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Vote still pending on ethics reform
A House committee is still not ready to vote on new ethics rules for its members, but at least one critic feels like the process is moving in the right direction. William Perry with watchdog group Common Cause says he's please with many aspects of the bill by House Speaker ...
Teen sexting would be misdemeanor under bill
Sexting among teens could be reduced to a misdemeanor under a bill being considered by a House subcommittee. Right now teens that send or receive explicit pictures via cell phones face felony child pornography charges and must register as a sex offender. Rep. Jay Neal (R-LaFayette) says his bill would ...
Business leader doesn't buy Obama's plan
The president's proposal to raise the federal minimum wage is not sitting well with some business leaders in Atlanta. Douglas L. Rieder is one of the founding principals of Sterling Risk Advisors, which -- among other things -- sells health insurance to businesses. He says the stipulations of the Affordable ...
Herman Cain Deliver the Tea Party Response to the State of the Union
Herman Cain delivers the Tea Party response to President Obama's State of the Union Address. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c6XOAvqAmB8
Witnesses asked about lawmakers' finances
Two witnesses connected with Rep. Tyrone Brooks (D-Atlanta) and the reenactments of the 1946 lynching of two black couples in Walton County testify before a grand jury as part of an apparent federal investigation of Brooks. The longtime lawmaker has served as president of the Georgia Association of Black Elected ...
Revised ethics bill to address lobbyists
House speaker David Ralston says tweaks to the ethics legislation he's proposing this session will be unveiled this week after concerns arose that ordinary citizens could have to register as lobbyists. Ralston says it was never his intent to prevent constituents from expressing their opinions about a bill to their ...
Perdue: "Running for the U.S. Senate is not in my heart"
WSB's Sandra Parrish reports that former Governor Sonny Perdue will not seek U.S. Senate seat to be vacated by the retiring Saxby Chambliss. Here's Perdue's statement provided by spokesman Bert Brantley: "Our country deserves more than the current dysfunction in Washington D.C. and our party needs to return to problem ...
Poll: Perdue favorite to replace Saxby
Senator Saxby Chambliss will not run for re-election in 2014. Pollsters already are handicapping the field of potential contenders. A telephone survey of 1000 Georgia voters by GaPundit.com shows former Governor Sonny Perdue leading other possible Republican Senate candidates with 22.4 percent support. Former Secretary of State Karen Handel is ...
Obama pushes Senate to move on confirmations
President Barack Obama urged the Senate on Thursday (January 24) to confirm without delay his appointment of Mary Jo White to head the Securities and Exchange Commission and his renomination of Richard Cordray as chief of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau. Obama, in announcing the staff decisions at the White ...
Reid, McConnell reach agreement on filibuster reform
Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid and Minority Leader Mitch McConnell have reached an agreement on a filibuster reform deal.
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