The Republican chairman of a Senate committee that approved the tax break last week said officials at the statehouse were working Tuesday to resolve the rift between GOP lawmakers and Delta. Sen. Chuck Hufstetler of Rome said lawmakers felt Delta unfairly singled out the NRA while maintaining special agreements with "many other controversial organizations." Republicans who have lined up against Delta have demonstrated once again the powerful support for gun rights in Georgia. In his tweet Monday vowing to kill any tax break benefiting Delta, Cagle said: "Corporations cannot attack conservatives and expect us not to fight back." Democrats, who control roughly one-third of the votes in both the Georgia House and Senate, have criticized Cagle and other Republicans.

Source: ABC News February 27, 2018 17:20 UTC