According to the Washington Post blog: Del. Brian J. Moran (D-Alexandria) -Last week, Moran voted against delaying a vote to close the gun show loophole. "I stand with the families of victims from the Virginia Tech tragedy in support of closing this loophole," Moran said in a statement. On Monday, Moran's chief opponent for the … Continue reading Moran a winner this week
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VBDC breakfast: calling all Hillary supporters
The Virginia Beach Democratic Committee has been hosting a series of surrogate speakers representing the various campaigns for our candidates for president. Tomorrow, the campaign to be discussed is that of Hillary Clinton. Representing the Clinton campaign will be Susan Rowland, chief of staff for Del. Lionell Spruill and a longtime Hillary supporter. (Del. Spruill … Continue reading VBDC breakfast: calling all Hillary supporters
Friday update (01/25): verifiable voting
Weekly update of my legislative agenda issue. SB35 (Deeds), which will require that hard copy op-scan ballots be rerun through the machines in the event of a recount is scheduled to be heard in the Senate P&E Committee Wednesday morning (1/30). The committee meets at 10am. SB292 (Herring), which will require random audits of op-scan … Continue reading Friday update (01/25): verifiable voting
Civil disobedience in the face of tyranny
Virginia House Democrats participated in an act of civil disobedience today by refusing to vote on a bill that House Republicans brought to the floor even though its sponsor, Del. Adam Ebbin, had requested it be withdrawn. This behavior on the part of the majority resulted in a refusal by the minority to vote. Assembly … Continue reading Civil disobedience in the face of tyranny
Thursday update (01/24): Real estate tax relief
Weekly update of my legislative agenda issue. I've updated the bills for the most recent information publicly available. Note that committee reports for the last few days are not yet available. There is a report from the Virginian Pilot which says that a Senate subcommittee approved a 20% homestead exemption bill; however, the report does … Continue reading Thursday update (01/24): Real estate tax relief
Wednesday update (01/23): restoration of voting rights
Weekly update of my legislative agenda issue. The only remaining bill on this issue, Del. Frank Hall's HJ182, was continued to 2009 in last Friday's meeting of the House Privileges and Elections Committee. As the result, there will be no more updates on this issue. Technorati Tags: Restoring felons right to vote
CNU survey part 2
The CNU Center for Public Policy released part 2 of its recent survey of Virginia voters. The poll of 700 registered voters was conducted January 8-10 and has a margin of error of +/- 3.7%. The poll found: Most (56%) prefer to balance to budget by cutting spending without raising taxes or dipping into the … Continue reading CNU survey part 2
Senators reach bipartisan compromise on redistricting reform
As expected, the Senate Privileges and Elections subcommittee Constitutional Amendments, Reapportionment, Referenda met this morning and combined the four remaining bills on redistricting into one. The bill that survives is SB38, now patroned by Sens. Deeds, Cuccinelli, Howell and Stolle, and it will be heard by the full committee next Tuesday. From the press release: … Continue reading Senators reach bipartisan compromise on redistricting reform
Tuesday update (01/22): Payday lending
Weekly update of my legislative agenda issue. There has been no action on any of the payday lending legislation I previously listed. According to The Daily Press, both sides of the debate were supposed to have had a meeting last Saturday to try to hash out some compromise. Of course, having the second largest payday … Continue reading Tuesday update (01/22): Payday lending
Bill highlight: Massie’s HB1522 eliminates Dept
Del. Jimmie Massie (R-72) has submitted HB1522 that will eliminate the Department of Business Assistance. The bill would transfer the department's duties to the Economic Development Partnership. It seems to me that the only thing to be gained by such a move is that there will be one director instead of two. After all, the … Continue reading Bill highlight: Massie’s HB1522 eliminates Dept
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