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U.S. Congressional Tipoffs Involving Georgia Newsletter for Friday December 06, 2024 ( 3 items )  

CONGRESSMAN BISHOP ANNOUNCES HOUSE PASSAGE OF H.R. 9600 - LEGISLATION TO NAME THE PLAINS, GA POST OFFICE AFTER JIMMY & ROSALYNN CARTER
WASHINGTON, Dec. 5 -- Rep. Sanford D. Bishop Jr., D-Georgia, issued the following news release: PLAINS, Ga. Today, the U.S. House of Representatives passed H.R. 9600, bipartisan legislation to designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 119 Main Street in Plains, Georgia, as the "Jimmy and Rosalynn Carter Post Office". Congressman Sanford D. Bishop, Jr. (GA-02), Dean of the Georgia Congressional Delegation, was the leading sponsor of H.R. 9600. The legislation now head  more

Sen. Rick Scott's Disaster Tax Relief Bill Passes Senate, Heads to President's Desk
WASHINGTON, Dec. 4 -- Sen. Rick Scott, R-Florida, issued the following news release: Today, Senator Rick Scott applauded the Senate passage of the Federal Disaster Tax Relief Act to provide disaster-loss tax relief for communities in Florida, North Carolina, Georgia, Puerto Rico and more across the nation that have been affected by disasters, including Hurricanes Helene, Debby, and Milton this year, and Hurricanes Ian, Nicole, Fiona and Idalia in recent years that are still waiting for much-nee  more

Senators Reverend Warnock, Ossoff Announce $75 Million in CHIPS Funding to Covington's Absolics, Bringing Total Federal CHIPS Investment to up to $175 Million
WASHINGTON, Dec. 5 -- Sen. Raphael G. Warnock, D-Georgia, issued the following news release: Absolics' Covington is hiring hundreds of Georgians into good-paying advanced manufacturing jobs Without Senator Reverend Warnock's leadership, this investment would not have been possible as the Absolics facility was not initially eligible for CHIPS funding Senator Reverend Warnock fought to ensure upstream manufacturers, including Absolics, were eligible for CHIPS and Science Act subsidies through h  more