Today begins the process for a lot of folks for the 2017 Georgia Republican Party convention cycle. It’s the Saturday where “most” counties with 80,000+ populations hold precinct mass meetings at 10a. I say most because counties, like Gwinnett, petitioned the state GOP to move the date of their mass meetings to a day and
Now that Governor Nathan Deal has issued the call for the 6th District special election, Secretary of State Brian Kemp has set up the remaining important dates concerning the election. Qualifying will be held in the Elections Division of the Office of Secretary of State, 2 Martin Luther King Jr. Drive SE, 802 West Tower,
Sen. David Perdue met recently with U.S. Supreme Court nominee Judge Neil Gorsuch. He released the following statement: “After meeting with Judge Gorsuch, it is abundantly clear that he is a principled jurist who will put the Constitution, and the rights of all Americans, at the forefront of any decision he makes. We discussed our
The upcoming special election to fill Tom Price’s now vacated 6th Congressional seat can now begin in earnest. The free-for-all has been scheduled. Governor Deal has issued the call for an election, and qualifying will be Monday, Feb. 13 through Wednesday, Feb. 15. The Special Election will be Tuesday, April 18, with the runoff scheduled for
DuBose Porter, Chairman of the Democratic Party of Georgia, released the following statement in response to the confirmation of Rep. Tom Price as HHS Secretary: “Republicans just doubled-down on their promise to privatize Medicare and dismantle the Affordable Care Act. This founding member of the Tea Party Caucus—who is also associated with one of the most
Rep. Tom Price, M.D., resigned his U.S. House seat today from Georgia’s sixth district after he was confirmed by the Senate as the Secretary of the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS). Rep. Price shared some remarks to the U.S. House prior to his confirmation and subsequent resignation, which can be seen after the
In an op-ed piece that appeared in yesterday’s The Hill, Georgia’s 9th District Congressman Doug Collins decried the actions of Federal Agencies reaching settlements in ongoing litigation and then funneling much of the settlement to entities other than those directly harmed by the wrong doing. In making his case for the Stop Settlements Slush Fund
Attention 3110 Maple Drive Northeast: Consider this remedial reading. The Pew Charitable Trust has released an analysis of states’ revenues since the trough of the great recession. They concluded what we already know, and have analyzed here, here, here, and here, among other places. Georgia’s revenues remain below where they were before we went into
The Democrats continued to stall as long as they could, but thanks to Harry Reid, stalling is the only bullet left in their gun. Congressman Tom Price was confirmed in the wee hours of the morning on a straight party line vote. A doctor is now at the helm of the agency that oversees Medicare,
And the trees wept… Rep. Loudermilk wants to close down the EPA. EVERYBODY hates getting these. Big deal London-Atlanta partnership. Yes to chili-dogs. NO to supermarkets! Maybe they finally realized sleep deprivation makes you psycho. Make the PC go away! Oh, my. The jokeswill write themselves. Keep your paws off my email! What? World’s tiniest
