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Sally’s Senate Snapshot 2026 #2

Sally’s Senate Snapshot 2026 #2 Budget Week — Rhetoric vs. Reality The second week of Georgia’s legislative session is reserved for what we colloquially call “budget hearings.” Officially, these are Joint Committee meetings of the House & Senate Appropriations Committees. The “hearings” give agency heads the opportunity to pitch their budget proposals to legislators. Most […]

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Sally’s Senate Snapshot 2026 #1

Sally’s Senate Snapshot 2026 #1   First of Session Jitters I get the jitters before the start of every new legislative session. When I reflect on the years I’ve been in the Senate, there’s reason to be anxious! My first year, the abortion ban was slammed through. The next year we shut down early due […]

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Sally’s Senate Snapshot 2025 #11

Capitol Chaos: Peak Mayhem Mode It’s that time — the wild, whiplash-inducing final days of session. Bills are getting gutted, stuffed, and pushed through faster than you can say “committee substitute.” Thank goodness for our hardworking Senate Democratic Caucus staff, including our team of externs, that help us keep track of it all. Staying Focused […]

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Sally’s Senate Snapshot 2025 #10

Bugs in the System The germs circulating at the Capitol finally found me. I stayed home sick the early part of the week, but got busy as a bee later in the week keeping my legislative agenda moving. Bitten by the Trump Bug I was glad to be cocooned at home Tuesday when the Senate […]

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Sally’s Senate Snapshot 2025 #9

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Rising Up at the Capitol Rising Tensions Over Tort Reform Governor Kemp’s blood pressure must have been rising this week as the heat turned up on SB 68, his signature tort reform bill. The week kicked off with a bombshell article landing on our desks in the House and Senate chambers, revealing that Florida’s Republican […]

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Sally’s Senate Snapshot 2025 #8

Opposing Forces Those of us working at the State Capitol this week felt wedged between a clash of forces. Inside the Senate chamber, 33 Republicans forced through their Trump-aligned agenda while the 23 members of the Democratic Caucus pulled out every tool we had to fight back. Outside the chamber, crowds of people poured into […]

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