Daniel Malloy

AJC Washington Correspondent

Daniel Malloy is the AJC's Washington Correspondent, covering Congress and other federal goings-on that impact Georgia. He contributes to the AJC’s Political Insider blog. He joined the paper in 2011 after four years at the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, including two years covering Washington. He is a graduate of the University of North Carolina.

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Your daily jolt: Jimmy Carter's grandson tests waters for a '14 run for governor

Gov. Nathan Deal may have more than a GOP primary challenge on his hands next year. We’re told that state Sen. Jason Carter, a Decatur Democrat and grandson of the former president, has commissioned a poll to "test the political environment, given recent events," for a 2014 run for governor. ...

Georgia delegation’s partisan split even extends to furloughs

The size of the pummeling brought by the government shutdown on Georgia congressional offices depends, like just about everything else around here, on their political affiliation. Georgia Republican U.S. Senators Johnny Isakson and Saxby Chambliss have gone from 30 staffers to five or six. Calls to Chambliss’ office get a ...

Debt ceiling hike a tough call for Senate hopefuls

It’s the stuff ominous political television ads are made of: “Congressman X voted to increase the debt to $17.8 trillion.” In less than two weeks, the federal government — shutdown or no — is set to exhaust its congressional authority to borrow money. A vote to increase the debt ceiling ...

Police officers look over a Capitol Hill police car that was damaged during the chase of a suspect on Capitol Hill in Washington, Oct. 3, 2013. The Capitol was locked down around 2:30 p.m. Thursday after law enforcement officers shot a woman who had been chased there in her car from the White House, officials said.

Car chase runs from White House to Capitol, ends in woman’s death

A harrowing car chase from the White House to the U.S. Capitol ended when a woman was shot and killed by police officers Thursday, causing lockdowns at both ends of Pennsylvania Avenue and heightening tensions in a city hit in recent weeks by a mass shooting and partial government shutdown. ...

Police swarm the scene of shooting at U.S. Capitol in Washington.

AJC reporter at Capitol, hears shots fired

Daniel Malloy is The Atlanta Journal-Constitution’s congressional correspondent based in Washington, D.C. He was at the U.S. Capitol when shots were fired. Below is his account. Around 2:15-2:20 p.m. I was interviewing U.S. Rep. Rob Woodall, R-Lawrenceville next to the steps in front of the House of Representatives. We heard ...

Your daily jolt: Phil Gingrey bows out of Obamacare – and, perhaps, into Medicare

One of the oddities of a federal shutdown is that official lines of congressional communication disappear, or are severely restricted. If a constituent should call to register an opinion, for or against, on the shutdown, there’s often no one to pick up the telephone. The same goes for email. Some ...

Shutdown could drag on as Congress merges it with debt ceiling fight

The arrival of a partial federal government shutdown Tuesday did not move the partisan battle lines drawn around the new health care law, as Congress appeared ready to merge this fight with one two weeks away over the federal borrowing limit.In a Capitol depopulated of most staff and tourists, Democrats ...

Oystermen head out early Thursday morning Aug. 15, 2013, from Eastpoint, Fla., for a day of fishing in the Apalachicola Bay.

Florida asks Supreme Court to send more Chattahoochee water downstream

Florida, as promised, asked the U.S. Supreme Court on Tuesday to order Georgia to let more Chattahoochee River water flow into the Panhandle to keep the state’s oyster industry afloat. Gov. Rick Scott, sidestepping the traditional, up-through-the-courts legal process, requested that the justices ultimately decide the thorny and protracted interstate ...

Shutdown arrives; standoff continues

The arrival Tuesday of a partial federal government shutdown brought no movement toward a deal on the funding impasse, as Congressional Republicans sought to merge this fight with one two weeks away over the federal borrowing limit. Shortly after midnight, House Republicans appointed eight members – including Rep. Tom Graves, ...

Lake Lanier is at its highest level in nearly two years, a mere cloudburst away from full pool. The water level was posted as being 1,069.46 feet on Wednesday, March 27, 2013 1.54 feet below the full pool of 1,071.

Florida files water lawsuit against Georgia in U.S. Supreme Court

Florida formally took its water dispute with Georgia to the U.S. Supreme Court on Tuesday. Gov. Rick Scott and Attorney General Pam Bondi filed suit seeking injunctive relief against Georgia’s upstream water use in the Apalachicola-Chattahoochee-Flint river basins, accusing Georgia of taking too much water for Metro Atlanta at the ...