House took up measures on floor on Legislative Day 34 including Control of Sexually Transmitted Disease, Georgia Uniform Securities Act, Peace Officer's Annuity and Benefit Fund. Senate measures include Dougherty Judicial Circuit fourth judge, Unified Campus Police Forces.
It’s the Ides of March, and there is plenty of treachery (and perhaps some debt collection) under the Gold Dome in these waning days of the 2023 Legislative Session. Bills are becoming.
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CUTHBERT, Ga. (Reuters) - Three days before Tuesday’s all-important Georgia runoffs for the U.S. Senate, Derrick Gorsuch braved the rain in a pickup truck, scouring poor Black neighborhoods in his rural slice of the state for anyone who needed one last prod to vote.
Bobby Jenkins, the Democratic chair for Randolph County, poses for a picture in Cuthbert, Georgia, U.S., January 2, 2021. REUTERS/Nathan Layne
The 20-year-old canvasser for the Democratic candidates knew how high the stakes were. Victory in the twin races would give the Democrats control of Congress and with it the power to advance or block Democratic President-elect Joe Biden’s ability to govern.