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House Speaker John Boehner of Ohio listens to a reporter's question during a news conference on Capitol Hill in Washington, Thursday, May 23, 2013. (AP Photo/Charles Dharapak)
House GOP leaders pledge action on immigration
WASHINGTON (AP) — The Republican leaders of the House of Representatives are pledging to act to fix the nation's immigration system but making clear that they will not simply accept legislation pas...
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How to avoid the pain and expense of a hot GOP primary? Nominating conventions
Sandra Deal, wife of the governor, has asked them to play nice. Don’t “destroy” each other, she has begged. But her plea for sandbox rules is unlikely to have any effect. Next year, four or five p...
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Tom Graves
Rep. Graves votes to bypass President, build Keystone Pipeline
Today, U.S. Rep. Tom Graves (R-GA-14) voted for, and the House passed, the Northern Route Approval Act (H.R. 3), which would bypass President Obama’s 1,700 day delay of the Keystone XL pipeline by ...
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The White House in Washington, D.C. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais)
Ga. state lawmaker to be honored by White House
ATLANTA (AP) — The White House is set to honor an openly gay Georgia state lawmaker as one of 10 Harvey Milk Champions of Change. White House officials say Democratic State Rep. Simone Bell is bei...
May 22, 2013 | 0 0 comments | 3 3 recommendations | email to a friend
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FILE - In a Tuesday Aug. 10, 2010 file photo, Karen Handel speaks to reporters after casting her ballot in the Georgia runoff election in Roswell, Ga.(AP Photo/John Bazemore, File)
Karen Handel: ‘I do not support Common Core’
We’ve got the first sign that the Republican race for U.S. Senate might prove to be a little uncomfortable for Gov. Nathan Deal. In a session with Tim Bryant and Martha Zoller on WGAU (1340AM) in A...
May 22, 2013 | 2 2 comments | 1 1 recommendations | email to a friend
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File-This June 16, 2011 file photo shows Anthony Weiner speaking to the media during a news conference in New York. The ex-congressman who resigned over raunchy tweets said late Tuesday may 21, 2013, that he's in the New York City mayoral race. He had said last month he was considering it. The Democrat is jumping into a crowded field for September's primary. He's arriving with some significant advantages, including a $4.8 million campaign war chest, polls showing him ahead of all but one other Democrat, and no end of name recognition. (AP Photo/Seth Wenig,File)
Anthony Weiner launches bid to become NYC mayor
NEW YORK (AP) — Anthony Weiner's run for a renaissance is officially on. The ex-congressman whose career imploded in a rash of raunchy tweets two years ago said in a YouTube video announcement lat...
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Tyrone Brooks and Roy Barnes: Together again
Tyrone Brooks has a lawyer to defend him from those federal charges of tax evasion and misappropriation. The note from the state lawmaker’s office: Governor Roy Barnes will hold a news conference i...
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Chuck Hufstetler
Sen. Hufstetler earns perfect score and A+ rating from Georgia Chamber
State Senator Chuck Hufstetler (R-Rome) has received the highest ranking given on the Georgia Chamber’s Legislative Scorecard. The Chamber’s legislative scorecard recognizes legislators that suppor...
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Georgia GOP picks new chair at Athens convention
by Nick Coltrain, Morris News Service
May 18, 2013 | 0 0 comments | 4 4 recommendations | email to a friend
ATHENS -- Athenian John Padgett is the new chairman of the Georgia Republican Party. Padgett defeated two others vying for the spot at the party's convention at the Classic Center this weekend. ...
A look at why the Benghazi issue keeps coming back
by CONNIE CASS, Associated Press
May 18, 2013 | 0 0 comments | 3 3 recommendations | email to a friend
WASHINGTON (AP) — The night of smoke, chaos, gunfire and grenades that killed four Americans in Benghazi, Libya, is well-documented. Eight months later, it is the decisions made back in Washington ...
Will Boy Scouts accept gay youth? Vote is imminent
by DAVID CRARY, AP National Writer
May 18, 2013 | 0 0 comments | 3 3 recommendations | email to a friend
With its ranks deeply divided, the Boy Scouts of America is asking its local leaders from across the country to decide whether its contentious membership policy should be overhauled so that openly ...
Internal wrangling marks Dems' Senate campaigns
by BILL BARROW and THOMAS BEAUMONT, Associated Press
May 18, 2013 | 0 0 comments | 3 3 recommendations | email to a friend
ATLANTA (AP) — Republicans aren't the only ones roiled by internal jostling and recruiting hiccups ahead of next year's midterm elections. Two top-tier Democratic prospects recently bypassed runni...
Obama agenda seems to be weathering controversies
by DAVID ESPO, AP Special Correspondent
May 18, 2013 | 0 0 comments | 3 3 recommendations | email to a friend
WASHINGTON (AP) — Despite Democratic fears, predictions of the demise of President Barack Obama's agenda appear exaggerated after a week of cascading controversies, political triage by the administ...
Poll shows Georgia Senate race wide open, Handel has little pull with women
by Walter C. Jones, Morris News Service
May 17, 2013 | 0 0 comments | 3 3 recommendations | email to a friend
ATLANTA -- The ever-growing pack of candidates for the U.S. Senate have a wide-open running field, according to a survey released at the start of the Georgia Republican Convention. The poll of 1,3...
Obama vows to end 'scourge' of military sex abuse
by LOLITA C. BALDOR and ROBERT BURNS,Associated Press
May 17, 2013 | 0 0 comments | 3 3 recommendations | email to a friend
WASHINGTON (AP) — President Barack Obama is pledging to eliminate the "scourge" of sexual assault in the military while cautioning that it will take a long and sustained effort by all military memb...
Ga. Republicans gather in Athens for convention
May 17, 2013 | 0 0 comments | 2 2 recommendations | email to a friend
ATHENS, Ga. (AP) — Georgia's Republicans will be gathering in Athens for their state convention, with a packed agenda including electing a new state chair and hearing from top elected officials. T...
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