At the Georgia Farm Bureau’s annual convention, the talk is of how farmers can find enough migrant workers to harvest their crops . . .
Georgia congressmen take credit for repealing a tax withholding requirement, but don’t mention that they voted to adopt it in the first place . . .
Tags: Eric Cantor
, government contractors
, Jack Kingston
, Jim Marshall
, John Barrow
, John Lewis
, Lynn Westmoreland
, Phil Gingrey
, repeal tax provision
, tax withholding requirement
, Tom Price
Doug Collins has outraised Martha Zoller in the early stages of the 9th Congressional District race; a look at the money flowing in to the other congressional races . . .
Tags: Austin Scott
, Doug Collins
, Jack Kingston
, John Barrow
, John Lewis
, Lee Anderson
, Martha Zoller
, Paul Broun
, Phil Gingrey
, Rob Woodall
, Tom Graves
, Tom Price
Roll Call reviews Georgia’s congressional races, doesn’t see much of a shift in the balance of partisan power . . .
Although Georgia’s new congressional plan was drawn up by legislative Republicans, there are some GOP congressmen who will be displeased with it because of the way their districts were reconfigured . . .
New congressional map for Georgia is intended to oust Democratic Rep. John Barrow of Savannah . . .
U.S. Rep. Jack Kingston doesn’t believe in evolution, but that does not make him unique among Georgia politicians . . .
What will legislators do to save the HOPE scholarship program? That could be a defining battle in the upcoming General Assembly session; Jack Kingston has some second thoughts on the earmarks ban . . .
Georgia Farm Bureau warns lawmakers not to crack down too hard on immigrants, a primary source of labor for the state’s agriculture industry; Rep. Jack Kingston will not be the Appropriations Committee chairman . . .
The Georgia Supreme Court will be the next judicial body to hear the Democratic Party’s challenge to the state’s voter identification law . . .
