Tag Archive | Senators
Posted on October 25, 2015. Tags: Senators, State Delegates, taxes, Town Supervisors
It is often said that all politics is local, though locals rarely show up to vote for their town councilmen, county supervisors, sheriffs, State Delegates and Senators. Obama can’t raise your property taxes, or your gas tax, or approve new utility fees, or build large condensed housing in the middle of your rural area. Your […]
Graduated with a degree in Philosophy from Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University. Also studied economics and political science at George Mason.
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Posted in Election, Opinion
Posted on July 2, 2013. Tags: Border Agents, Border Fence, Border Security, Dhs Secretary, forum, GOP, Illegals, Indy, Mid East, Misstatements, Monday Morning, Occupants, Page 36, Razor, Rhymes, Senators, Sentinel, Student Visas, Third Party, Who Voted For The Amnesty Bill, Who Voted For The Immigration Bill
Every week on Monday morning , the Council and our invited guests weigh in at the Watcher’s Forum, short takes on a major issue of the day. This week’s question: Should Senators Who Voted For The Amnesty Bill Be Primaried? Rhymes With Right: Yes, I do think that those senators who voted for amnesty should […]
Tom is a US Navy Veteran, owns an Insurance Agency and is currently an IT Manager for a Virginia Distributor. He has been published in American Thinker, currently writes for the Richmond Examiner as well as Virginia Right! Blog.
Tom lives in Hanover County, Va and is involved in politics at every level and is a Recovering Republican who has finally had enough of the War on Conservatives in progress with the Leadership of the GOP on a National Level.
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Posted in Weasels
Posted on March 26, 2013. Tags: American Citizen, Ariz, Bill Graham, Biometric Id, Chuck Schumer, Dick Durbin, Fingerprints, Follower, Foreheads, Graham Schumer, Id Card, Immigration Bill, Jeff Flake, John Mccain, Lord And Savior, Mark Of The Beast, Mccain, Name Of The Beast, Poll, Polls, Revelation 13, Schumer, Senators, Veins, Wall Street, Wall Street Journal, Weekly Standard, Wsj
Both the Weekly Standard (which I do not fully trust) and the Wall Street Journal (which I trust more) have called for a biometric ID card for ALL US workers to prove they have legal status. Here’s the Weekly Standard’s quoting the WSJ: The Journal writes that “at least five of the eight senators writing […]
Elwood "Sandy" Sanders is a Hanover attorney who is an Appellate Procedure Consultant for Lantagne Legal Printing and has written ten scholarly legal articles. Sandy was also Virginia's first Appellate Defender and also helped bring curling in VA! (None of these titles imply any endorsement of Sanders’ views)
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Posted in News, Opinion
Posted on February 2, 2013. Tags: Appellate Defender, Award Reception, Dems, Foreclosures, Garrett, Henry Marsh, Idc, Indigent Defense, John Edwards, Justice Committee, Mceachin, Pdc, Prestigious Honor, Private Practice, Republicans, Rules Of Evidence, Ryan Mcdougle, Senator Henry, Senator John Edwards, Senators, Tommy Norment, Williamsburg Area
Okay, here’s some details on the January 21 defeat of the Appellate Defender bill: The bill was assigned to the Senate Courts of Justice Committee where there were 7 Democrats and 8 Republicans. This committee is chaired by Sen. Tommy Norment, who has a private practice of law in Williamsburg area. I also noticed that […]
Elwood "Sandy" Sanders is a Hanover attorney who is an Appellate Procedure Consultant for Lantagne Legal Printing and has written ten scholarly legal articles. Sandy was also Virginia's first Appellate Defender and also helped bring curling in VA! (None of these titles imply any endorsement of Sanders’ views)
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Posted on January 21, 2013. Tags: Budget, Chief Justice, Congress Critters, Cutesy Name, Dumps, Grubs, Harry Reid, Income Tax Rate, Ing, Job, Justice Roberts, Plague, Preservation Act, Republicans, Senate Democrats, Senators, Spit Fire
House Republicans finally came up with a good idea. If Harry Reid and the Senate Democrats continue to avoid their duty and pass a budget, the House wants to dock their pay. In other words, if you don’t do your job, you don’t get paid. That’s pretty darn hard to defend to the American Public. […]
Tom is a US Navy Veteran, owns an Insurance Agency and is currently an IT Manager for a Virginia Distributor. He has been published in American Thinker, currently writes for the Richmond Examiner as well as Virginia Right! Blog.
Tom lives in Hanover County, Va and is involved in politics at every level and is a Recovering Republican who has finally had enough of the War on Conservatives in progress with the Leadership of the GOP on a National Level.
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Posted on January 16, 2013. Tags: Appellate Defender, Budget Amendment, Budget Cuts, Chairman Thomas, Chap Petersen, Deep Background, Democrat, District36, Donald Mceachin, Email, Exact Time, Indigent Defense, Jill Holtzman Vogel, John S Edwards, M Stanley, Mcdougle, Names, Nbsp, Norment, Old Ads, Republicans, Retirement Age, Senate Bill, Senators, Several Times, Virginia Gov, Virginia Voter
I have written several times about the restoration of the Appellate Defender’s office in Virginia. The Indigent Defense Commission had to abolish the office due to budget cuts. Now you can do something about it! Email your senator if you are in his or her district (especially the Republicans!) or can if a Virginia voter, […]
Elwood "Sandy" Sanders is a Hanover attorney who is an Appellate Procedure Consultant for Lantagne Legal Printing and has written ten scholarly legal articles. Sandy was also Virginia's first Appellate Defender and also helped bring curling in VA! (None of these titles imply any endorsement of Sanders’ views)
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Posted in News, Opinion
Posted on December 3, 2012. Tags: Ammo, Assets, Compliance Cost, Delegation, Disability Rights, Email Addresses, Geneva, Human Rights Record, Interagency Report, International Disability, National Review Online, Parental Rights, Ratification, Senate Offices, Senator Lee, Senators, Sweat, Tidbit, Tomorrow Morning, Web Forms
Parental Rights (www.parentalrights.org) is reporting in its email it sends to me and seven million other people that the calls are overwhelmingly against the treaty but the emails are about 50-50! According to our contacts on the Hill, Senate offices are getting pounded with calls regarding the CRPD, and most of those calls are against […]
Elwood "Sandy" Sanders is a Hanover attorney who is an Appellate Procedure Consultant for Lantagne Legal Printing and has written ten scholarly legal articles. Sandy was also Virginia's first Appellate Defender and also helped bring curling in VA! (None of these titles imply any endorsement of Sanders’ views)
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Posted on December 1, 2012. Tags: Ada, Best Resources, Bureaucrats, Children With Disabilities, Constituents, Constitution, Constitutional Amendment, Disability Groups, Disabled Children, Fiasco, Foreigners, Great Man, Lame Duck Session, Making Decisions, National Interest, Own Business, Parental Rights, Period 4, Senate, Senators, Supreme Law, Unfit Parents, Wheelchair Ramps
parentalrights.org reports that Tuesday, December 4 is the date for the vote in the Senate on the UN Disabilities Treaty. Let’s just say NO! Here’s why! 1. It hurts parental rights. All disabled children (and every child who ever have had an IEP or 504 plan could be considered disabled) will be subject to bureaucrats […]
Elwood "Sandy" Sanders is a Hanover attorney who is an Appellate Procedure Consultant for Lantagne Legal Printing and has written ten scholarly legal articles. Sandy was also Virginia's first Appellate Defender and also helped bring curling in VA! (None of these titles imply any endorsement of Sanders’ views)
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Posted on November 27, 2012. Tags: Best Interest, Blog Entry, Constitutional Rights, Disabled Children, Foreign Bodies, Government Bureaucrats, Government School, John C Calhoun, Lame Duck Session, Liberties, National Emergencies, Neglect, Paraphrase, Persons With Disabilities, President Jackson, Senator Reid, Senator Warner, Senators, Supreme Law, Urgent Matters
The so-called Convention for the Rights of the Persons with Disabilities is back again! www.parentalrights.org is reporting that Senator Reid wants to vote on CRPD this week! We need to call our senators today or tomorrow. I would say: First, a lame duck session is not appropriate for a serious matter like this treaty. Only […]
Elwood "Sandy" Sanders is a Hanover attorney who is an Appellate Procedure Consultant for Lantagne Legal Printing and has written ten scholarly legal articles. Sandy was also Virginia's first Appellate Defender and also helped bring curling in VA! (None of these titles imply any endorsement of Sanders’ views)
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Posted in News, Opinion
Posted on November 1, 2012. Tags: American Sovereignty, Amp Research, Blog Entry, Bloggers, Comfort Zone, Crpd, Disabled Children, Disabled Kids, Fan Pages, Media Campaign, Parental Rights, Parentalrights, Parents Rights, Post Messages, Ramey, Self Government, Senators, Springboard, Twitter, Vets
I know I should not quote an entire email. But bloggers are lazy too and it seems like this is best way to get the word out (from parentalrights.org: Oppose CRPD in Social Media Today! As we alerted you yesterday, we need to oppose the CRPD through social media today. Post messages on your senators’ […]
Elwood "Sandy" Sanders is a Hanover attorney who is an Appellate Procedure Consultant for Lantagne Legal Printing and has written ten scholarly legal articles. Sandy was also Virginia's first Appellate Defender and also helped bring curling in VA! (None of these titles imply any endorsement of Sanders’ views)
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Posted in News, Opinion
Posted on October 13, 2012. Tags: 1 Million, Bill Nelson, Claire Mccaskill, Democrat, Democratic Sens, Fellow, foreign aid, Freshman, Fundraising, Joe Manchin, Lindsey Graham, Money, Pac, Senate Votes, Senator Lindsey Graham, Senator Rand, Senators, Sherrod Brown, Six Figure, Target
Senator Rand Paul not only refused to back down from the “bipartisan” attack of Senators Joe Manchin (D-WV) and Lindsey Graham (R[?]-SC) but doubled down on the foreign aid issue: But Paul — a libertarian-minded freshman who often finds himself in the minority of the minority in Senate votes — doesn’t seem too concerned. “They […]
Elwood "Sandy" Sanders is a Hanover attorney who is an Appellate Procedure Consultant for Lantagne Legal Printing and has written ten scholarly legal articles. Sandy was also Virginia's first Appellate Defender and also helped bring curling in VA! (None of these titles imply any endorsement of Sanders’ views)
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Posted in News, Opinion
Posted on October 11, 2012. Tags: Aisle, Ally, Conference Call, Controversial Ads, Democrat, foreign aid, Foreign Policy, Foreign Relations, Good War, Jim Demint, Joe Manchin, Lindsey Graham, Republican President, Senator Graham, Senator Joe, Senator Lindsey Graham, Senator Rand, Senators, Telephone Conference, Trillion
I was and am elated when Senator Rand Paul ran these ads in Florida and West Virginia about their senator’s support for foreign aid for Egypt, Libya and Pakistan! I would not wait: No aid to any nation except maybe Israel! Well, Senator Manchin didn’t like his ad very much: Manchin said many senators thought […]
Elwood "Sandy" Sanders is a Hanover attorney who is an Appellate Procedure Consultant for Lantagne Legal Printing and has written ten scholarly legal articles. Sandy was also Virginia's first Appellate Defender and also helped bring curling in VA! (None of these titles imply any endorsement of Sanders’ views)
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Posted in News, Opinion
Posted on September 26, 2012. Tags: Convention On The Rights Of Persons With Disabilities, Cprd, Dick Durbin, Impeachment, Kingfish, Lame Duck Session, Liberals, Louisiana State, Objection, Parental Rights, Parentalrights, Persons With Disabilities, Senator Dick Durbin, Senator Durbin, Senator Lee, Senators, Sovereignty, State Senator, Unanimous Consent, Utah Senator
www.parentalrights.org reported and The Hill confirms that there was first a sneaky attempt to pass the sovereignty-killing, unnecessary, dangerous (especially to parental rights and homeschoolers) Convention to Protect the Rights of the Disabled (CPRD) stopped by Utah Senator Mike Lee and then the wonderful “round robin” letter Lee then produced, signed by enough Senators to […]
Elwood "Sandy" Sanders is a Hanover attorney who is an Appellate Procedure Consultant for Lantagne Legal Printing and has written ten scholarly legal articles. Sandy was also Virginia's first Appellate Defender and also helped bring curling in VA! (None of these titles imply any endorsement of Sanders’ views)
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Posted in News, Opinion
Posted on May 30, 2012. Tags: Albany Ny, Bob Casey, Carl Levin, Followers, Harry Reid, Lawmakers, Mary Landrieu, Member Of Congress, Nbsp, Priority, Republicans, Roll Call, Rush, Sen Carl Levin, Senate Democrats, Senators, Speeches, Student Loans, Time Frame, Whitehouse Gov
Earlier this month, President Obama made a big show about rolling out a “to-do” list he had for Congress. In a speech in Albany, NY, he said, “[T]oday I’m announcing a handy little ‘To-Do’ list that we’ve put together for Congress. You can see it for yourselves at whitehouse.gov. It’s about the size of a Post-It note, so every member of […]
Tom is a US Navy Veteran, owns an Insurance Agency and is currently an IT Manager for a Virginia Distributor. He has been published in American Thinker, currently writes for the Richmond Examiner as well as Virginia Right! Blog.
Tom lives in Hanover County, Va and is involved in politics at every level and is a Recovering Republican who has finally had enough of the War on Conservatives in progress with the Leadership of the GOP on a National Level.
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Posted in Senate News Briefing
Posted on February 21, 2012. Tags: Allies, Betrayal, Constitutional Concerns, Dangerous Precedent, Death Cause, Family Foundation, Fetus, Firm Believer, Fundamental Things, Hb1, Landmark Decision, Life Organizations, Life Stance, Political Ambitions, Scrutiny, Senators, Speaking Truth To Power, Spokespersons, Typo, Wrongful Death
I have been, and still am, a firm believer in the good things that the Family Foundation does. But I am not alone in scratching my head at their failure to get behind one of the most important bills of the year, House Bill 1. Here is another voice in the baffling saga of tepid […]
Tom is a US Navy Veteran, owns an Insurance Agency and is currently an IT Manager for a Virginia Distributor. He has been published in American Thinker, currently writes for the Richmond Examiner as well as Virginia Right! Blog.
Tom lives in Hanover County, Va and is involved in politics at every level and is a Recovering Republican who has finally had enough of the War on Conservatives in progress with the Leadership of the GOP on a National Level.
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Posted in News
Posted on January 9, 2012. Tags: Bill Bolling, Committee Assignments, Constitutional Authority, Financial Matters, Framers, George Mason, Governor Bill, Heart Of The Matter, House Of Delegates, Lieutenant Governor, Lt Governor, President Of The Senate, President Pro Tempore, Presiding Officer, Senate Votes, Senators, Supreme Court Appointments, Tie Breaker, Virginia Constitution, Virginia Senate
Virginia Lt. Governor Bill Bolling has done an analysis of the Constitutional Authority of the office of Lt. Governor as presiding officer of the Virginia Senate in the event of a tie. And I believe he is spot on with his read that the Constitution gives him the authority to vote in the event of […]
Tom is a US Navy Veteran, owns an Insurance Agency and is currently an IT Manager for a Virginia Distributor. He has been published in American Thinker, currently writes for the Richmond Examiner as well as Virginia Right! Blog.
Tom lives in Hanover County, Va and is involved in politics at every level and is a Recovering Republican who has finally had enough of the War on Conservatives in progress with the Leadership of the GOP on a National Level.
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Posted in Featured, Opinion
Posted on October 13, 2011. Tags: Anchor, Barack Obama, Breach, Charlie Rose, Congressmen, Debate Moderator, Firewall, Founders, Harry Reid, Knee Jerk, Legislative Gridlock, Logical Assumption, Majority Of One, Massive Collision, Moderators, Network Terminology, Paralysis, Protection Scheme, Senators, Traffic Gridlock
How many times did the debate moderator, the senile Charlie Rose et al refer to the paralysis in Washington, DC? Rose and the other moderators seem to think this gridlock is a bad thing. Well, it’s not. And it is by design. To use a network terminology, the gridlock is an intentional firewall designed to […]
Tom is a US Navy Veteran, owns an Insurance Agency and is currently an IT Manager for a Virginia Distributor. He has been published in American Thinker, currently writes for the Richmond Examiner as well as Virginia Right! Blog.
Tom lives in Hanover County, Va and is involved in politics at every level and is a Recovering Republican who has finally had enough of the War on Conservatives in progress with the Leadership of the GOP on a National Level.
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Posted in Featured, Opinion
Posted on July 21, 2011. Tags: Chairman John, Committee Chairman, False Promises, GOP, Inauguration Day, Irresponsibility, John Thune, Mitch Mcconnell, Mr President, No Doubt, Republican Policy Committee, Senate Gop, Senate Republican Leader, Senate Republican Policy Committee, Senate Republicans, Senators, Spending Habits, Two And A Half Years, Veto Threat, Virtue
As the Senate begins debate on the House-passed Cut, Cap, and Balance bill today, Senate Republicans are calling on Democrats to follow through on their past statements in support of cutting spending, capping spending, and balancing the budget by supporting the Cut, Cap, and Balance bill. Speaking on the floor this morning, Senate Republican […]
Tom is a US Navy Veteran, owns an Insurance Agency and is currently an IT Manager for a Virginia Distributor. He has been published in American Thinker, currently writes for the Richmond Examiner as well as Virginia Right! Blog.
Tom lives in Hanover County, Va and is involved in politics at every level and is a Recovering Republican who has finally had enough of the War on Conservatives in progress with the Leadership of the GOP on a National Level.
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Posted in Senate News Briefing
Posted on January 4, 2011. Tags: Claire Mccaskill, Cloture, Dangerous Precedent, Democrat, Filibuster, Filibusters, New Mexico, New York Times, Obstacles, Power Grab, Proposal, Republican Leaders, Republicans, Senate Democrats, Senate Rules, senate-majority, Senators, Tactic, Tom Udall, Tyranny Of The Majority
The New York Times reports today, “A band of Senate Democrats signaled on Monday that it would press forward when Congress convenes this week with a proposal to curtail filibusters and other methods of slowing the chamber’s work . . . . Senator Tom Udall, Democrat of New Mexico, said that he intended to call […]
Tom is a US Navy Veteran, owns an Insurance Agency and is currently an IT Manager for a Virginia Distributor. He has been published in American Thinker, currently writes for the Richmond Examiner as well as Virginia Right! Blog.
Tom lives in Hanover County, Va and is involved in politics at every level and is a Recovering Republican who has finally had enough of the War on Conservatives in progress with the Leadership of the GOP on a National Level.
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Posted in News, Senate News Briefing
