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No more excuses, Georgia Leaders must get to work on health care

The Affordable Care Act has been preserved. The Supreme Court upheld President Obama’s Affordable Care Act in a landmark decision. While President Obama’s historic health care law, and today’s decision, represent an enormous victory for all Georgians, there is still much work to do. Now that the ruling has been announced it is time for our leaders in Georgia to get to work and implement the Affordable Care Act in Georgia. No more excuses. Sign

House Speaker Ralston opposes lobbying gift cap; goes on $17,000 lobbyist-funded European trip

As reported earlier, the conservative Georgia Tea Party Patriots united last month with the progressive Georgia Common Cause group to demand lobbying reform in the state that would require a $100 cap on the value of each gift given to legislators. The $100 gift cap is a modest measure as it would still allow lobbyists to give unlimited $100 dollar gifts to lawmakers. This left-right-center movement for a lobbyist gift cap comes as Georgia lawmakers

Welfare drug tests don’t work. And our lawmakers know it.

Government abuses happen at the top, with those who have power. Because our lawmakers are fighting to force some of Georgia’s hardest working parents to take a drug test, Better Georgia delivered a message (and some drug test specimen cups) to the Gold Dome. Here’s a video of how it all went down: Sign the Petition Now.

Send Gov. Deal a pee cup. Don’t drug test Georgia residents!

You won’t like what Georgia state lawmakers did last night. While Georgia ranks dead last in job growth, our lawmakers ignored bills that would bring jobs back to Georgia and instead targeted people who’ve lost their jobs. On the last day for the General Assembly to pass bills through at least one chamber to give them a chance to become law, both chambers approved bills that would force parents seeking temporary public assistance to take

POLL: Drug test lawmakers, not welfare recipients

Georgia’s lawmakers are out of step with Georgia voters when it comes to drug testing people who receive benefits from the government. While lawmakers are busy creating a drug screening test for Georgia’s poorest families, they have ignored two groups that receive and control a bigger share of government money: corporate executives and elected officials. A recent survey by Better Georgia shows that Georgia voters get it right: 79 percent support testing elected officials and

Cuts to unemployment benefits may hurt economic growth

In a move that will prove short-sighted, the Georgia Legislature is on the verge of slashing already low unemployment insurance benefits. Conservative lawmakers have a Pollyanna notion that Georgians will immediately get back to work once the government checks stop. This might be true if there were plenty of jobs available. But Georgia is dead last in job growth. People aren’t working because businesses aren’t hiring. Look at the chart on the left and you