Sanford Bishop News

Don't wear a pink ribbon during breast cancer awareness month next October, Congressman Bishop.

Monday night's fundraiser at the Oakland Lodge for state House Republican Ed Rynders was not your typical down-home South Georgia get-together. Not when Rynders spent most of the day of the event turning down requests from media outlets to attend the meet-and-greet. Not when the state's largest newspaper, The Atlanta Journal-Constitution, was ...

ALBANY, GA The Albany City Commission's federal lobbyist wants commissioners to prioritize four of the city's biggest projects so they have a better chance of getting federal money.

Pick of the day Calling an illegal alien an "undocumented immigrant" is like calling a drug dealer an "unlicensed pharmacist." soundoff@ledger-enquirer.com or call 706-571-8583. Limit comments to 35 words.

The sagging bouquet of black balloons floating in front of Rep. Sanford Bishop's office doorway Saturday morning didn't reflect the sprits of the group that left them there the day before.

From the Albany Herald - The debate over health care reform, at least what has been proposed so far, may boil down to another question - abortion.

Let us now praise the virtue of the U.S. House of Representatives. Last night, the House narrowly passed a sweeping health-care reform bill, the Affordable Health Care for America Act, bringing America one step closer to finally guaranteeing health care for all its citizens, not just those who could afford it.

Chris Smith - to carry insurance and provide federal subsidies to people who couldn't afford it.

WASHINGTON a ' Sans video camera, filmmaker Michael Moore on Tuesday turned his megaphone on the current health care system and those Blue Dog Democrats he claims are "dogging" the health care debate.

Congressman Jim Marshall voted against the health care bill that passed the house Saturday night with 220 votes saying yes and 215 representatives voting against the measure.

ALBANY, GA The battle over health care is far from over but it did clear a major hurdle over the weekend when the House of Representatives passed its version of the bill.

The only two Democrats from Georgia who voted against their party's health reform legislation in the U.S. House have voiced concerns with the plans for months.

Rep. Jim Marshall, D-Macon, who faced criticism from liberal groups for his misgivings about the so-called public option government-run insurance program, was one of 39 Democrats to vote Saturday evening against the historic health-care overhaul at the top of the Obama administration's domestic agenda.

The House voted yesterday and the anti-women's health Stupak amendment passed 240 to 194 with one member voting present.

The House has narrowly passed the Democratic-written bill on health care. The vote was 220 to 215.

A Veterans Day observance commemorating all the men and women who have served the country will be held Wednesday, Nov.

FRA's National Executive Director Joe Barnes attended a roundtable meeting this week of 30 military and veterans' organization leaders hosted by House Speaker Nancy Pelosi .

Congressman Sanford D. Bishop, Jr. today joined with House colleagues to officially launch the newly-formed and bipartisan Congressional Military Family Caucus.

Most of the people are against the House's proposed bill. A small group of counter-protesters are in favor of the health care reform plan.

Members of Congress launched a bipartisan caucus Wednesday to advocate for families of service members.