Senate majority leader indicates little interest in bill to protect Okefenokee from mining

On today's episode of The Atlanta Journal-Constitution's Politically Georgia podcast, Senate Majority Leader Steve Gooch joins the podcast to describe the measures still on the table on the final day of the session.  

He indicated the state Senate would likely not take up a measure the House passed overwhelmingly to protect the Okefenokee Swamp. He also said he prefers Governor Kemp’s limited expansion of Medicaid to a measure Democrats tried to pass that would allow a full expansion of the government program. 

On the other side of the aisle, Senate minority leader Gloria Butler responds to Gooch’s comments and adds that she thinks rejection of a measure to pass a full expansion of Medicaid is one of the biggest failures of the session. 

LINK TO TOPICS 

Bill to protect Okefenokee from mining is at crossroads 

AJC calls for protection of swamp from mining 

Bill for full expansion of Medicaid narrowly fails in committee 

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