An amendment to the National Defense Authorization Act that would have stopped a Navy supply ship from being named after Congressman John Lewis was rejected by the House Rules Committee Tuesday evening. The Washington Post reports that Republican Rep. Steven Palazzo of Mississippi’s amendment would have prevented Navy ships from being named after “any member
North Georgia Medical Center in Ellijay closed last week, becoming the latest rural healthcare facility in Georgia to stop doing business. As reported in Georgia Health News, the facility’s owner, Sunlink Health System, will lease its emergency room and medical building to Piedmont Healthcare of Atlanta, which will operate the facility as a satellite of
State Representatives Park Cannon (D-Atlanta), Karla Drenner (D-Avondale Estates) and Keisha Waites (D-Atlanta) issued statements today following Sunday’s mass shootings at the Pulse night club in Orlando that caters to the LGBT community. Cannon and Drenner are lesbians, while Cannon identifies as queer. From a press release: “Make no mistake, the LGBTQ community is under
Many members of Georgia’s congressional delegation reacted to Sunday’s terrorist attack at a gay nightclub in Orlando. Some issued press releases, while others took to social media for their response. Here’s what they had to say: Governor Nathan Deal, via Twitter: Sandra & I join Georgians in praying for the comfort & healing of all
Senator David Perdue’s press spokeserson reached out to GeorgiaPol in order to provide some context for the Senator’s remarks during his speech at the Faith & Freedom Coalition’s Road to Majority conference in Washington. While the senator quoted a portion of Psalm 109, a video and transcript of that portion of his remarks appears to
Editor’s Note: The following is a guest post written by Ward Black. Ward lives and works in Atlanta. He’s has two degrees in Ag and Applied Economics from the University of Georgia. He thinks you can learn all you want about America by walking in a grocery store. You can following his ramblings at @ward_black.
This week, the Senate debated its version of the National Defense Authorization Act, which covers spending and policies for the U.S. military. As part of the debate, Georgia Senator David Perdue addressed the Senate about the relationship between the national debt and the ability of the country to defend itself. The House passed its version
Senator Renee Unterman of Buford has touched on a sensitive subject for Georgia Republicans. The chairman of the Senate’s Health and Human Services committee told WABE News that she thinks it’s time to look into expanding Medicaid in Georgia, albeit with a few caveats. Under the ACA, the federal government expanded Medicaid coverage to all
It won’t be the same as a debate between Senator Josh McKoon, who has been the driving force behind passing a Religious Freedom Restoration Act and other religious liberty legislation, and Governor Nathan Deal who vetoed the Free Exercise Protection Act, which contained a version of RFRA, but it will be close. Today at 2
Debate over a resolution entitled “A Resolution On Getting Back to the Basics of Republican Principles” at this past weekend’s Georgia Republican Convention showed some differences of opinion among the convention delegates. The first part of the resolution chides the Georgia legislature for not overriding Governor Nathan Deal’s veto of House Bill 757, the Free
