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During the month of June, Congress is spending every week in session to debate a number of important issues - including the farm bill, which will have a huge impact on the 12th District economy and the folks in Georgia.

Williams had earlier said he was considering entering next Summer's Republican primary to challenge incumbent Democrat Congressman John Barrow in the Fall election.

Over the past few days, I have written a few diaries about the NDAA voting in the House of Representatives.

Members of the fiscally conservative coalition sent a letter to Obama on Wednesday saying 'the time to approve the Keystone XL project has come.'

It is time for the next stop on the Peach Pundit BBQ Tour . This month, we will be visiting Georgia's 3rd Congressional District and be hosted by Congressman Lynn Westmoreland at the original Sprayberry's Barbecue in Newnan .

John Barrow, of Augusta of late, has introduced a bipartisan bill that seeks to fix the problem of the ACA's limitation on insurance agents.

Over the past few days, anyone who follows social media, reads blogs, or watches the TV has had the delightful opportunity of listening to Obama loyalists defend a sprawling, unaccountable security complex replete with domestic surveillance which they had criticized when George W. Bush was president.

U.S. Rep. John Barrow released a statement today celebrating the 50th anniversary of the Equal Pay Act of 1963, and calling for passage of a similar law, the Paycheck Fairness Act .

Dee Dee Garcia Blase is the Foundress and immediate past Co-President of the National Tequila Party Movement which is a woman-led political movement that pushes for immigrant friendly policies and is a national Latino Get Out the Vote Effort motivating Latinos to vote for pro-immigrant politicians in 2012.

After several years of inactivity, Screven County's Republican Party has reorganized, with Osal J. Evans returning as its chairman.

NRC Chairwoman Allison Macfarlane was joined on the tour by Democratic Rep. John Barrow who said the reactors will provide electricity that allows for economic growth in the decades to come.

The head of the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission is promising the watchdog agency will monitor a new nuclear plant under construction in Georgia.

In an institution where seniority has long been prized, Rep. John Dingell of Michigan is about to set a new standard with 57 years, five months and 26 days of House service - a remarkable tenure that spans more than a quarter of the existence of Congress.

A change in Washington could hurt local non-profits. It's all about how federal workers here donate to charities.

A release from the Georgia Republican Party regarding the reorganization of the Screven County Republican Party in Georgia's 12th Congressional District.

Augusta businessman Rick W. Allen says he's running again for the Republican nomination to challenge the Deep South's last white Democratic congressman: Rep.

After conducting research that strongly suggested gerrymandering cost Democrats the US House in 2012 and after doing this same exercise for the Democrats , leading to a similar conclusion, I wondered how many seats Republicans might have left on the table that, with hindsight being 20/20, they could have won by making unilateral changes, within ... (more)

The nation's most powerful frequent fliers have a plea for the Obama administration: Don't mess with our convenient flights home from Reagan National Airport.

WASHINGTON>> These are hectic days for the federal deportation officer who has made it his single-minded mission to stop a bipartisan bill to overhaul the immigration system that is making its way through the Senate.

I have been working on this diary for a while now and I am happy to finally release it.