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  • Leaders urge for more troops at Fort Stewart
    Apr 15, 2011  - In an official letter, U.S. Senators Johnny Isakson, R-Ga., and Saxby Chambliss, R-Ga., and Congressman Jack Kingston, R-Ga., urged Army Secretary John McHugh to station additional troops at Fort Stewart. The senators and congressman asked McHugh to consider sending Fort Stewart a Heavy Brigade Comb... More
  • Legislators want to bring brigade to Fort Stewart
    Apr 13, 2011  - By Russ Bynum Associated Press SAVANNAH - As the Pentagon prepares to move an Army brigade back to the U.S. from Germany, Georgia's two senators and a Savannah congressman are pressing the military to make Fort Stewart its new home with a reminder that the government scrapped plans to locate a new b... More
  • Kingston sees potential in Panama
    Apr 7, 2011  - By Mary Carr Mayle Savannah Morning News A longtime proponent of harbor deepening, U.S. Rep. Jack Kingston recently toured the Panama Canal to get a firsthand look at progress on the project that he has spent nearly a decade touting. The Savannah Republican came away even more convinced that the ope... More
  • Jack Kingston trying to pull back health care funds
    Apr 5, 2011  - By Larry Peterson The Savannah Morning News Rep. Jack Kingston is helping lead an attempt to pull back $105 billion Congress approved last year for a new national health care program. But, like other attempts to repeal or hamstring the controversial initiative, it faces steep odds even if it clears ... More
  • Rep. Kingston protects military pay
    Apr 4, 2011  - The Brunswick News U.S. Reps. Jack Kingston, R-1, and Louie Gohmert, R-Texas, introduced legislation that would prevent any disruption in military salaries during a government shutdown. The move comes amid growing concern that service members and their families could suffer as a result of a failure ... More
  • Republicans trying to protect military pay as shutdown approaches
    Apr 4, 2011  - by GENE RECTOR The Warner Robins Patriot U.S. House Republicans are sponsoring stop-gap legislation that would prevent any disruption in military pay during a government shutdown. However, the bill apparently would not apply to civilian workers. The Ensuring Pay for Our Military Act of 2011 is spons... More
  • Conservatives push pay for military in shutdown
    Apr 1, 2011  - by Simmi Aujla POLITICO A band of conservatives in the House say if the government shuts down, the military should still get paid. Rep. Louie Gohmert is introducing legislation to make sure that Army, Navy, Marine and Coast Guard members are paid regularly, even if Congress can’t agree on a budget f... More
  • Bill would guarantee military pay in a shutdown
    Apr 1, 2011  - by Rick Maze The Army Times A group of House Republicans took the first step Friday toward trying to guarantee the military would get paid if there is a government shutdown. There are heavy political undertones to the bill, and no guarantee it will pass, but it marks acknowledgement by lawmakers th... More
  • Lawmakers Unveil Legislation Which Removes Automatic Funding for Health Care Legislation
    Mar 30, 2011  - by Pat Summers FOX News Georgia Republican Congressman Jack Kingston and Texas Republican Congressman Louie Gohmert held a press conference to introduce new legislation designed to remove up to the $105.5 billion in automatic funding that they insist was buried in President Obama's health care legis... More
  • Republicans cite new chip for blocking reform
    Mar 30, 2011  - By Jason Millman The Hill A handful of House Republicans, looking for a new, powerful chip in their efforts to derail the healthcare reform law, are introducing a bill that would block more than $100 billion of long-term spending authorized by the overhaul. Newly empowered House Republicans want to ... More