Recent Mentions on Blogs

Bleeding Heartland : Interesting piece on the group running anti-Culver ads

April 6, 2008
Remember that Republican group, Iowa Future Fund, which has been running advertisements against Governor Chet Culver since last summer? Mrs. Panstreppon alerted me to an article she wrote at TPM Cafe: American Future Fund & Iowa Future Fund, GOP Fronts. You should read the whole thing, but here are some excerpts (the embedded links did not come through--you'll have to click over to TPM Cafe to see those): American Future Fund (AFF) is running ads in support of Senator Norm Coleman (R-Minnesota...

APBnews : Trial Set in Loudoun Election Fraud Case

March 11, 2008
Forget, at least for now, about any courtroom showdown between Virginia state Sen. Jill Holtzman Vogel and the man she defeated in last summer's Republican primary, Mark D. Tate. ...

www.nvdaily.com: Senate upholds Kaine's gun vetoes

March 5, 2008
The Virginia Senate voted just minutes ago to uphold Democratic Gov. Timothy M. Kaine's veto of two firearms related bills. Of the two, Senate Bill 436 from Sen. Jill Holtzman Vogel, R-Upperville, came closest to passage, netting 25 of the 27 votes needed to override Kaine. Find the brief audio from the debate over both bills here....

www.nvdaily.com: Kaine gun vetos draw praise, protest, podcast

March 4, 2008
Democratic Gov. Timothy M. Kaine's veto of two Republican-sponsored gun bills drew a flurry of criticism and praise from some quarters on Tuesday. But legislators in the Northern Shenandoah Valley had few if any kind words for Kaine's action. A number of legislators, including Sen. Jill Holtzman Vogel, R-Upperville, the patron of Senate Bill 436, sat down in the Cheap Seats to talk about the veto on Tuesday afternoon. Find our podcast here....

The Shad Plank: Gov. Kaine has the veto pen out

March 4, 2008
A couple interesting nuggets out of the governor's office this morning. First, Gov. Timothy M. Kaine used his veto pen to re-write last year's transportation plan in the state code. Kaine got into the bill using a piece of legislation sponsored by Del. Clarke Hogan, R-Halifax. According to Kaine's press secretary, the governor went into the code and took out the portions that the Virginia Supreme Court struck down last Friday, when the state's high court dismantled the Hampton Roads Transpor...

Recent Mentions in the Media

Northern Virginia Daily: Senate votes to kill Kaine amendment package

April 24, 2008
"[The vote is] a testament to all the people that we called," said Sen. Jill Holtzman Vogel, R-Upperville, speaking of fellow power line opponents.

The Winchester Star: The Winchester Star

April 22, 2008
State Sen. Jill Holtzman Vogel, a Republican from Warrenton who won the seat in the November election, spent $1725599 to finish ahead of Democrat Karen K.

TPM: IRS to Big-Spending Attack Groups: Ahem

April 15, 2008
Alex N. Vogel and his wife, Jill Holtzman Vogel, are among the dirtiest of dirty Republican operatives. In late October 2006, Paul wrote about the ...

• SB430
  Introduced: January 09, 2008
  Status: Incorporated by Courts of Justice (SB1-Houck) (15-Y 0-N)
  
  : Civil remedial fees; repeals provision for those imposed on certain drivers.
• SB431
  Introduced: January 08, 2008
  Status: Impact statement from SCC (SB431)
  
  : Transmission lines; utility to submit to SCC plan to install underground.
• SB432
  Introduced: January 08, 2008
  Status: Impact statement from SCC (SB432)
  
  : Electrical transmission lines; damages to adjoining landowners. 
• SB433
  Introduced: January 08, 2008
  Status: Passed by indefinitely in Courts of Justice (11-Y 4-N)
  
  : Immigration laws; Governor to enter into memorandum of agreement w/Immigration and Customs.
• SB434
  Introduced: January 08, 2008
  Status: Passed by indefinitely in Education and Health (9-Y 6-N)
  
  : Illegal aliens; ineligibility for in-state tuition and educational benefits.
• SB435
  Introduced: January 08, 2008
  Status: Stricken at request of patron in Education and Health
  
  : Educational programs; computation of composite index.
• SB436
  Introduced: January 08, 2008
  Status: Senate sustained Governor's veto
  
  : Concealed weapons; allows person to carry in private motor vehicle, etc. if locked in container.
• SB437
  Introduced: January 08, 2008
  Status: Passed by indefinitely in Education and Health (10-Y 5-N)
  
  : Abortion; licensure of clinics.
• SB438
  Introduced: January 08, 2008
  Status: Stricken at request of patron in Education and Health (15-Y 0-N)
  
  : Character education; adds humane education in treatment of companion animals to programs.
• SB439
  Introduced: January 08, 2008
  Status: Impact statement from DPB (SB439ER)
  
  : Human immunodeficiency virus, etc.; testing of persons charged with crime against women.
• SB716
  Introduced: January 17, 2008
  Status: Continued to 2009 in General Laws and Technology (15-Y 0-N)
  
  : Asbestos, Lead, & Home Inspectors, Board for; home inspection include evaluation of heating systems.
• SB748
  Introduced: January 18, 2008
  Status: G Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0282)
  
  : Alternative fuels & air emissions; no permit modifications, etc. required under certain conditions.
• SB781
  Introduced: January 18, 2008
  Status: Passed by indefinitely in Education and Health (14-Y 1-N)
  
  : Higher educational institutions; enrollment of aliens.
• SJ69
  Introduced: January 08, 2008
  Status: Stricken at request of Patron in Rules
  
  : Humane Education Week; designating as first full week in February 2008, and each succeeding year.
• SJ70
  Introduced: January 08, 2008
  Status: Bill text as passed Senate and House (SJ70ER)
  
  : Development and land use tools; joint subcommittee to study.
• SJ151
  Introduced: January 30, 2008
  Status: Bill text as passed Senate and House (SJ151ER)
  
  : Commending the National Fruit Product Company, Inc.
• SJ166
  Introduced: February 06, 2008
  Status: Bill text as passed Senate and House (SJ166ER)
  
  : Celebrating the life of Eve Douglas Prime Fout.
• SJ167
  Introduced: February 06, 2008
  Status: Bill text as passed Senate and House (SJ167ER)
  
  : Celebrating the life of Claude Baker Smalts, Jr.
• SJ228
  Introduced: February 26, 2008
  Status: Bill text as passed Senate and House (SJ228ER)
  
  : Commending Sterling Grooms.
• SJ250
  Introduced: March 03, 2008
  Status: Bill text as passed Senate and House (SJ250ER)
  
  : Commending Walter Barr.