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JANUARY 27, 2014 ATLANTA Protesters gather outside the Capitol Monday, January 27, 2014. Ten protesters, including State Sen Vincent Fort, were arrested in the Governor's Office shortly after 5pm Monday, January 27, 2014. Georgia's "Moral Mondays" organizers, hoping to turn up the heat on the issue of Medicaid expansion, are planning a "sit in" in the governor's office in an effort to get arrested. The "Moral Mondays" movement began in North Carolina and protests there resulted in many arrests. KENT D JOHNSON/KDJOHNSON@AJC.COM

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Credit: KENT D. JOHNSON / AJC

JANUARY 27, 2014 ATLANTA Protesters gather outside the Capitol Monday, January 27, 2014. Ten protesters, including State Sen Vincent Fort, were arrested in the Governor's Office shortly after 5pm Monday, January 27, 2014. Georgia's "Moral Mondays" organizers, hoping to turn up the heat on the issue of Medicaid expansion, are planning a "sit in" in the governor's office in an effort to get arrested. The "Moral Mondays" movement began in North Carolina and protests there resulted in many arrests. KENT D JOHNSON/KDJOHNSON@AJC.COM
By Tom Sabulis
Feb 27, 2014

Today’s moderator: Tom Sabulis

A 20-year veteran of the AJC, Tom Sabulis has covered news, politics and the arts during a career that has taken him to newspapers across the country. Since 2008, he has coordinated many of the newspaper’s pro/con debates and first-person guest columns.

Top leaders in the Georgia Assembly are behind a bill to strip Gov. Nathan Deal of the power to expand Medicaid, as called for by the Affordable Care Act, and put that decision-making in the hands of the Legislature. Some Democrats are calling that political cover for the governor during this year's election campaign. Today, we hear from Rep. Jan Jones, R-Milton, who is sponsoring House Bill 990, and Horacena Tate, D-Atlanta, chairwoman of the Senate Democratic Caucus.

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