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Tom Crawford: Lawmakers, better keep those election promises
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When Jody Hice and Barry Loudermilk went to Washington last week, they left Georgia with the adulation of tea party activists who had voted to elect them as the new representatives for the 10th and 11th House districts. Hice and Loudermilk discovered quickly that those good feelings aren’t guaranteed to last long. On their first official day as members of Congress, just a few hours after taking the oath of office, the duo had already angered many of their constituents and provoked the folks back home into seeking opposition for them when they run again in two years.