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State Rep Ed Rynders To Chair Confirmation Hearing

Posted: Tuesday, July 21st, 2009 @ 7:17 am in Governor, House, Legislation, Transportation | No Comments »

As I reported three weeks ago today, SB 200, the Transportation Reorganization bill, gave the House Transportation Committee a very unusual power – the power to confirm one particular appointment of the Governor. Normally in the General Assembly, as in the US Congress, the Senate has the confirmation power and the House of Representatives doesn’t [...]

Ramsey named floor leader for Perdue

Posted: Wednesday, January 28th, 2009 @ 4:27 pm in Governor | No Comments »

Rep. Matt Ramsey has been named as one of Gov. Sonny Perdue’s floor leaders:
Governor Sonny Perdue today appointed Rep. Matt Ramsey of Peachtree City (District 72) to serve as an Administration Floor Leader in the Georgia House of Representatives. Ramsey joins the Governor’s floor leaders Rep. Jim Cole of Forsyth (District 125) and Rep. [...]

Gov. Perdue’s remarks at “Eggs & Issues”

Posted: Tuesday, January 13th, 2009 @ 10:42 am in Governor | 1 Comment »

This morning was the annual “Eggs & Issues” breakfast, hosted by the Georgia Chamber of Commerce. Below are the comments of Gov. Sonny Perdue (R) at the breakfast as provided by the AJC.
You know George, given the attention that the budget will get this year; I thought you might change the name of this year’s [...]

State of the State address set for 1/14

Posted: Thursday, January 8th, 2009 @ 9:44 pm in General Assembly, Governor | No Comments »

Gov. Sonny Perdue will deliver the annual State of the State address on Wednesday, January 14th at 10am.
This is a joint session of the Georgia General Assembly. It will likely be televised on Georgia Public Broadcasting. More details will be posted when they’re available.
Links to previous State of the State addresses are below:
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