Open Congress : News Articles for Rep. Phil Gingrey [R, GA-11]

Michelle Nunn Senate Announcement Coming Soon

2013-05-20T01:00:00Z

...of retiring GOP Sen. Saxby Chambliss. Party officials continued their recruitment efforts with Nunn, who has never run for public office. Handel joined Reps. Paul Broun, Phil Gingrey and Jack Kingston, while other Republicans are eyeing the race as well

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Vehemently Anti-Planned Parenthood Candidates Emerge in Georgia and Virginia

2013-05-20T01:00:00Z

...all sitting members of Congress: Rep. Phil Broun (R-GA), Rep. Jack Kingston (R-GA), and self-identified “pro-life OB-GYN” Rep. Phil Gingrey (R-GA). Democratic contenders are not yet set for the 2014 election. In a party convention Saturday, Virginia

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Deal urges Senate candidates to play nice at GOP convention

2013-05-19T01:00:00Z

...he was the only candidate at the convention who could burnish true conservative credentials. He spoke between speeches by Reps. Phil Gingrey and Jack Kingston, two of his competitors for Senate. “I’m the only candidate here today that can say I’ve

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Despite ‘shortage of common sense’ in D.C., Obama expresses optimism

2013-05-19T01:00:00Z

...after they finish their term. The Republican primary in Georgia is already starting to look a bit crowded, with Reps. Paul Broun, Phil Gingrey and Jack Kingston all having announced their Senate bids. Democrats have yet to see a candidate declare a bid

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Former Sec. of State Karen Handel to run for Chambliss' Senate seat

2013-05-17T01:00:00Z

...was never a scenario in which either of them would run against each other. So far, Handel joins Rep. Paul Broun of Athens, Phil Gingrey of Marietta and Jack Kingston of Savannah, who have all announced they want a shot at the Senate. David Perdue, a cou

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The Next Senator From Georgia Will Probably be Nuts

2013-05-17T01:00:00Z

...If they both formally enter the race, they'll join three candidates who made their intentions clear weeks ago: Reps. Phil Gingrey, Paul Broun, and Jack Kingston. In their time in the House, the three congressmen have earned reputations as some of the lo

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Ex-Komen exec Karen Handel declares Ga. Senate bid

2013-05-17T01:00:00Z

...in Georgia. Handel announced her candidacy hours before the state's Republican convention began. GOP congressmen Paul Broun, Phil Gingrey and Jack Kingston are already in the 2014 race for the seat of retiring Sen. Saxby Chambliss. Handel gained notorie

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Former controversial Komen executive to run for Senate in Georgia

2013-05-17T01:00:00Z

...held by U.S. Sen. Saxby Chambliss, who is retiring next year. Three of Georgia's Republican congressmen — Paul Broun of Athens, Phil Gingrey of Marietta and Jack Kingston of Savannah — have announced plans to run. In an interview with The Associated

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Former Susan G. Komen exec Karen Handel enters Georgia Senate race

2013-05-17T01:00:00Z

...Tom Price, announced last week he would not run. Three members of Georgia’s congressional delegation — Reps. Jack Kingston, Phil Gingrey and Paul Broun — have already launched Senate campaigns. Earlier this week, Georgia businessman David Perdue,

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Handel joins Georgia Senate race

2013-05-17T01:00:00Z

...of Planned Parenthood. In the Senate race, she joins a trio of Georgia GOP congressmen — Jack Kingston, Paul Broun and Phil Gingrey. Rep. Tom Price’s (R) decision not to run, earlier this week, cleared the way for Handel to enter the race; the two a

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No Barr to Pridemore Running for Congress

2013-05-17T01:00:00Z

...Georgia Republican Phil Gingrey running for the U.S. Senate next year, national pundits have long assumed that former congressman —and 2008 Libertarian presidential nominee — Bob Barr was the runaway favorite for the GOP nomination in Gingrey's open

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Explaining the Connection Between Obama's Health Care Law and the IRS

2013-05-17T01:00:00Z

...at the IRS have shattered our trust that they can responsibly handle the people's sensitive medical information," said Rep. Phil Gingrey of Georgia. Rep. Michele Bachmann of Minnesota asked: "Does this means that some government plutocrat can look at my

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Freshman Republicans Get Chance to Vote Against Health Law

2013-05-16T01:00:00Z

...unaffordable and force employers to cut workers’ hours. “We are still fighting. We are still in the trenches,” said Rep. Phil Gingrey of Georgia, a former obstetrician-gynecologist. “Obamacare accomplishes the exact opposite of what the presiden

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Still on trail of Obamacare repeal

2013-05-16T01:00:00Z

...primary field in the race for outgoing Republican Sen. Saxby Chambliss’s seat. The group of conservative candidates — notably two House doctors in the race, Reps. Paul Broun and Phil Gingrey — have been repeatedly promising to repeal and replace t

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House again votes to repeal Obama health law

2013-05-16T01:00:00Z

...Democratic Sen. Jay Rockefeller’s seat, has called the law unaffordable for small businesses. And in Georgia, Reps. Paul Broun and Phil Gingrey, who have both entered the race to succeed fellow Republican Sen. Saxby Chambliss, slam the law. Republican

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Republicans Line Up for Open Seats in Georgia | Farm Team

2013-05-15T01:00:00Z

...firm Landslyde. Republican state legislators have piled onto the open House seats left by Republican Reps. Paul Broun, Phil Gingrey and Jack Kingston, who announced they’re running for the state’s first open Senate race in a decade. Gingrey’s dist

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Pridemore announces bid for Congress

2013-05-14T01:00:00Z

...side, she joins former U.S. Rep Bob Barr , state Rep. Ed Lindsey and state Sen. Barry Loudermilk in the race. U.S. Rep. Phil Gingrey , who represents the 11th district, has announced he'll be leaving to run for U.S. Senate . The upcoming retirement of S

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Survey: Most area high school graduates will continue education. NAIA football 'host committee' plans 11 a.m. media update. Graves questions IRS allegations; on our radio show today. Upper 70s today, upper 80s Wednesday.

2013-05-14T01:00:00Z

...Bob Barr in a very competitive race to represent Bartow and Cherokee counties as well as parts of Cobb and Fulton. Phil Gingrey is running for the U.S. Senate seat Saxby Chambliss is leaving. Warmer today, sizzling by Wednesday, Thursday. -Tuesday: Sunn

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Pridemore Running For Congress

2013-05-14T01:00:00Z

...side, she joins former U.S. Rep Bob Barr, state Rep. Ed Lindsey and state Sen. Barry Loudermilk in the race. U.S. Rep. Phil Gingrey, who represents the 11th district, has announced he'll be leaving to run for U.S. Senate. The upcoming retirement of Sen.

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No public action taken over Atlanta VA investigation

2013-05-13T01:00:00Z

...on the wrist, reprimanded, and yet they keep getting annual bonuses. There's something wrong with that picture," said Rep. Phil Gingrey, R-Ga. Internal investigators linked three patient deaths, including two suicides, to mismanagement inside the medica

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