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Tip Sheet: A space port in Camden County

The SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket and Dragon spacecraft lifts off from Space Launch Complex 40 at the Cape Canaveral Air Force Station in Cape Canaveral, Fla., last June. The rocket carrying supplies to the International Space Station broke apart shortly after liftoff. AP/John Raoux

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The SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket and Dragon spacecraft lifts off from Space Launch Complex 40 at the Cape Canaveral Air Force Station in Cape Canaveral, Fla., last June. The rocket carrying supplies to the International Space Station broke apart shortly after liftoff. AP/John Raoux
By Jim Galloway
Feb 1, 2016

Number of legislative days remaining: 28.

The House and Senate both are back in session at 10  a.m. Monday after a three-day break.

The full Senate has one bill on its calendar. But that beats the House.

The work goes on in committees. A subcommittee of the House Judiciary – Civil will hold a hearing on a bill related to coastal Camden County’s efforts to develop a space port.

Budget writers in the Senate are wasting no time starting their examination of the proposed 2016 amended budget, which passed the House last Thursday without a single dissenting vote.  Four subcommittees of the Senate Appropriations Committee have meetings scheduled this afternoon to look at appropriations for specific agencies.

The lone bill on the Senate calendar -- SB 279 – isn't expected to spark much debate. It would expand voting membership on the Georgia Peace Officer Standards and Training Council.

About the Author

Jim Galloway, the newspaper’s former political columnist, was a writer and editor at the AJC for four decades.

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