Former Senator Phil Puckett’s resignation that flipped the Virginia Senate majority to the GOP, thus sparking the #BLACKorBUST anti-Medicaid amendments, has now reportedly drawn scrutiny from federal investigators. At the time of his resignation, it was widely reported that Puckett did so as part of…
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Democrats are outraged at the deal we reported yesterday that gave Republicans a majority in the Virginia Senate. From the Democratic Party of Virginia’s Twitter feed: .@VA_GOP are so desperate to deny 400K Virginians health care, they’ll bribe their way through blocking expansion: http://t.co/7XkY8ZMW7h —…
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Unleashing a political firestorm, Sen. Phil Puckett (D-Tazewell) has resigned his seat in the Virginia Senate, effective tomorrow. The move means that Democrats lose their majority in that chamber, leaving (temporarily at least) a 20-19 GOP majority. It is unclear what this will mean for…