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	<title>Tom Crawford&#039;s Georgia Report &#187; David Ralston</title>
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		<title>Ethics reform issue will be prominent in primary races</title>
		<link>http://gareport.com/story/2012/05/23/ethics-reform-issue-will-be-prominent-in-primary-races/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 23 May 2012 15:45:15 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Tom Crawford</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Common Cause Georgia]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[David Ralston]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[ethics revision]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Josh McKoon]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Tea Party]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[William Perry]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Political activists will keep the focus on ethics reform in the primary elections, ask legislators to sign pledge to limit lobbyist gifts . . .]]></description>
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		<title>On the campaign trail:  A bipartisan group takes aim at McKillip</title>
		<link>http://gareport.com/story/2012/05/21/on-the-campaign-trail-a-bipartisan-group-takes-aim-at-mckillip/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 21 May 2012 18:11:33 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Tom Crawford</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Able Mabel Thomas]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Abortion]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Alisha Thomas Morgan]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Bob Smith]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Bobby Allen]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Cobb County school]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[David Morgan]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[David Ralston]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Doug McKillip]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Kathy Ashe]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Ken Britt]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Mary Margaret Oliver]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Regina Quick]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Rep. Doug McKillip has Democrats and Republicans working against his attempt to win the GOP primary in his legislative district . . .]]></description>
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		<title>GOP will put ethics question on July 31 primary ballot</title>
		<link>http://gareport.com/story/2012/05/19/gop-will-put-ethics-question-on-july-31-primary-ballot/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 19 May 2012 16:43:42 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Tom Crawford</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[David Ralston]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[ethics reform]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Josh McKoon]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[lobbyist limitations]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Republican primary ballot]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Republican primary voters will have their say on the issue of limiting what lobbyists can spend on legislators . . .]]></description>
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		<title>GOP converges upon Columbus to discuss delegates, ethics</title>
		<link>http://gareport.com/story/2012/05/18/gop-converges-upon-columbus-to-discuss-delegates-ethics/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 18 May 2012 13:59:44 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Tom Crawford</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[David Ralston]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Don Balfour]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[ethics reform]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Georgia Republican Party]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[national delegates]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Ron Paul]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[state convention]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Georgia Republicans travel to the River City of Columbus for their annual state convention, with ethics and Ron Paul expected to dominate the discussion . . .]]></description>
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		<title>Political Notes – Richardson says Latino vote could swing election for Obama</title>
		<link>http://gareport.com/story/2012/04/30/political-notes-richardson-says-latino-vote-could-swing-election-for-obama/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 30 Apr 2012 01:50:38 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Tom Crawford</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Barack Obama]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Bill Richardson]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Board of Regents]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[David Ralston]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Donald Leebern]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[farm labor]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Georgia Democratic Party]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[immigration law]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Latino vote]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Mike Berlon]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Mitt Romney]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Red & Black]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[university of georgia]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Bill Richardson, the former New Mexico governor, predicts that the Latino vote will swing the outcome of the presidential election . . .]]></description>
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		<title>On the campaign trail – Cagle picks his candidate, Morgan says she won’t benefit from charter vote</title>
		<link>http://gareport.com/story/2012/04/19/on-the-campaign-trail-cagle-picks-his-candidate-morgan-says-she-wont-benefit-from-charter-vote/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 19 Apr 2012 19:46:03 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Tom Crawford</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Alisha Thomas Morgan]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Casey Cagle]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Courtney Dillard]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[David Doss]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[David Ralston]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Donna Askew]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Doug McKillip]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Earnest Smith]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[hank johnson]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Kathy Ashe]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Ken Britt]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Lt. Gov. Casey Cagle is throwing his support to former State Transportation Board member David Doss in a key state Senate race; Rep. Alisha Thomas Morgan is hit with questions about her support of a charter school amendment . . .]]></description>
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		<title>Political Notes – The speaker draws some flak over a court case</title>
		<link>http://gareport.com/story/2012/04/09/political-notes-the-speaker-draws-some-flak-over-a-court-case/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 09 Apr 2012 20:44:01 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Tom Crawford</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Bob Hanner]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Carol Fullerton]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Chuck Eaton]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[David Carmicheal]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[David Ralston]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Doug McKillip]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Keith Heard]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[party primaries]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Regina Quick]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Spencer Frye]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Speaker David Ralston is drawing criticism for what he's done -- or hasn't done -- as a private attorney; Athens-area incumbents will have opposition in their party primaries . . .]]></description>
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		<title>Legislature passes abortion, drug testing for welfare applicants</title>
		<link>http://gareport.com/story/2012/03/30/legislature-passes-abortion-drug-testing-for-welfare-applicants/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 30 Mar 2012 14:35:05 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Tom Crawford</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[20 weeks]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[abortions]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[criminalize]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[David Ralston]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[TANF]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Valencia Seay]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[welfare applicants]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Legislature gives final approval to controversial bills that criminalize abortions, require drug-testing for TANF applicants . . .]]></description>
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		<title>Immigrant student bill does not come up for a vote</title>
		<link>http://gareport.com/story/2012/03/30/immigrant-student-bill-does-not-come-up-for-a-vote/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 30 Mar 2012 13:52:52 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Tom Crawford</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Chip Rogers]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[David Ralston]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[immigration]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[undocumented students]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[University System]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Speaker David Ralston keeps this session's anti-immigrant bill bottled up, does not allow a vote on it prior to adjournment . . .]]></description>
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		<title>Jobless benefits bill still hanging in the balance</title>
		<link>http://gareport.com/story/2012/03/16/jobless-benefits-bill-still-hanging-in-the-balance/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 16 Mar 2012 12:50:55 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Tom Crawford</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[David Ralston]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Fran Millar]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[jobless benefits]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Labor Department]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Mark Butler]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Nathan Deal]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Steve Henson]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[trust fund]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[unemployment insurance]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Legislators still haven't solved the problem of how to restore the fiscal stability of the unemployment insurance trust fund and pay back $730 million to the federal government . . .]]></description>
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