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Rep. Loudermilk: Government paying unemployed to be idle is 'insanity'

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On Monday, May 10, 2021, Rep. Barry Loudermilk (R-GA) appeared on "Your World" on Fox News to discuss his bill to end the federal unemployment subsidy, which is preventing businesses from finding employees because the government is paying more for them to stay on unemployment than find a job. 

Leader McCarthy, Cobb County business owners, decry loss of All-Star Game

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From the Marietta Daily Journal:  MARIETTA — Amid the clink of silverware and the din of patrons chattering during their lunch break, U.S. House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy blamed President Joe Biden for Major League Baseball’s decision to move the All-Star Game from Georgia during an appearance at the Marietta Diner Tuesday. Major League Baseball cited the bill, which Biden…

House GOP leader renews criticism over All-Star Game shift

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From the Associated Press:  "The top-ranking House Republican on Tuesday renewed his party's attack on Major League Baseball for pulling the All-Star Game out of the Atlanta Braves stadium after Georgia Republicans enacted a restrictive new voting law, saying the sport's leaders were misled by criticism from Democratic President Joe Biden. “These are real-life effects of people…

Rep. Loudermilk FY 2022 Funding Requests

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FY22 Surface Transportation Reauthorization Requests, CLICK HERE - Member Certification Cherokee Area Transportation System Headquarters, CLICK HERE - Member Certification Cobb Parkway at McCollum Parkway Road Realignment, CLICK HERE - Member Certification South Barrett Parkway Reliever CLICK HERE FY22 Community Project Funding Requests, CLICK HERE -…

GOP reps calling on Pelosi to pay metal detector fine: 'All members must live under the same rules'

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From Fox News:  "Republicans on the House Administration Committee are calling on Speaker Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif., to pay the fine for not going through metal detectors to get onto the House floor after her office confirmed that she hadn't used them to access the floor in February. Reps. Rodney Davis, R-Ill., Barry Loudermilk, R-Ga., and Bryan Steil, R-Wis., sent a letter to…

GOP lawmaker demands review over FBI saying baseball shooting was 'suicide by cop'

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From The Hill:  "An Ohio lawmaker is seeking a review of the FBI’s investigation into the 2017 shooting of Republican lawmakers as they practiced for a congressional baseball game, arguing the bureau erred in its conclusion that the shooter sought “suicide by cop.” The call comes from Rep. Brad Wenstrup (R-Ohio), one of the lawmakers on the field in June 2017 when a shooter…

House chamber metal detector fight puts Capitol Police in difficult position amid Pelosi-GOP clash over fines

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From Fox News:  "This may get nasty. And, it could put the U.S. Capitol Police, already reeling from the Jan. 6 riot at the Capitol, in a really bad position. The main reason: no one in junior high school likes hall monitors. They’re tattletales. Teacher’s pets. Authorized to come down on their fellow students – or, perhaps show deference to their friends from the 'in'…