News Release: Bill Stephens to Speak at Georgia Christian Alliance’s 2010 Faith, Family & Freedom Kickoff

Former State Senate Majority Leader Bill Stephens, a candidate for Georgia’s 9th congressional seat,  will be one of the speakers at the Georgia Christian Alliance’s (GACA) 2010 “Faith-Family-Freedom” Kickoff this Saturday, February 6, at Riverwood High School Auditorium in Atlanta.  The event is set to last all day, with Senator Stephens speaking around 3:00 p.m.
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News Release: Bill Stephens Announces Forsyth County Organization Team

Cumming, GA – Former State Senate Majority Leader Bill Stephens announced the first phase of a highly qualified and respected Stephens for Congress Forsyth County organization.  Stephens continues to build out his political organization across the 15 counties in central north and northwest Georgia which comprise the 9th Congressional District.
The following are Stephens’ Forsyth County [...]

News Release: English Common Law Makes The Most Common Sense in Georgia’s Fight for Water

I applaud Georgia Governor Sonny Perdue pushing for an agreement this legislative session on Georgia’s next steps in our tri-state water compact. Our neighbors in Alabama and Florida finally appear more receptive to reaching a consensus and solution.
I am not a lawyer, but having spent nearly a decade in the Georgia General Assembly, [...]

Squeal of the Week: The Cadillac Plan Turned Into the Chevy/Ford Plan

Squeal of the Week: White House Shoots at Cadillac  Health Plans Hits Labor Unions
Taxing Cadillac  Health Care Plans began as a brain child of the Democrats’ health care reform plan.  The target was intended to be wealthy financial services and industry executives, with wholly-employer paid health care plans…vastly more generous and more expensive than the [...]

News Release: Bill Stephens Recommends Selling State Assets & Furloughs on Non- Essential State Programs to Address Budget Concerns

Cumming, GA – As the Georgia General Assembly convenes today, the projected deficit of revenues versus expenditures are swelling to as much as $2 billion in red ink.  The Georgia State budget is dominated by four primary areas of expenditure:  Education, Health Care (Medicare/Medicaid), Transportation and Public Safety (Corrections, GSP and GBI).  The remaining aspects [...]

News Release: Stephens Says He’s Ready to Fight for Georgia’s Use of Lake Lanier in Congress

Cumming, GA – Governor Perdue’s seemingly amicable meeting with Governor Crist of Florida and Governor Riley of Alabama has prepared our state for next steps in the water negotiations over Buford Dam and Lake Sidney Lanier.  Due to the nature of the federal ruling and treatment of this compromise, Congress will most likely be brought [...]

Stephens Squeal of the Week – Just Plains Wrong

In a time of double-digit unemployment, and record deficit spending by the U.S. Congress, comes another salt-laden piece of pork proposed for our very own south Georgia.

Lawsuit Abuse Reform Legislation Guided Through Senate by Stephens Referred to as Most Sweeping in Nation

One item all Republicans (and some Democrats) agree on in health care reform is that medical malpractice reform would be a simple solution to lowering health care costs.  As part of the Health Care Reform debate on Capital Hill, Georgia House Republicans including Representative Tom Price and Phil Gingrey have long championed tort reform, to [...]

Stephens Squeal of the Week: Obama’s Health Care Address

Obama: “I will not sign a plan that adds one dime to our deficits either now or in the future. Period.”
The Squeal: Democrats in the House offered a bill that would add $220 billion to the deficit over 10 years found by the Congressional Budget Office. Democrats say they don’t have to count $245 billion [...]

Frannie Mae & Freddie Mac Helping Your “Favorite” Candidates Get Into Office

Judicial Watch is a national public interest group that points out fraud and abuse in the Federal budget.  Two weeks ago the group filed a Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) lawsuit against the Federal Housing Finance Agency (FHFA).  They asked to obtain political contributions made by Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac. After the lawsuit was [...]

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