General Assembly

In a move designed to show unified opposition to the Senate Medicaid expansion plan, House Republicans will force an up-or-down vote on the Senate language on Thursday, General Assembly sources tell The Bull Elephant. The House GOP leadership has not been cowed by threats from…

In apparent frustration over their inability to expand Medicaid under Obamacare, Virginia Democrats have ratcheted up their threatening rhetoric, reviving Gov. Terry McAuliffe’s promise to shut down Virginia government unless Republicans accede to irresponsible spending increases. In a Facebook post earlier this afternoon, Del. Mark…

The following is the latest update on legislation tracked by the Virginia Citizens Defense League (VCDL). To learn more about VCDL, visit VCDL.org. On Wednesday two pro-gun bills were killed in the Senate Courts of Justice Committee and one was passed out of committee. While…

During this session of the General Assembly Dave LaRock has done just what he promised to do during his campaign.   He has introduced bills that would reduce the tolls on the Dulles toll road by imposing tolls on the Dulles Access road, here and…

Virginia Republican State Senator John Watkins has introduced legislation that could foreshadow a deal on expansion of health coverage to fill the Medicaid gap under Obamacare. In legislation filed Thursday with the Virginia Senate Finance Committee, Sen. John Watkins (R-Powhatan) reveals in broad outline form…

The following is the latest update on legislation tracked by the Virginia Citizens Defense League (VCDL). To learn more about VCDL, visit VCDL.org. Here is the updated status this week on some bills that VCDL strongly supports: HB 307, Delegate Lingamfelter, allows schools to offer…

Terry McAuliffe’s anti-Second Amendment campaign has cost the Commonwealth more than 300 good manufacturing jobs. Our new Governor campaigned on the idea that “Ken Cuccinelli’s social agenda is more than just extreme, it is bad for business,” saying, among other things, that the policies of…