Recent Mentions on Blogs

Spank Zone - Hillary Haaawww!!!! Hillary Haaawww!!!!: Stupid Is as Stupid Does: Democrats Prop Up Price of Oil

July 10, 2008
It can not get any clearer than this post by RK, "Thank You for Voting No to Off-Shore Drilling", to display exactly why Virginian's are paying $4 a gallon for gasoline! The Liberals are thanking anyone inclined to vote against increasing domestic production; ala Governor Mark Warner, who vetoed off-shore drilling, and continuing to shackle the United States to foreign oil. You have folks who decry the speculators for raising the price of oil on Wall Street, but at the same time give them al...

Raising Kaine The Voice of Progressive Virginia : "Green Globes" Rises from the Dead

April 23, 2008
This is pathetic: Mere hours after Earth Day, House Republicans defeated an amendment from Gov. Tim Kaine that would have strengthened Virginia's environmental standards for new state buildings (Raising Kaine covered the details of the amendment last week). In the video below, Del. David Toscano explains how the LEED rating system is a "much more stringent and rigorous" approach than the watered-down standards favored by Republicans. The amendment was defeated on a near party-line vote. Here ...

Raising Kaine The Voice of Progressive Virginia : "Green Globes" Rises from the Dead

April 23, 2008
This is pathetic: Mere hours after Earth Day, House Republicans defeated an amendment from Gov. Tim Kaine that would have strengthened Virginia's environmental standards for new state buildings (Raising Kaine covered the details of the amendment last week). In the video below, Del. David Toscano explains how the LEED rating system is a "much more stringent and rigorous" approach than the watered-down standards favored by Republicans. The amendment was defeated on a near party-line vote. Here ...

Raising Kaine The Voice of Progressive Virginia : Tell the House General Laws Committee to Fight for Smokefree Air!

February 13, 2008
Just got an alert from Smokefree Virginia Now:The smoke free air bills are still alive and will be voted on in the ABC/Gaming subcommittee THIS THURSDAY, February 14, 2008. The Chairman of the ABC/ Gaming subcommittee personally does not like the idea of telling restaurant owners what to do, has publicly stated in the press he will kill the bills in subcommittee, thus not allowing the full committee to vote on the bills. "They're all in the tank, we killed them all. If the restaurants want to ...

Raising Kaine The Voice of Progressive Virginia : Tell the House General Laws Committee to Fight for Smokefree Air!

February 13, 2008
Just got an alert from Smokefree Virginia Now:The smoke free air bills are still alive and will be voted on in the ABC/Gaming subcommittee THIS THURSDAY, February 14, 2008. The Chairman of the ABC/ Gaming subcommittee personally does not like the idea of telling restaurant owners what to do, has publicly stated in the press he will kill the bills in subcommittee, thus not allowing the full committee to vote on the bills. "They're all in the tank, we killed them all. If the restaurants want to ...

Recent Mentions in the Media

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• HB1214
  Introduced: January 09, 2008
  Status: G Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0019)
  
  : Trees, state-owned; increases minimum threshold for sales thereof from state forests.
• HB1215
  Introduced: January 09, 2008
  Status: G Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0326)
  
  : Charter; City of Emporia. 
• HB1216
  Introduced: January 09, 2008
  Status: Left in Appropriations
  
  : Planning time for school teachers.
• HB1217
  Introduced: January 09, 2008
  Status: G Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0327)
  
  : Charter; Town of Lawrenceville. 
• HB1464
  Introduced: January 15, 2008
  Status: G Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0197)
  
  : Trooper Robert A. Hill Memorial Bridge; designating as bridge over Route 58 in Southampton County.
• HJ215
  Introduced: January 14, 2008
  Status: Left in Rules
  
  : Jails, local and regional; joint subcommittee to study mental health services.
• HJ406
  Introduced: February 15, 2008
  Status: Agreed to by Senate by voice vote
  
  : Commending Mount Calvary Baptist Church on the occasion of its 115th anniversary.
• HJ494
  Introduced: February 26, 2008
  Status: Agreed to by Senate by voice vote
  
  : Commending Samantha Urquhart.
• HJ516
  Introduced: February 27, 2008
  Status: Agreed to by Senate by voice vote
  
  : Commending Sidney Rawls III.
• HJ517
  Introduced: February 27, 2008
  Status: Agreed to by Senate by voice vote
  
  : Commending Anita Renee Ricks.

• HB1593
  Introduced: January 20, 2006
  Status: Tabled in Education
  
  : Childhood obesity; Board of Education & Health Department establish standards to prevent thereof.
• HB2460
  Introduced: January 09, 2007
  Status: G Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0289)
  
  : Charter; Town of Boykins. 
• HB2809
  Introduced: January 10, 2007
  Status: G Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0214)
  
  : National Guard; employment protection.
• HJ726
  Introduced: January 10, 2007
  Status: Bill text as passed House and Senate (HJ726ER)
  
  : Healthy Virginians/Healthy Students Week.  
• HJ727
  Introduced: January 10, 2007
  Status: Referred to Committee on Rules
  
  : Childhood obesity; local school divisions encouraged to continue efforts to address.
• HJ845
  Introduced: February 02, 2007
  Status: Bill text as passed House and Senate (HJ845ER)
  
  : Celebrating the life of Senior Trooper Robert A. Hill, Sr.
• HJ969
  Introduced: February 19, 2007
  Status: Bill text as passed House and Senate (HJ969ER)
  
  : Commending Chapel Hill Baptist Church on the occasion of its 100th anniversary
• HJ997
  Introduced: February 19, 2007
  Status: Bill text as passed House and Senate (HJ997ER)
  
  : Commending the Pegram Family.
• HR89
  Introduced: February 23, 2007
  Status: Bill text as passed House (HR89ER)
  
  : Commending Ebony Thompson.
• HR91
  Introduced: February 23, 2007
  Status: Bill text as passed House (HR91ER)
  
  : Commending Lucas Mineika.

• HB1590
  Introduced: January 20, 2006
  Status: Fiscal impact statement from DPB (HB1590)
  
  : Teachers; salary should equal or surpass national average for those in public schools.
• HB1591
  Introduced: January 20, 2006
  Status: Left in Appropriations
  
  : Office of Small Business Advocacy; created.
• HB1592
  Introduced: January 20, 2006
  Status: Stricken from docket by Agriculture, Chesapeake and Natural Resources
  
  : Farm produce; allows farmers to sell if they meet certain conditions, penalty.
• HB1593
  Introduced: January 20, 2006
  Status: Continued to 2007 in Education
  
  : Childhood obesity; prevention and reduction in public schools.
• HJ471
  Introduced: March 06, 2006
  Status: Bill text as passed House and Senate (HJ471ER)
  
  : Celebrating the life of Linwood Brown, Jr.
• HJ516
  Introduced: March 06, 2006
  Status: Bill text as passed House and Senate (HJ516ER)
  
  : Commending Alton F. Owen, Sr.
• HJ517
  Introduced: March 06, 2006
  Status: Bill text as passed House and Senate (HJ517ER)
  
  : Commending Kelsey Pedigo.
• HJ5029
  Introduced: April 19, 2006
  Status: Bill text as passed House and Senate (HJ5029ER)
  
  : Commending Sunbeam Baptist Church.
• HJ5069
  Introduced: May 25, 2006
  Status: Bill text as passed House and Senate (HJ5069ER)
  
  : Commending Dale W. Baird.
• HJ5166
  Introduced: September 27, 2006
  Status: Bill text as passed House and Senate (HJ5166ER)
  
  : Commending the Davis family and the Davis and Sons Truck Terminal; 50th anniversary.
• HR30
  Introduced: March 08, 2006
  Status: Bill text as passed House (HR30ER)
  
  : Commending Darius Hargrove.
• HR31
  Introduced: March 08, 2006
  Status: Bill text as passed House (HR31ER)
  
  : Commending Caleb Pearson.