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TexasTowelie

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Tue Mar 7, 2017, 01:33 PM Mar 2017

Changes to 9 House districts pass after Democrats protest

Republicans approved changes to nine Georgia House districts Friday as Democrats accused the majority party of trying to protect its own.

The bill was approved on party lines, 108 to 59, and heads to the state Senate.

House Speaker David Ralston defended the proposed changes Friday, saying “they hurt no member of the House of Representatives.”

Democrats protested changes they believe benefit two incumbent Republicans who had narrower victories in November than in recent years.

Friday marked a key deadline for the General Assembly. Legislation must pass at least one chamber by day’s end to stay alive for the year.

Read more: http://evans.allongeorgia.com/changes-to-9-house-districts-pass-after-democrats-protest/

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Changes to 9 House districts pass after Democrats protest (Original Post) TexasTowelie Mar 2017 OP
Disgusting and typical klook Mar 2017 #1
Example #230 why America is irreparably damaged by republican assholes who hate Eliot Rosewater Mar 2017 #2
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