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There is now a CONTENT FREEZE for Mercury while we switch to a new platform. It began on Friday, March 10 at 6pm and will end on Wednesday, March 15 at noon. No new content can be created during this time, but all material in the system as of the beginning of the freeze will be migrated to the new platform, including users and groups. Functionally the new site is identical to the old one. webteam@gatech.edu
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Join us for an update from Washington, D.C., and Q&A with Senator Johnny Isakson.
John Hardy "Johnny" Isakson is the junior United States Senator from Georgia and a member of the Republican Party. Isakson entered politics in 1974 and served 17 years in the Georgia Legislature and two years as Chairman of the Georgia Board of Education. In 1999, he was elected to the U.S. House of Representatives for the first of three terms before being elected to the U.S. Senate in 2004. He was re-elected to the Senate in 2010.
In January 2013, Sen. Isakson was named to the U.S. Senate Committee on Finance, which has jurisdiction over taxes, trade, Medicare, and Social Security, and which plays a critical role in the debate over cutting spending and reducing our nation’s debt.