On Thursday, the U.S. House of Representatives passed a $576 billion defense spending bill. The vote was 282 to 138 with a majority of Republicans in favor and a majority of Democrats opposed. All 10 Georgia Republicans voted yes. Georgia Democrats split, with Representatives John Lewis (GA-5) and Hank Johnson (GA-4) opposed, Rep. Sanford Bishop (GA-2)
That whole “we made it easier to fire employees of the Veterans Administration” law that Congress passed so that the V.A. could expedite reforms? The V.A. doesn’t want to be bothered. And Senator Johnny Isakson, Chairman of the Senate Veterans Affairs Committee, is not happy. The following is a press release from his office: WASHINGTON
The tax incentives the Georgia legislature continues to pass for film production companies seem to be working. Tied with Louisiana, Georgia is No. 3 in the world for film production based on numbers released from FilmL.A. – a not-for-profit office that operates in Los Angeles. The new ranking is up two spots from 2013 when
The AJC’s Tamar Hallerman is reporting that Paul Broun is the Vice-President choice of Georgia Constitution Party. Of course there are a few hurdles to overcome like #1 getting Broun to accept. Favorito said Broun did not run or campaign for the position, nor did he attend the party’s convention: “He knows us and we
The killing of 49 people at the Pulse nightclub in Orlando has revived the discussion over the use of assault weapons, and whether restrictions on the purchase or possession of certain types of guns should become law in order to reduce the number of gun related killings. Thursday evening, State Rep. Mary Margaret Oliver announced
It lives! For 10 more days, at least. Well, I have been contemplating adding a sundeck to my car. Former regulator turns down ethics appointment. Who else (besides me), saw the word “Terminus” and immediately thought, “No thanks, I don’t want anything off the grill.”? Quite a haul from the Floyd County Schools fraud investigation.
The Georgia Department of Corrections: the agency that’s long been plagued with secrets, cover ups, and excuses under the guise that the general public doesn’t give a darn. The public wants their prisons out of sight, out of mind, and operation under the harshest of environments. The result of that, however, is a granted authority to the
Each year, the Georgia Chamber’s Government Affairs Council recognizes legislators for their votes on critical business legislation. During this year’s spring meeting Senator Jeff Mullis, Representative John Meadows and Representative Beth Beskin all received top honors recognizing their support of pro-growth and pro-job policies. Georgia Chamber President and CEO Chris Clark thanked all the legislators
On this date in 1858, in a speech in Springfield, Illinois, Senate candidate Abraham Lincoln said the slavery issue had to be resolved. He declared, “A house divided against itself cannot stand.” Certainly not the first or last instance of campaign rhetoric. Peaches 38th in the nation for education spending. Georgia couldn’t be handling the opioid epidemic
A battle over Georgia’s water rights that became an issue before the vote in last yea’s Omnibus funding bill has resumed, due to similar legislative language being inserted by an Alabama senator into the Commerce-Justice-Science appropriations legislation now under consideration in the Senate. The offending language requires the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers to produce
