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Johnson: Senate Rules to take up veto overrides, and a bill to ban robo-calls

Monday, January 28, 2008, 11:18 AM

The Atlanta Journal-Constitution

Just walked out of a presser with state Senate President pro tem Eric Johnson of Savannah.

Two pieces of news came out:

— The Senate Rules Committee will take up the veto overrides at 12:30 p.m. today. Johnson wouldn’t drop any hints at what bills will move. But we’re hearing that it’s close to certain that a bill to formally install the Senate Budget Office in the Georgia code will be among those gubernatorial vetoes sent to the Senate floor.

— Johnson said he intends to drop legislation today that would ban robo-calls by political campaigns. The bill would require an actual human to make the phone call and request permission before playing the automated message.

Johnson acknowledged the legislation could also affect political polling, which has become more and more oriented in past years. The ranking Republican in the Senate said the John Lewis phone calls of last week were a motivating factor.

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By EM

January 28, 2008 11:45 AM | Link to this

Wouldn’t this be regulating free speech?

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