Virginia Right!

The New York Times writes today, “The 112th Congress is set to enter the Congressional record books as the least productive body in a generation, passing a mere 173 public laws as of last month. . . . Appropriations bills, once the central function of the legislative branch, have been ditched in favor of short-term spending [...]

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You need go no further than this blog to get the 2012 Hanover Board of County Supervisors Legislative Agenda! Here it is! Questions to ask your new supervisor: What was meant by not reducing the eminent domain power?  Is that an opposition to the Eminent Domain Amendment pending in the VA General Assembly? What environmental [...]

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‘Unnerved’ ‘A growing number of Senate Democrats are anxious about the lack of a Democratic budget and the unusually slow legislative agenda’   ‘Uncertainty In The Budget Process Has Caused The Most Angst Among Democratic Senators’   POLITICO: “A growing number of Senate Democrats are anxious about the lack of a Democratic budget and the [...]

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At a press conference on January 18th the Senate Republican Caucus announced their Legislative Agenda.  It includes measures to increase transparency and strengthen accountability in Virginia’s budget process, to oppose tax increases, to protect Virginia’s status as a Right-to-Work state and prevent the implementation of Card Check. Some of the legislation that the Senate is [...]

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This afternoon, the Senate will be voting on a procedural motion to take up the Fiscal Year 2011 Defense Authorization bill. As The Hill notes, “The defense authorization bill, which includes many critical military policies including authority for pay raises, is considered a must-pass bill. It’s been passed by Congress for 48 consecutive years.” But [...]

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