The Republican Party is splitting in two. Factional rumblings over America’s proper role in the world are rising to the surface and the difference between George W. Bush’s America— the world’s moral compass and protector—and Donald Trump’s America—insular and hell-bent on preserving national interests—could not be more stark. While Trump may have been the catalyst,
In response to 4th District Representative Hank Johnson’s remarks that compared Jewish settlers in the West Bank to a stream of Termites, Georgia GOP Chairman John Padgett called for the congressman’s resignation. Thanks to President Obama’s failed leadership and reckless foreign policy, our relationship with Israel is strained. Congressman Hank Johnson’s comments were wildly offensive
The House Judiciary Committee has formed a working group to study issues surrounding police actions and behavior public safety concerns related to the recent shootings by police in Minnesota and Louisiana, along with the deaths of five police officers in Dallas. 9th District Congressman Doug Collins of Gainesville was named to the group by Judiciary
As The New York Times reported earlier this week, perennial negotiations on the thirteen federal appropriations bills have stalled once again. Despite early handshake agreements between congressional leaders, it seems that the upcoming recess in September will come and go with only one of the thirteen bills passed. Per The Times: Democrats have accused the Senate majority
This week, the Congressional Budget Office released its 2016 Long-Term Budget Outlook showing the national debt rising to 141 percent of the U.S.A.’s GDP by the year 2046 as well as Medicare and Social Security facing an increased threat of insolvency. Unsurprisingly, the CBO’s bleak predictions have left many in Congress concerned over the nation’s fiscal
If Washington gridlock could be captured by one issue, it would be immigration reform. Not since the 1990s have the House, the Senate, and the President been able to agree on legislation that addresses the country’s 11 million undocumented immigrants, nearly half of whom come from Mexico. On Wednesday, history repeated itself in the U.S.
Long live the days when Social Security was the third rail of American politics. It has been replaced by a program that is even more sacrosanct and impervious to reform: Medicare. On Tuesday, the U.S. House of Representatives passed the PADME Act sponsored by Georgia Rep. Tom Price (R-6). PADME delays cuts to reimbursement rates for rural
This week’s Courier Herald column: With the celebration of Independence day, the great experiment that is America has been running for two hundred and forty years strong. It hasn’t always been easy. It didn’t even happen all at once. In between the Declaration of Independence and the adoption of the Constitution there was war and
In a press release from Speaker Paul Ryan’s office, it was announced that members of the Select Committee on Benghazi will deliver the weekly Republican address. Those delivering the address are Chairman Trey Gowdy (R-SC), Congresswoman Susan Brooks (R-IN), and Georgia’s own Congressman Lynn Westmoreland (R-GA-03). You can read the press release below the fold:
To hear Congressmen Buddy Carter (GA-1) and Doug Collins (GA-9) tell it, the insurance giant Humana is improperly using pharmacy quality measures to drive small pharmacies out of business. On Tuesday, the congressmen sent a letter to the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services expressing concern over Humana’s proposed amendment to its Pharmacy Provider Agreement
