Georgia Senator Preston Smith was stripped of his chairmanship of the powerful Judiciary Committee after he refused to go along with a Republican caucus position in favor of a tax on hospitals that would help fill a $600 million gap in Medicaid funding.

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Georgia Senator Preston Smith was stripped of his chairmanship of the powerful Judiciary Committee after he refused to go along with a Republican caucus position in favor of a tax on hospitals that would help fill a $600 million gap in Medicaid funding. Smith voted against the bill, as did Senator Mitch Seabaugh, who resigned his position as...