Out of Office: GOP Senate Candidates Skip Work for the Fourth Week in a Row as Georgians Face Skyrocketing Health Care Premiums
Reps. Buddy Carter and Mike Collins Will Not Return to Work in DC for Fourth Week In a Row Reps. Buddy Carter and Mike Collins are skipping out on work in DC for the fourth week in a row after shutting down the government over their opposition to extending critical ACA tax credits for 1.4 […]
ICYMI: Burt Jones Under Scrutiny for Using His Office to Enrich His Family
A damning new Atlanta Journal-Constitution report has brought Burt Jones under scrutiny for abusing his political office to enrich his family – again. The report reveals that Jones’ family stands to profit from a massive land development project made possible by policy changes that Jones personally championed. “Burt Jones is using his power in office […]
11Alive: Georgians Protest Rep. Mike Collins’ Opposition to Extending ACA Tax Credits, Refusal to Show Up to Work During Shutdown
11Alive: “Protesters gathered outside Congressman Mike Collins’ office yesterday. They’re calling on him to return to Washington and again vote to reopen the government.” GA-10 constituents could see an average 345% increase in ACA premiums On Wednesday, GA-10 constituents gathered outside of Rep. Mike Collins’ district office in Monroe, GA to protest his opposition to extending critical ACA tax […]
WHAT THEY’RE WATCHING: Georgians Protest Rep. Mike Collins’ Opposition to Extending ACA Tax Credits, Refusal to Show Up to Work During Shutdown
GA-10 constituents could see an average 345% increase in ACA premiums Yesterday, Rep. Mike Collins’ constituents gathered outside his district office in Monroe, GA to protest his opposition to extending critical ACA tax credits for 1.4 million Georgians and his failure to show up for work in over three weeks to help reopen the government and protect […]
New AJC Column Calls On Trump and GOP Senate Candidates to Do Their Jobs, Safeguard Georgians’ Health Care
AJC: “If my conversations with exhausted and exasperated Georgians are any indication, Republicans would get far more votes if they figured out a way to fix the health care system in the country than ‘owning the libs’ on social media ever will.” A new column in the AJC highlights that as Georgians are about to face “triple-digit […]
ICYMI: Tim Echols admits industries he is supposed to regulate “benefit from having me in office”
Tim Echols and Fitz Johnson have taken thousands in campaign cash from industries they are responsible for overseeing In a new AJC report on how GOP incumbents on Georgia’s Public Service Commission (PSC) have accepted thousands of dollars in campaign donations from the very industries they’re charged with regulating, Commissioner Tim Echols admitted that many […]
NEW ANALYSIS: GA-01 Constituents to See an Average 296% Increase in Health Care Premiums Thanks to Rep. Buddy Carter
KFF: “Premium payments for subsidized enrollees will increase nationwide if enhanced ACA subsidies expire” According to a new analysis by KFF, Georgians in the First Congressional District could see their health care premiums rise by an average of 296% if ACA premium tax credits are allowed to expire at the end of the year – which Rep. Buddy Carter […]
NEW ANALYSIS: GA-10 Constituents to See an Average 345% Increase in Health Care Premiums Thanks to Rep. Mike Collins
KFF: “Premium payments for subsidized enrollees will increase nationwide if enhanced ACA subsidies expire” According to a new analysis by KFF, Georgians in the Tenth Congressional District could see their health care premiums rise by an average of 345% if ACA premium tax credits are allowed to expire at the end of the year – which Rep. Mike Collins […]
WHAT THEY’RE SEEING: Local Media Is Flooded By Affected Georgians Speaking Out Against the Impact of Losing ACA Tax Credits
Republicans Continue to Oppose Extension In Shutdown Negotiations This week, as GOP U.S. Senate candidates Reps. Buddy Carter and Mike Collins remain opposed to protecting affordable health care — and have not returned to D.C. for negotiations for the third week in a row — local media in the state has been flooded by Georgians […]
Bloomberg: Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene Slams GOP U.S. Senate Candidates For Being “Lackluster,” Predicts Ossoff “Win”
Bloomberg: “Greene (R-Ga.) […] said in an interview that the Republican contenders hoping to challenge Sen. Jon Ossoff (D-Ga.) are ‘lackluster’ and do nothing to move the party forward.” In an interview with Bloomberg Government, Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene didn’t pull any punches when describing the “lackluster” group of GOP U.S. Senate candidates in Georgia — […]