Rep. Buddy Carter (R, GA-1) is seeking additional help from President Obama by asking for the expansion of the number of counties included in the Major Disaster Declaration and by adding individual assistance declarations for the counties in Georgia that were most impacted by Hurricane Matthew. The individual assistance declaration would allow additional services to
One of Donald Trump’s campaign promises made to attract the support of evangelical Christians is to bring about an appeal of the so-called Johnson Amendment. What is known as the amendment is actually a portion of the IRS code enacted with the support of Senator Lyndon Johnson that prohibits 501-C3 nonprofit charitable institutions, including churches,
As Congress worked to pass legislation before wrapping up the 2016 fiscal year. the House managed to pass the 2016 version of H.R. 5303, the Water Resources Development Act. The bill deals with the infrastructure needed to manage the country’s water resources, including dams, flood protection, and the nation’s ports. Included in the measure was
Senate Democrats have dropped their opposition to a funding bill averting a potential government shutdown Friday. The House is expected to pass a similar measure later today. CNN provides key details: After weeks of negotiation and stalemate, the bill ended up getting broad support, passing 72-26, after both parties agreed to approve $220 million for
Sen. Johnny Isakson honored Rep. Lynn Westmoreland (R, GA-3) from the Senate Floor on Thursday. Isakson recognized Westmoreland’s many years of leadership in the U.S. House, while also noting some of his professional accomplishments prior to joining Congress. Sen. Isakson also took a few moments to share a little about Westmoreland’s family, including his 47 years of
We’ve covered in some detail Senator David Perdue’s year-long effort to change the way Congress develops its annual budget, and appropriates funds for each fiscal year. One result of this effort was the introduction of the Accurate Accounting Act in the Senate earlier this year. On Thursday, 14th District Rep. Tom Graves introduced a matching
Complaints from constituents about the failure to receive documents from the government for which they had paid led 7th District Congressman Rob Woodall to introduce and the House of Representatives to pass a bill that resolves the issue at no cost to taxpayers. H.R. 4712, The Secure Mail Initiative Act, came about after several of
IRS Commissioner John Koskinen, testified Wednesday before the House Judiciary Committee on his misconduct during the Congressional investigation of IRS targeting of conservative groups. The Commissioner has previously appeared on multiple occasions before the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee. He is also the subject of impeachment legislation co-sponsored by Georgia’s 9th District Congressman Doug
Representative Buddy Carter was joined by many of Georgia’s congressional Republicans in deriding the Bureau of Prisons’ decision to shut down a private prison in Folkston. Carter, Senator David Perdue and Representatives Lynn Westmoreland, Tom Price, Austin Scott, Doug Collins, Jody Hice, and Rick Allen all criticized the BOP and the Department of Justice for
Shortly before 8:00 on Wednesday evening, I received a robocall on my cell phone from Jenny Beth Martin of the Tea Party Patriots Citizens Fund urging me to call my congressman first thing in the morning and tell him what to do. Based on what I saw on social media, I wasn’t the only one
