Priorities

DC to ATL and back

Apr 12 2011

Senators Warner and Chambliss visited Atlanta on Monday to speak about the effort to reduce the deficit and debt. Both Senators met with the editorial board of the Atlanta Journal-Constitution and then held a town hall meeting with the 500 members of the Atlanta Rotary Club.

The Senators updated local business leaders on their bipartisan “Gang of Six” efforts: "Everybody's going to have some skin in the game," Senator Warner said. “If we can start this with a bipartisan plan, it increases the chance of success.”

Senator Chambliss added that the Gang of Six is “getting close to an agreement” and intend to announce a plan within the next 30 days.

After the Rotary event, the two Senators spoke with CNN Congressional Correspondent Jessica Yellin. The interview aired on John King USA: