Lawmakers must fund the government by Sept. WHAT TO WATCH FOR ON CAPITOL HILL - Congress’ sprint to fund the government and preserve several health programs is officially on.
This story comes to GPB through a reporting partnership with Georgia Recorder.Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer is readying a health care package, but his first priority will be to prevent a government shutdown. On Monday, House Speaker David Ralston received resounding support from his GOP colleagues who re-nominated him to lead the chamber. “I’m not going under this well crying about Georgia’s future, because the future it bright and it’s bright blue,” Trammell said. The new Democratic caucus leadership team is primed to take advantage of the political transformation in Georgia, he said. Trammell said Republicans are well aware Georgia Democrats are more competitive than in nearly two decades after a record amount of money was spent to beat him. “Some of those southern counties are going to cannibalize one another because you don’t have enough people to make up equal representation across that border,” Beverly added. And each community should be reflective of what it is today.” “There’s nothing you can give us, the state’s blue. “My job is to make sure our caucus doesn’t cannibalize one another with treats that they can offer,” the 52-year-old optometrist said Tuesday. It will be important for Georgia Democrats to stand together for the greater good of the party during reapportionment and not horse trade with Republicans to prioritize their own political future. This year’s election shows the state is shifting more Democratic, which puts more pressure on Republicans with redistricting, especially in rural parts of the state where population growth is stagnant, Beverly said. That’s far short of the 16 needed Democrats needed to flip control of the 180-member House.īeverly says he’s expecting it’ll be a tough fight to keep Republicans from gerrymandering districts using the 2020 census to keep their party in power next year with favorable maps. This election, Democrats only gained two extra seats as county election officials had just a few remaining ballots to count. Senate races.īut in the Georgia House, the 2020 election results proved a disappointment for state Democrats after failing to build off momentum of 2018 when they gained 11 seats in the lower chamber.
5 after Democrats made it to the runoffs in two U.S. And the nation’s eyes will be on Georgia between now and Jan. Georgia Democrats, though, celebrated the apparent statewide election win for President-elect Joe Biden. William Boddie, an East Point attorney who had been second in command as Democratic Whip. On Tuesday, Beverly won the leadership position over Rep. 3 reelection bid after Republicans spent $1 million to unseat him. James Beverly of Macon to lead the minority party’s efforts to advance its policy agenda as lawmakers prepare for a contentious redistricting process next year.īeverly takes over as state House minority leader for Bob Trammell, a Luthersville attorney who lost his Nov.
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