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	 <title>MEDICAL EDUCATION STUDY COMMITTEE HEARS FROM NATIONAL EXPERTS</title>
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     <description><![CDATA[ ATLANTA—Georgia House Representative Barry Fleming (R-Augusta), Majority Whip of the House Republican Caucus, continued to express concern about the physician workforce after national experts testified before the House Medical Education Study Committee.  ]]> </description>
	<pubDate>Tue, 21 May 2007 11:09:48 EDT</pubDate>
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	 <title>House Committee To Examine Bioeconomic Development in Georgia</title>
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     <description><![CDATA[ WOODSTOCK (August 16, 2007) -- The House Study Committee on Bioeconomic Development will begin holding hearings on Tuesday, August 21st to get recommendations from government, industry and university leaders on the adoption of a comprehensive plan for life sciences economic development in Georgia.  ]]> </description>
	<pubDate>Thu, 16 May 2007 10:09:48 EDT</pubDate>
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	 <title>HOUSE APPROPRIATIONS HIGHER EDUCATION SUBCOMMITTEE AND HOUSE HIGHER EDUCATION COMMITTEE MEMBERS TO TOUR NORTH METRO TECHNICAL COLLEGE AND GEORGIA HIGHLANDS COLLEGE </title>
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     <description><![CDATA[ ATLANTA – Georgia State Representative Bob Smith (R-Watkinsville), Vice-Chairman of the House Appropriations Committee, today announced that he will lead a delegation of members representing the House Appropriations Higher Education Subcommittee and the House Higher Education Committee on a fact finding mission of two of Georgia’s institutions of higher learning.  ]]> </description>
	<pubDate>Mon, 14 May 2007 10:09:48 EDT</pubDate>
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	 <title>House of Representatives Still Believes $142 Million Should Be Returned to the Taxpayers</title>
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     <description><![CDATA[ ATLANTA – Governor Sonny Perdue announced today that while he will not call the General Assembly back into a special session, he will line-item veto the $142 million tax refund voted on unanimously by the House and Senate. ]]> </description>
	<pubDate>Tue, 07 May 2007 14:09:48 EDT</pubDate>
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	 <title>House Leadership to Hold Press Conference</title>
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     <description><![CDATA[ ATLANTA – Speaker of the House Glenn Richardson, Majority Leader Jerry Keen, and Speaker Pro Tem Mark Burkhalter will hold a press conference today, April 20, 2007 at 12:20 P.M in the anteroom of the House Chambers. ]]> </description>
	<pubDate>Fri, 20 Apr 2007 14:09:48 EDT</pubDate>
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	 <title>REPRESENTATIVE CLAY COX PUSHES FOR HARSHER PENALTIES FOR ILLEGAL IMMIGRANTS CONVICTED OF A CRIME</title>
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     <description><![CDATA[ ATLANTA – Georgia State Representative Clay Cox (R-Lilburn) has introduced legislation to increase penalties for illegal immigrants convicted of committing a felony or a misdemeanor while in this country. ]]> </description>
	<pubDate>Mon, 16 Apr 2007 14:09:48 EDT</pubDate>
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	 <title>SPEAKER TAPS REPRESENTATIVE TOM KNOX TO SERVE ON THE CODE REVISION COMMISSION</title>
	 <link>http://www.legis.ga.gov/legis/2007_08/house/bios/knoxTom/press/codeRevision.html</link>
     <description><![CDATA[ ATLANTA – Georgia House Representative Tom Knox (R-Cumming) has been tapped by Speaker of the House Glenn Richardson (R-Hiram) to serve on the Code Revision Commission. ]]> </description>
	<pubDate>Mon, 16 Apr 2007 11:09:48 EDT</pubDate>
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	 <title>House Gives Nod to Substitute to SB 10</title>
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     <description><![CDATA[ ATLANTA – Yesterday the House Education Committee voted 12-9 to pass the committee substitute to SB 10 – Georgia Special Needs Scholarship Act.   Representative David Casas (R-Lilburn) has been working tirelessly with Senator Eric Johnson in order to provide Georgians with choice when it comes to the education of their special needs children. ]]> </description>
	<pubDate>Mon, 16 Apr 2007 10:09:48 EDT</pubDate>
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	 <title>FISCAL OVERSIGHT LEGISLATION HEADS TO THE GOVERNOR</title>
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     <description><![CDATA[ ATLANTA – Georgia State Representative Jill Chambers (R-Atlanta), Chairman of the House MARTOC Committee, watched today as the Senate voted to approve legislation she sponsored, House Bill 91, that would require state agencies make annual spending reports to the Georgia House and Senate.]]> </description>
	<pubDate>Mon, 12 Apr 2007 15:09:48 EDT</pubDate>
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	 <title>House Leadership Thanks Senate for 07 Budget Agreement</title>
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     <description><![CDATA[ ATLANTA – Speaker of the House Glenn Richardson and House Republican Leadership reached an agreement on the '07 budget with the Senate this evening.  The agreement will refund $142 million back to Georgia’s taxpayers in the form of a homeowners’ tax relief grant.]]> </description>
	<pubDate>Mon, 11 Apr 2007 11:09:48 EDT</pubDate>
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	 <title>SPEAKER TAPS REPRESENTATIVE RON FORSTER TO ADVISORY BOARD ON ANATOMICAL GIFT PROCUREMENT</title>
	 <link>http://www.legis.ga.gov/legis/2007_08/house/bios/forsterRon/press/anatomicalGift.html</link>
     <description><![CDATA[ ATLANTA – Georgia State Representative Ron Forster (R-Ringgold) has been tapped by Georgia Speaker of the House Glenn Richardson (R-Hiram) to serve on the Advisory Board on Anatomical Gift Procurement.  He will serve for a term concurrent with his term as a member of the Georgia House of Representatives.]]> </description>
	<pubDate>Mon, 10 Apr 2007 11:09:48 EDT</pubDate>
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	 <title>SPEAKER REAPPOINTS REPRESENTATIVE DAVID CASAS TO ADVISORY BOARD ON ANATOMICAL GIFT PROCUREMENT</title>
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     <description><![CDATA[ ATLANTA – Georgia State Representative David Casas (R-Lilburn) has been reappointed by Georgia Speaker of the House Glenn Richardson (R-Hiram) to serve on the Advisory Board on Anatomical Gift Procurement.  He will serve for a term concurrent with his term as a member of the Georgia House of Representatives.]]> </description>
	<pubDate>Mon, 10 Apr 2007 10:09:48 EDT</pubDate>
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