Southern Governors Association
- Southern Governors Association
The Southern Governors' Association (SGA) was founded in 1934, and is the oldest and historically the largest of the USA's regional governors' associations. Since its first meeting 70 years ago to discuss the repeal of discriminatory rates for transporting goods by rail, the Southern Governors' Association has represented the common interests of Southern states' chief executives and provided a vehicle for promoting them. The ongoing mission of SGA is to support the work of the governors by providing a bipartisan, regional forum to help shape and implement national policy and to solve state and regional problems. Currently, the association comprises 10 Democrats and 8 Republicans.
SGA pursues this mission by coordinating regionally collaborative initiatives, tracking and analyzing federal legislation and regulations of interest to the Southern states, advocating before Congress and the executive branch the Southern governors' policy agenda as expressed through approved policy resolutions and by convening meetings for governors and their staffs.
The current SGA Chairman is Democrat Joe Manchin of West Virginia. The First Vice Chairman is Democrat Tim Kaine of Virginia. The Second Vice President is Republican Charlie Crist of Florida.
List of current Southern Governors
External links
* [http://www.southerngovernors.org/ SGA Website]
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