Graham Amendment Adding $3 Billion for Border Security Passes the Senate

WASHINGTON
– U.S. Senator Lindsey Graham (R-South Carolina) today said he was very pleased the Senate accepted his amendment to provide $3 billion for increased border security and interior enforcement measures. The vote was 89-1.
“In the age of terrorism, regaining operational control of our nation’s borders is a national security issue of the highest order,” said [...]

Graham Offers Amendment on Border Security and Interior Enforcement to Homeland Security Legislation

WASHINGTON – U.S. Senator Lindsey Graham (R-South Carolina) today offered an amendment to the Department of Homeland Security funding legislation appropriating $3 billion for increased border security efforts.

“There are at least half a dozen major changes in policy we have to make as a nation to get the problems of illegal immigration [...]

Graham Opposes Levin-Reed Amendment to Begin Troop Withdrawals from Iraq

WASHINGTON – U.S. Senator Lindsey Graham (R-South Carolina) today made this statement on his opposition to the Levin-Reed amendment which mandates American troop withdrawals from Iraq beginning in 120 days. All American troops would need to be out of Iraq by May 2008. The amendment was defeated in the Senate by a vote [...]

Do the Dems Want to Win on Iraq?

Jay Newton-Small
Time Magazine
Article Excerpt

With Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid threatening to keep the Senate in an all night session over Iraq, it’s worth considering what a Democrats’ win in the current legislative battle over Iraq would really mean — and whether they really even want one.
Republicans accuse the Democrats of overstepping the lines between [...]

Graham Breaks $4 Million Cash-on-Hand Mark

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COLUMBIA, SOUTH CAROLINA – Republican U.S. Senator Lindsey Graham’s re-election campaign has now gone over the $4 million cash-on-hand mark.
Early reports suggest Graham’s $4.04 million will once again rank as the 3rd highest cash-on-hand figure among the twenty-one Republican Senators up for re-election in 2008. Graham trailed only [...]

Webb, Graham spar over Iraq war

UPI
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Sen. Lindsey Graham, R-S.C., defended the U.S. military surge and countered that the war is “very much part of a global struggle” against al-Qaida and radical Islamic terrorism.
“The new strategy of getting more combat power where al-Qaida and others reside I think has been enormously successful,” Graham said. “Al-Qaida has come to Iraq. [...]

Meet The Press – July 15, 2007

Senator Graham appeared on Meet The Press, July 15, 2007 to discuss the importance of giving General Petraeus and our troops in Iraq a chance to succeed.
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Lindsey Graham Newsletter

Thursday, July 12, 2007

President Bush speaks about our Senator On June 28, President George W. Bush issued the following statement:
“Senator Graham is a leader in the Senate and I appreciate his steadfast dedication to confronting important issues before the Congress on behalf of the American people. He has been a tireless advocate for [...]

Wait for Gen. Petraeus

The push by Senate Democrats and a small number of Republicans to repudiate the current U.S.-Iraqi military offensive and force a retreat makes no military sense, and has no prospect of immediate political success. But it should be a warning to the Iraqi government that time is running out for the political reforms that are [...]

Graham Meets with President Bush to Discuss Iraq

WASHINGTON – U.S. Senator Lindsey Graham (R-South Carolina) today traveled to the White House to meet with President Bush and discuss the current situation in Iraq. He made this statement after the Oval Office meeting.
“I appreciate the opportunity to meet with President Bush and brief him on my recent visit to Iraq.
“President Bush remains [...]