by Gary Reese | Mar 20, 2014 | Floating Boats
Sine Die One way or the other, it will all be over by midnight. and the star of the show of the 2014 regular session of the Georgia General Assembly may be the federal judge whose ruling forced state lawmakers to conduct their legislative business earlier than has...
by Gary Reese | Mar 20, 2014 | News
Proponents and opponents of expanded gun rights in Georgia agree on this much: The legislation that may pass the General Assembly today would likely be considered the most comprehensive loosening of gun restrictions in America. So says even the National Rifle...
by Gary Reese | Mar 19, 2014 | News
Republicans in the legislature must be eyeing their reelection campaigns. Late Tuesday they acted with, among other intents, to make sure the November elections are largely about Obamacare. The passage of House Bill 990 puts the General Assembly in charge of whether...
by Gary Reese | Mar 19, 2014 | Floating Boats
Politics by temper tantrum. That’s what Moral Monday Georgia ‘elevated’ its political game to at the Georgia Capitol on Monday. Nearly 40 people were arrested for disrupting Senate proceedings. They want the legislature to expand Medicaid....
by Gary Reese | Mar 19, 2014 | News
The majority Republicans at the Gold Dome seem to have a gift for spectacle. So much so that the Democrats should offer a bill to extend the legislative session beyond the mandated 40 days. Give the GOP another two weeks in session, and they’re liable to find a member...