Republicans on Friday advanced a plan projected to maintain a 33-23 GOP majority in the Georgia Senate, setting it up for a possible vote next week in the full Senate.
The proposal passed the Senate Reapportionment and Redistricting Committee on a 9-4 party-line vote over complaints that Republicans pushed too fast for a proposal released late Tuesday.
“This process has gone too fast,” said Sen. Harold Jones II, an Augusta Democrat. “We should really know what we’re talking about.”
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