In public, Republican leaders vigorously oppose the executive branch’s highest priority, while in private they leave undisturbed language in a budget bill that lets the executive do what they say they oppose. Conservatives then rally around an effort to close the loophole. Leadership claims the…
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Medicaid Expansion
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The “moderate” lawmaker, who is frequently part of the “Gang of Three” GOP senators who flip to the Democrats on key issues like Medicaid expansion, will not be missed by conservatives.[read_more] Our “mother blog” Virginia Virtucon broke the story this morning. (If you haven’t seen…
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Remember back in September how the General Assembly passed a new appropriations bill a mere three days after it was publicly unveiled? Remember how we were told that acting immediately was crucial to protecting Virginia’s credit rating and to doing the “prudent” thing to protect…
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One can always count on individual self-interest to trump false loyalty. And that’s a good thing when it comes to politics and government, as it helps give citizens the honest government to which they’re entitled. Nothing I can yet report, other than the gratification that…
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That’s the question ultimately begged by revelations of his chief of staff’s bribery of former Virginia Democratic State Senator Phil Puckett. And make no mistake: it WAS bribery.[read_more] Laura Vozzella at the Washington Post broke the story last night that McAuliffe Chief of Staff Paul…
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This post was originally published on September 19. It has been updated to include commentary on certain responses to our suspicions that the appropriations bill passed last week may have made it easier for Gov. McAuliffe to expand Medicaid on his own.
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In what was supposed to be just a session to debate Medicaid expansion and judges, the General Assembly is preparing to reconvene tomorrow where they will be asked to consider a new appropriations bill, just over two months into the fiscal year. They should reject…