Tuesday, November 20, 2012
Lawmakers have Dec. 31 deadline to prevent start of automatic tax hikes and budget cuts.
After kicking the can down the road to avoid making hard choices in the face of an election, lawmakers now have just a few weeks to face financial reality for the American people. Experts may debate whether it’s a “fiscal cliff” or a gentle slope, but everyone seems to agree that dealing with the deficit and expiration of Bush-era tax cuts is a must. (See Wall Street Journal video explainer.) Duluth Congress set their own deadline to do so of Dec. 31, 2012, conveniently after the election. But with another election at least two years away, it's now time to do something about it. Up until now, each Party has blamed the other for the footdragging, but all indications are that the American people are tired of the deadlock in Washington. They'…
Sunday, April 24, 2011
Freshman representative says new atmosphere in Congress gives him hope about the future of the country.
In the last installment of our three part series, Rep. Rob Woodall describes the change he has seen in Congress since his election. In 2010, when Rep. John Linder announced his retirement from public office, a slew of candidates sought to replace the long-time congressman. Rob Woodall, Linder’s chief of staff, was one of eight Republicans to enter the hotly contested race. After months of campaigning, the field was narrowed down to two when Woodall was forced into a runoff with former pastor and conservative radio talk show host Jody Hice after neither managed to secure enough votes to win the primary outright. The following month, Woodall won the Republican nomination with 56 percent of the vote district-wide and went on to defeat …
Friday, April 22, 2011
Despite criticisms of the recent budget deal, Rep. Rob Woodall claims negotiations were a success for the Republicans.
Dacula Patch recently sat down with Rep. Rob Woodall to discuss the budget, the debt crisis and his time so far in Washington. In part one of a three part series, Rep. Woodall offers his assessment of the recent budget negotiations. After weeks of negotiations and the threat of a government shutdown, Democrats and Republicans hammered out a deal that left those on both sides of the aisle less than completely satisfied. “It pains me that there is so much real disappointment,” Woodall said. “I wish we’d gotten more.” However, given the current political situation, Woodall feels conservatives accomplished a great deal. Woodall said he tried to imagine what it would have been like if the situation were reversed and conservatives controlled the…
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