland Security. In December 2011, the Washington Post named Cham Bliss as one of the Best Leaders of 2011 for his attempts to craft a bipartisan deficit reduction package. He was criticized for remarks he made during a November 19, 2001 meeting with first responders in Valdosta, Georgia, where he said that homeland security would be improved by turning the sheriff loose to arrest every Muslim that crosses the state line. In 2006, ChamBliss was among several congressional Republicans and Democrats who returned campaign donations from Jack Abramoff.
He is a member of the Sigma Chi fraternity and earned a Juris Doctor from the University of Tennessee College of Law in 1968. He received student deferments and was also given a medical deferment for bad knees due to a football injury during the Vietnam War. He served in the U. S. House of Representatives from 1994 to 2003 as part of the class known as the Class of ’94. In 2008, he was accused of sympathizing with families affected by a sugar refinery explosion that exploded on February 7, 2008. Since no one exceeded 50% of the vote, a runoff was held on December 2, 2008, between ChamblISS and Jim Martin. Chamblis won the runoff with 50% and Martin received 3%.
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