In 1964, Representative Denmark Groover (D- Macon), concerned about the debate over a congressional redistricting bill, took it upon himself to attempt to stop the clock on the wall in the house chamber. Hanging over the railing of the house visitors’ gallery, Groover physically attempted to change the hands on the clock. A rather iconic picture of the action was taken and it became a symbol of Georgia politics.
Gone are such formalities. The 2017 session featured a Sine Die that would ultimately blow past midnight and both chambers would stay in session until nearly 1:00. Lieutenant Governor Casey Cagle joked that the clock, digital now, wasn’t actually correct but, besides a wall full of pages and staffers beginning to rip paper in preparation for the coming confetti, the midnight “deadline” came and went with no other attention being paid. After numerous conference committees and back and forth with a contentious atmosphere between the two chambers, a number of bills made it through and will head to the governor’s desk:
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