Once again the Congressional Budget Office is out with a new score for ObamaCare that supposedly shows a cost of $871 and a reduction in deficits of $132 billion dollars over the first ten years of the legislation. That’s what the media is reporting as fact, and while it’s true [...]
Dustin over at Georgia Liberal has a question for DuBose Porter over his recent comments about corruption under the Gold Dome in the wake of Glenn Richardson's abuse of power, using his position as Speaker of the House to influence legislation for a lobbyist he had [...]
Dustin over at Georgia Liberal has a question for DuBose Porter over his recent comments about corruption under the Gold Dome in the wake of Glenn Richardson’s abuse of power, using his position as Speaker of the House to influence legislation for a lobbyist he had [...]
Even though it looks like Democrats are about to shove ObamaCare down the throats of Americans, the public remains skeptical of proposed health care "reforms":
As the Senate struggles to meet a self-imposed year-end deadline to complete work on health-care legislation, a new Washington Post-ABC News poll [...]
Update: 3:53 p.m.: O’Neal argues in his letter to fellow House Republicans that he had nothing to do with the Senate amending the tax legislation to make it retroactive to 2004, and thereby making Perdue a beneficiary.
But in 2006 the AJC reported that Senate Finance Committee minutes show that O’Neal [...]
My Friends -
I open this by noting it is an unfortunately lengthy email, but its contents are vital because they involve my good name (which I guard jealously) and a complicated piece of tax legislation. Please review this entire email so you can be fully informed in your decision for [...]
I have a hard time grasping at this one.
It’s funny, I was thinking about Denny Hastert and then got an email making the case. Then [...]
I’ll help with your first question of “who?” Tommy Smith is from the 168th District and was sworn into office in 1979. He also is a blueberry farmer and has no problem sponsoring legislation that will benefit him…like to create the Georgia Blueberry Commission. Precisely [...]
"The problem isn’t that [House Speaker Glenn Richardson] had a mistress, it’s that his alleged (for now) mistress worked for a major utility that would’ve benefited from legislation the Speaker co-sponsored." - Scott Henry, Creative Loafing
What someone may have done in their private life should not be the issue [...]
Walter Jones points out that a tough session lays ahead for legislators:Past sessions became known for the dominant legislation debated, such as school reform in 2000, the statewide water plan in 2008 and redistricting in countless years. The 2010 session, which convenes Jan. 11, will be characterized not by [...]
It's that time of year again, members of the Georgia General Assembly are prefiling legislation for the 2010 session. Insider Advantage already has an article up about them, though only a handful of bills have been prefiled for either Chamber and almost exclusively by a few members.
House prefiles [...]
Senate Democrats Advance Health Care Reform BillDemocrats in the U.S. Senate have united to push health care reform legislation past a key procedural hurdle, paving the way for full-scale debate starting later this month. President Barack Obama has made passing sweeping health care reform his top domestic priority.
