Howell and his budget conferees in 2013 told voters they had erected a firewall against Terry McAuliffe expanding Medicaid. But what do they say now that the supposed “firewall” is gone?
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What’s in a party name?[read_more] 12th district Republican candidate for Virginia State Senate, Dr. Siobhan Dunnavant, an OB-GYN, has run a spirited primary nomination campaign against three rivals for the seat being vacated by retiring 32-year incumbent Walter A. Stosch. The noted physician and small…
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In 2013 Speaker Bill Howell and Governor Bob McDonnell forced through the General Assembly the biggest tax hike in the history of the Commonwealth, a whopping $1.13 BILLION in tax increases. [read_more]Northern Virginia and Hampton Roads saw their sales tax go up by 20%. Across…
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A conservative Republican majority in the Virginia Senate depends on voters in the 24th Senate District coming out to support Dan Moxley on June 9.[read_more] Moxley, former chairman of the Augusta County GOP, is the most reliably conservative candidate in the three-way race. The other…
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Back on January 20, senior Republicans in the House of Delegates took to the floor to blast Gov. Terry McAuliffe for having invoked “emergency powers” to enact limited healthcare expansion. As the General Assembly considers this year’s budget, they should make sure he can’t do…
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Despite the cloud of corruption hanging over the nomination of Martha Puckett Ketron to the Virginia bench, 39 Senators and 65 Delegates voted today to elect her to a six-year term as a juvenile and domestic relations court judge in the 29th Judicial District.[read_more] The…
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2014 has been a very productive time for us here at The Bull Elephant. This was just our first full year, after opening shop late in the 2013 campaign season, but what a remarkable year it has been! Slating. Cantor. Medicaid Expansion. The meteoric campaign…