Georgia lawmakers could still tinker with election rules in waning days of 2024 legislative session
Georgia legislators have one last week in March 2024 to pass bills that would change voter eligibility challenge rules, ballot security measures and the way votes are tabulated in elections. John McCosh/Georgia Record (file photo) Georgia’s lawmakers head into the final week of the 2024 legislative session with pending legislation designed to add a new…
U.S. Senate in overnight vote sends $1.2 trillion government spending package to Biden
A U.S. Senate vote in the wee hours on Saturday, March 23, 2024 wrapped up the government funding process for fiscal year 2024, six months late. Jennifer Shutt/States Newsroom WASHINGTON — The U.S. Senate took a broadly bipartisan vote early Saturday to approve a $1.2 trillion spending package, sending the measure to President Joe Biden…
Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene files resolution to oust Mike Johnson as U.S. House speaker
Congresswoman Marjorie Taylor Greene opted not to make the motion privileged, which would have forced a floor vote within days and scuttled a two-week recess set to begin Friday. House rules allow her to force a vote on the measure at any time. Ross Williams/Georgia Recorder (file photo) Georgia Republican U.S. Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene…
Congress rushes to approve $1.2 trillion spending package ahead of midnight deadline
The U.S. House passed a $1.2 trillion government spending bill, giving the Senate hours to clear it before a midnight deadline. Jennifer Shutt/States Newsroom WASHINGTON — The U.S. House approved a broadly bipartisan $1.2 trillion spending package Friday, sending the legislation to the Senate ahead of a midnight deadline. Senators have just hours to clear…
Medicaid expansion chances dim again this year as key health care proposal passes without it
Sen. Bill Cowsert (center) cast the decisive vote Thursday to keep a Medicaid expansion proposal from advancing out of his committee. Cordele Republican Sen. Carden Summers (left) was one of two Republican senators who voted for the bill. Jill Nolin/Georgia Recorder A late proposal to fully expand Medicaid received a surprise hearing in a Senate…
Georgia Senate passes bill to punish local governments with loose immigration policies
The Georgia Senate passed immigration legislation March 21 tied to the killing of a Georgia nursing student who was slain on the Athens campus of the University of Georgia. John McCosh/ Georgia Recorder The Georgia Senate passed a bill Thursday that could result in law enforcement agencies and local governments losing federal and state funds…