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LISTEN: Georgia’s surprising role in sealing the debt deal

In this photo from Jan. 7, 2023, Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene, R-Ga., takes a photo with U.S. House Republican Leader Kevin McCarthy, R-Calif., in the House Chamber at the U.S. Capitol Building in Washington, D.C. (Anna Moneymaker/Getty Images/TNS)

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In this photo from Jan. 7, 2023, Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene, R-Ga., takes a photo with U.S. House Republican Leader Kevin McCarthy, R-Calif., in the House Chamber at the U.S. Capitol Building in Washington, D.C. (Anna Moneymaker/Getty Images/TNS)
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June 2, 2023

In this episode of the Politically Georgia podcast, hosts Greg Bluestein and Patricia Murphy explore the state’s surprising holdouts and supporters of the bipartisan deal to raise the debt limit and impose new spending caps.

Plus, our insiders explain how next week’s Georgia GOP convention has become full-on MAGA. And they’ll answer questions from the listener mailbag.

The number for the 24-hour Politically Georgia Podcast Hotline is (404) 526-AJCP (2527). Leave us your question so we can play it back and answer it on next Friday’s episode.

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About the Authors

Greg Bluestein is the Atlanta Journal Constitution's chief political reporter. He is also an author, TV analyst and co-host of the Politically Georgia podcast.

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Patricia Murphy is the AJC's senior political columnist. She was previously a nationally syndicated columnist for CQ Roll Call, national political reporter for the Daily Beast and Politics Daily, and wrote for The Washington Post and Garden & Gun. She graduated from Vanderbilt and holds a master’s degree in journalism from Columbia University.

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