Speaker Howell loses the battle
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Grover Norquist, President of Americans for Tax Reform, has issued a statement strongly endorsing Susan Stimpson for the 28th district in the House of Delegates.[read_more] In his endorsement he said, “In signing the Taxpayer Protection Pledge, Susan Stimpson has demonstrated that she understands the problems of…
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Democrats in the Virginia House of Delegates walked out, twice, rather than vote on House Bill HJ 659, a bill in support of Israel.[read_more] The bill passed by a vote of 70 to 2. Speaker Howell sarcastically dubbed the democrats’ actions ‘a profile in courage’ and he is…
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Richmond area delegate Joe Morrissey just announced he will resign from the General Assembly effective January 13, 2014, at which point he hopes to be immediately reelected to the general assembly.[read_more] On Friday December 12, 2014 Joe Morrissey entered an Alford Plea to contributing to…
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Note: There are folks who would prefer we don’t have this discussion, and who will try to confuse the issue or deflect attention to the messenger instead of the message, etc. Whatever. What I’ve written can stand on its merits, and if you see it…
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Governor Bob McDonnell is a fan of Medicaid expansion. Don’t believe me? All you have to do is take him at his word. The big question now is, does the Governor end the term with a bang, by expanding Medicaid via unilateral exercise of executive…
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Lots of ink has been spilled about what went wrong Tuesday, and lots more will follow. But let’s not forget the good news coming out of our House of Delegates campaigns. Republican candidates for House of Delegates seats provide the one spot of nearly unmitigated…