GOP SENATOR JOHNNY ISAKSON (GA) TO RESIGN AT THE END OF THE YEAR. “Isakson, 74, was diagnosed with Parkinson’s disease in 2013 and suffered a fall in July that left him with a torn rotator cuff and four fractured ribs. He underwent surgery on Monday to remove a renal-cell carcinoma from his kidney, according to local ABC affiliate WJCL.”
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