Delegate Bob Brink (D-Arlington)

Party Democratic Photo of Bob Brink
District 48: County of Arlington (part) [map]
Took Office January 1998
Next Election November 2009
Committees Appropriations, Privileges and Elections, Transportation
Website bobbrink.org
Fundraising $8,227 cash on hand (From VPAP)
Copatroning Habits 74% of bills he copatroned were introduced by Democrats. Of all of the copatrons of his bills, 84% of them are Democrats. Of all of the copatrons of all of the bills that he also copatroned, 59% of them are Democrats.
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Donor Sector Total
Brink, Robert H Democratic candidate contributions to own campaign $6,000
Virginia Democratic Party Democratic Party committees $5,766
Virginia Bankers Association Commercial banks & bank holding companies $2,000
Fu, Edward Y Uncoded $2,000
Virginia Health Care Association Nursing homes $2,000
Virginia Dental Association Dentists $1,500
Northern Virginia Association Of Realtors Real estate $1,000
Virginia Coal Association Coal mining $1,000
Arlington Professional Fire Fighters Police & fire fighters unions and associations $1,000
Virginia Cable Telecommunications Association Telecommunications $1,000

Data provided by The National Institute on Money in State Politics.

Recent Mentions on Blogs

First full week at General Assembly Jan 17-22nd

January 25, 2010
Delegate Bob Brink (D-Arlington) introduced a bill to impose Kaine's $2 Billion Income Tax increase in the House. Normally, these bills are sent to the House Finance Committee where the Republican majority defeats these ill-conceived ...

How Does Virginia Compare on State Income Taxes?

January 22, 2010
On December 29, 2009, we growled about a Washington Post story, which noted that Arlington County delegate Bob Brink had “a long history of patroning St. Jude bills -- bills of lost causes. This year, outgoing Gov. ...

Unanimous vote kills Kaine's proposed tax increase | HamptonRoads ...

January 22, 2010
House Republicans declared Kaine's proposal dead on arrival last month, but they refused to allow the bill's sponsor, Del. Bob Brink, D-Arlington, to withdraw the measure when it reached the floor Thursday afternoon. .... If any senator or delegate would be embarrassed by a bill, they shouldn't have supported it in the first place! Of course, they are not "embarrassed"; they are "caught red handed" trying to tax the very people whom they purport to want to help, ...

Va. House kills Kaine's income tax plan | Washington Examiner

January 21, 2010
House Republicans had shipped the doomed legislation out of committee quickly and refused to let the bill's patron -- Del. Bob Brink, D-Arlington -- remove it from the agenda. The new 1 percent income surtax would have replaced the ...

Va. lawmakers face daunting budget challenges | Washington Examiner

January 12, 2010
All the easy reductions have been made, said Del. Bob Brink, D-Arlington, a member of the House Appropriations Committee. On top of that, he said the commonwealth has nearly tapped out its alternatives to slashing spending. ... Delegate Bob Marshall is going to introduce HB10, which would nullify Federal health care intervention in Virginia. The 10th Amendment says that all powers not specifically granted to the Federal government reside with the States or with the People ...
Recent Mentions in the Media

Sun Gazette: GOP Vice Chairman Hoping to Move Up to Top Post

February 4, 2010
He was a strong candidate, who through hard work and bold ideas gave [Democratic 48th District Del.] Bob Brink quite a scare,? Berg said.

The Virginian-Pilot: Some question GOP's motives in panel picks

January 30, 2010
Some question GOP's motives in panel picksArlington Democratic Del. Bob Brink was dismayed to learn recently of his removal from the House Privileges and Elections Committee, ...and more »

Sun Gazette: Brink Proposes Establishing State Office of Inspector General

January 27, 2010
Del. Bob Brink (D-48th) has introduced legislation to create an office of state inspector general, which would examine the ...

Washington Examiner: Va. House kills Kaine's income tax plan

January 21, 2010
Va. House kills Kaine's income tax planHouse Republicans had shipped the doomed legislation out of committee quickly and refused to let the bill's patron -- Del. Bob Brink, D-Arlington -- remove ...and more »

Washington Post: Va. House kills Kaine's income tax increase proposal

January 21, 2010
Va. House kills Kaine's income tax increase proposalOnly the sponsor, Del. Bob Brink, abstained from voting on the bill because well, you can't vote against your own bill. Democrats accuse Republicans of ...and more »
From the Legislator’s Website

Farewell (For Now)

January 9, 2010

From the Archives

December 3, 2009

Don?t forget to set your clocks back 12 years.

November 1, 2009

Precriminations, Part I

October 23, 2009

Oh, please tell me one of them wasn?t ?Turd Blossom?

October 18, 2009

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