Georgia, government shutdown and Senate
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Things are far from peachy in the Georgia US Senate race. State and national party officials are furious at Republican Gov. Brian Kemp’s tactics after a PAC backed by the governor smoked two sitting Republicans and blamed them for the shutdown while talking up Kemp’s preferred candidate in the race – former University of Tennessee football coach Derek Dooley.
The Georgia Senate Special Committee on Investigation will meet on Thursday to discuss the now-defunct New Georgia Project, but won't hear from Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis. Chairman Bill Cowsert,
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‘Really, no one wins’: Georgia’s delegation of lawmakers head back to DC to reopen government
ATLANTA — The government shutdown could end on Wednesday. Members of Congress, including those from Georgia, are heading back to Washington, DC., to take that vote.
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Georgia Sens. Warnock, Ossoff vote against to reopen government, cite lack of health care funding
Two Democratic Senators not in that vote were Georgia Sens. Raphael Warnock and Jon Ossoff, who have been fighting tooth and nail for health care subsidies.
An ad from U.S. Rep. Mike Collins says Derek Dooley dishonored military veterans by not voting. It's one of several squabbles in the GOP race.
Georgia’s Jon Ossoff is holding firm on fixing expiring healthcare subsidies as he rebuffs Republican demands.