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GOP presidential contender Newt Gingrich added some much-needed staff to his campaign yesterday in Georgia, pulling the sitting governor and two former backers of Mike Huckabee. (more)

Despite yesterday’s mass exodus, some staffers are sticking by Republican presidential hopeful Newt Gingrich. Georgia Governor Nathan Deal, Gingrich’s Georgia campaign chairman, said today he will never give Gingrich up, never let him down. (more)

I wear with pride my bruises and scars from the fight against passage of Obamacare in the U.S. House. In 2009, I was the ranking Republican on the Energy and Commerce Subcommittee on Health, and I was the first congressman to say on the floor that the individual mandate was unconstitutional. (more)

On the first day of the 112th Congress, Rep. Steve King (R-IA) of the House Immigration Subcommittee introduced the Birthright Citizenship Act of 2011, H.R. 140, which would amend “the Immigration and Nationality Act to consider a person born in the United States ‘subject to the jurisdiction of the United States for citizenship at birth purposes if the person is born in the United States of parents, one of whom is: (1) a U.S. citizen or national; (2) a lawful permanent resident alien whose residence is in the United States; or (3) an alien performing active service in the U.S. Armed Forces.” With the Congressional balance of power now in the hands of those who favor tighter immigration controls, the Birthright Citizenship Act (introduced in previous years by former congressman, and current governor of Georgia, Nathan Deal) is a front-page national immigration story — and a source of great confusion for the journalists who cover it. Here are just a few of the recent gaffes made by reputable papers. (more)

A look of the key races in the 50 states: (more)

WASHINGTON (AP) — Republican Senate hopeful Christine O’Donnell says her first priority if elected would be to help the GOP block Democrats’ priorities in a lame-duck session. (more)

ATLANTA (AP) — In a Republican-leaning state in what’s shaping up as a Republican year, Nathan Deal was seen as a pretty sure bet to become Georgia’s next governor. (more)

Sarah Palin has had much more success endorsing gubernatorial candidates than any other office, but on Tuesday that trend reversed itself for the second time in a week.  (more)

A common story line this election year is the dramatic increase in the number of Republican women candidates, and by extension, GOP attempts to reach out to the traditionally Democratic constituency of women voters. (more)

WASHINGTON (AP) — Name-calling is a winner this campaign season. By a landslide. (more)

ATLANTA—Former Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin is expected in Georgia Monday to stump for her candidate in the state’s hotly disputed GOP gubernatorial primary on Tuesday—a race in which red-meat conservative issues like gay marriage and abortion have taken center stage. (more)

In the 1930’s, 1940’s and 1950’s the United States deported trainloads, busloads, and shiploads of illegal aliens. “Operation Wetback,” ordered by President Eisenhower in 1954, charged the Immigration and Naturalization Service (INS) with deporting a million illegal aliens: men and women and their American-born minor children. Government agents did it then, and the 14^th Amendment to the Constitution does not prevent them from doing it today. (more)

This is the kind of week in sports that lawyers love. (more)

Georgia’s Republican gubernatorial candidates all favor a crackdown on illegal immigration, but they can’t agree on how far to take it. (more)

Chances for a health-care bill grew dimmer on Thursday, by most indications, but House Democrats may have found a way to force the Senate to work with them that would remove a key roadblock to passing the reform desired by President Obama. (more)

If Rep. Nathan Deal (R-GA) does in fact step down from his House seat today to focus on his run for Georgia governor, House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D) will find it offsets one of the Democratic votes she’s already lost on the health care reform bill. (more)

Today’s resignation of Rep. Nathan Deal (R-GA) essentially gave House Speaker Nancy Pelosi an extra vote to help her push health care reform bill through her chamber. (more)

Here is the most up to date list of which House lawmakers have said they will retire at the end of this term, or are leaving their seat to run for higher office: (more)