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The Shad Plank: The GOP chooses sides in the U.S. Senate race

July 14, 2008
Democrat Mark R. Warner made a splash when he won the support of two key Republicans in his bid for the U.S. Senate. John Chichester and Vince Callahan, both now retired, chaired the General Assembly's money committees when Warner first cut spending then raised taxes. Chichester was in the Senate and Callahan was in the House of Delegates. Warner successfully pitched the 2004 tax increases as a way to right the financial ship of state. Both men say he charted the correct course. Now comes an...

www.openmarket.org: Tax Increases Rejected as Virginia Transportation Standoff Continues

July 10, 2008
The Virginia House of Delegates rejected a Democratic plan to raise several taxes to pay for transportion.  The proposal was the same as one earlier passed by the State Senate, except that one tax passed by the Senate (a small gas tax increase) had been removed.  (Many of the taxes contained in the plan, like a grantor?s tax, were worse for the economy than a gas-tax increase.  The governor?s version of the grantor?s tax would have ripped off Northern Virginians.  Jim Bacon sums us the politics...

farewellfrank.blogspot.com: Meet Frank Wolf's Party

July 2, 2008
From the DPVA: Meet the New Republican Party of Virginia: Now Even More Extreme Frederick's recent hiring decisions show right-wing takeover of RPV RICHMOND -- It's been a month since Del. Jeff Frederick's election to Chairman of the Virginia GOP, and his moves since have quickly lived up to what pundits like Larry Sabato have called the party's "complete takeover by the far-right." [Southern Political Report, 6/8/08] Now that Frederick has nearly finished cleaning house and assembling his ne...

crackersquire.blogspot.com: Great stuff: A New Political Geography -- Role Reversals in Virginia and West Virginia Reflect National Shifts

June 28, 2008
From The Washington Post: When Sen. Barack Obama chose the Nissan Pavilion in the outer suburbs of Northern Virginia to kick off his general-election campaign, one of the 10,000 supporters there was David Bruzas, who recently moved to the fastest-growing part of a state that is moving rapidly away from its Republican past. "Being in this area has made me a lot more politically in tune with what's going on," said Bruzas, 27, a systems engineer from Illinois who moved to Fairfax County to work ...

bearingdrift.com: At the Democratic Party of Virginia Convention

June 14, 2008
3:50 p.m. Well, it?s been great fun, but I think it?s time to go. Thanks to Chairman Cranwell, Executive Director Stoney and Danae Jones, communications director, for giving me the opportunity to be here. 2:30 p.m. Mark Warner is coming on. Using Rolling Stones ?Start me up?. Warner addresses the vice presidential talk head-on: ?I?ve been working really hard since last fall; working 110% to asking the people of Virginia to send me to the United States Senate,? said Mark Warner. ?I have not s...

Recent Mentions in the Media

Burke Connection: House Stuck in Reverse

July 17, 2008
According to Republican Vince Callahan, former chairman of the House Appropriations Committee and probably the most knowledgeable Virginian with regards to ...

• HB405
  Introduced: January 06, 2006
  Status: Continued to 2007 in Transportation
  
  : Vehicle window tinting; certain allowed because of person's medical condition.
• HB1387
  Introduced: January 12, 2006
  Status: Continued to 2007 in Appropriations
  
  : Line of Duty Disability Fund; created.
• HB1650
  Introduced: November 30, 2006
  Status: G Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0847)
  
  : Budget Bill.
• HB1681
  Introduced: December 11, 2006
  Status: G Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0850)
  
  : Two-Year College Transfer Grant Program; created.
• HB1682
  Introduced: December 11, 2006
  Status: G Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0395)
  
  : Health professions, Department of; information to complainants and disciplinary proceedings.
• HB1694
  Introduced: December 15, 2006
  Status: Assigned Courts sub: Criminal Law
  
  : Magistrates; county or city may assess fixed sum in criminal or traffic cases.
• HB1710
  Introduced: December 15, 2006
  Status: G Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0851)
  
  : Treatment works; reimbursement to localities of funds for upgrades thereof.
• HB1711
  Introduced: December 15, 2006
  Status: G Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0433)
  
  : Higher Educational Institutions Bond Act of 2007; created.
• HB1712
  Introduced: December 15, 2006
  Status: Rereferred to Finance
  
  : Transportation Capital Projects Bond Debt Service Fund; created.
• HB2004
  Introduced: January 08, 2007
  Status: Left in Commerce and Labor
  
  : Minimum wage; increase per hour.
• HB2005
  Introduced: January 08, 2007
  Status: Impact statement from DPB (HB2005)
  
  : Smoke Free Air Act; created.
• HB2006
  Introduced: January 08, 2007
  Status: Assigned App. sub: Compensation and Retirement (Putney)
  
  : Line of Duty Act; definition of disabled person to include local employee.
• HB2007
  Introduced: January 08, 2007
  Status: Assigned App. sub: Compensation and Retirement (Putney)
  
  : Line of Duty Disability Benefits Fund; expenses related to certain traffic incidents credited to.
• HB2008
  Introduced: January 08, 2007
  Status: Assigned App. sub: Compensation and Retirement (Putney)
  
  : Line of Duty Disability Fund; created.
• HB2306
  Introduced: January 09, 2007
  Status: Rereferred to Appropriations
  
  : Higher educational institutions ; operational authority for areas of information technology, etc.
• HB3017
  Introduced: January 10, 2007
  Status: G Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0309)
  
  : Youth Internet Safety Fund; created.
• HB3056
  Introduced: January 15, 2007
  Status: Referred to Committee on Commerce and Labor
  
  : Credit reports; authorizes an individual to freeze access to his.
• HB3067
  Introduced: January 16, 2007
  Status: Incorporated by Appropriations (HB3202-Howell, W.J.)
  
  : Transportation Capital Projects Bond Act of 2008; created.
• HB3152
  Introduced: January 19, 2007
  Status: Left in Transportation
  
  : Motor vehicle registration fees; dedicates proceeds to transportation purposes.
• HB3178
  Introduced: January 19, 2007
  Status: Assigned App. sub: Commerce, Agriculture, and Natural Resources (Cox)
  
  : Wastewater treatment plants; funding for upgrades.
• HJ659
  Introduced: January 09, 2007
  Status: Bill text as passed House and Senate (HJ659ER)
  
  : Jamestown Day; designating as May 13, 2007, and each succeeding year thereafter.
• HJ762
  Introduced: January 18, 2007
  Status: Bill text as passed House and Senate (HJ762ER)
  
  : Celebrating the life of Robert Taylor Andrews.
• HJ777
  Introduced: January 19, 2007
  Status: Bill text as passed House and Senate (HJ777ER)
  
  : Celebrating the life of Joel Thomas Broyhill.
• HJ950
  Introduced: February 19, 2007
  Status: Bill text as passed House and Senate (HJ950ER)
  
  : Celebrating the life of J. Eldred Hill, Jr.
• HR46
  Introduced: January 10, 2007
  Status: Bill text as passed House (HR46ER)
  
  : House of Delegates; salaries, contingent and incidental expenses.

• HB29
  Introduced: December 16, 2005
  Status: Failed to pass in House
  
  : Budget Bill. Relating to the appropriation of funds for the 2004 - 06 biennium.
• HB30
  Introduced: December 16, 2005
  Status: Failed to pass in House
  
  : Budget Bill. Appropriations for 2006 - 2008 biennium.
• HB45
  Introduced: December 12, 2005
  Status: G Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0036)
  
  : Death penalty; restricted for those 18 yrs. or older at time of offense.
• HB68
  Introduced: December 15, 2005
  Status: G Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0623)
  
  : Courts Technology Fund; created, increase in certain fees.
• HB77
  Introduced: December 16, 2005
  Status: G Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0532)
  
  : Higher Educational Institutions Bond Act of 2006; created.
• HB89
  Introduced: December 16, 2005
  Status: Left in Appropriations
  
  : Retirement System; increases benefits of certain future retirees.
• HB404
  Introduced: January 06, 2006
  Status: Left in Appropriations
  
  : Jamestown-Yorktown Foundation; VDOT to convey certain property thereto.
• HB405
  Introduced: January 06, 2006
  Status: Continued to 2007 in Transportation
  
  : Vehicle window tinting; certain allowed because of person's medical condition.
• HB406
  Introduced: January 06, 2006
  Status: G Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0635)
  
  : Retirement System; purchase of prior service credit.
• HB407
  Introduced: January 06, 2006
  Status: G Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0590)
  
  : Earned income tax credit information; Dept. of Taxation share with Dept. of Social Services.
• HB539
  Introduced: January 09, 2006
  Status: Left in Commerce and Labor
  
  : Minimum wage; increase per hour.
• HB1387
  Introduced: January 12, 2006
  Status: Continued to 2007 in Appropriations
  
  : Line of Duty Disability Fund; created.
• HB1501
  Introduced: January 20, 2006
  Status: G Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0155)
  
  : Health regulatory board; investigations of licensees, certificate holders or registrants thereby.
• HB1502
  Introduced: January 20, 2006
  Status: G Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0933)
  
  : Higher educational institutions; management agreements, report.
• HB5001
  Introduced: March 15, 2006
  Status: Failed to pass
  
  : Budget Bill. Additional appropriations for 2004-2006 biennium.
• HB5002
  Introduced: March 15, 2006
  Status: G Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0003)
  
  : Budget Bill. Appropriations for 2006-2008 biennium.
• HB5003
  Introduced: March 27, 2006
  Status: Left in Finance
  
  : Budget Bill.
• HB5004
  Introduced: March 27, 2006
  Status: Left in Appropriations
  
  : Budget Bill.
• HB5012
  Introduced: May 10, 2006
  Status: G Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0002)
  
  : Budget Bill. Additional appropriations for 2004-2006 biennium.
• HB5019
  Introduced: June 20, 2006
  Status: G Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0004)
  
  : Estate tax, and land preservation tax credit; changes in provisions therefor, report.
• HB5022
  Introduced: June 20, 2006
  Status: Left in Rules
  
  : V. Earl Dickinson Tuition Grant Act; renames Tuition Assistance Grant (TAG) Act thereof.
• HB5032
  Introduced: August 28, 2006
  Status: G Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0010)
  
  : Budget Bill; additional appropriations for 2007-2008 biennium.
• HB5097
  Introduced: September 25, 2006
  Status: Left in Finance
  
  : General fund; use of year-end balance to be designated by Comptroller.
• HB5098
  Introduced: September 25, 2006
  Status: Left in Finance
  
  : Insurance license tax revenue; dedicated for transportation purposes.
• HB5099
  Introduced: September 25, 2006
  Status: Left in Finance
  
  : Budget bill; additional appropriations for 2007-2008 biennium.
• HJ189
  Introduced: January 17, 2006
  Status: Bill text as passed House and Senate (HJ189ER)
  
  : Commending the Fairfax Symphony Orchestra.
• HJ202
  Introduced: January 19, 2006
  Status: Bill text as passed House and Senate (HJ202ER)
  
  : Commending Vinton G. Cerf.
• HJ203
  Introduced: January 19, 2006
  Status: Bill text as passed House and Senate (HJ203ER)
  
  : Commending the McLean Little League all-star softball team.
• HJ230
  Introduced: January 24, 2006
  Status: Bill text as passed House and Senate (HJ230ER)
  
  : Commending the Virginia Association of Professional Lobbyists.
• HJ266
  Introduced: February 03, 2006
  Status: Bill text as passed House and Senate (HJ266ER)
  
  : Commending Robert E. Kahn.
• HJ325
  Introduced: February 16, 2006
  Status: Bill text as passed House and Senate (HJ325ER)
  
  : Celebrating the life of Roger Atkinson Kingsbury III.
• HJ383
  Introduced: February 24, 2006
  Status: Bill text as passed House and Senate (HJ383ER)
  
  : Churchill, Winston Spencer;honoring occasion of 60th anniversary of his address to General Assembly.
• HJ407
  Introduced: February 28, 2006
  Status: Bill text as passed House and Senate (HJ407ER)
  
  : Celebrating the life of John F. Herrity.
• HR3
  Introduced: January 11, 2006
  Status: Bill text as passed House (HR3ER)
  
  : House of Delegates; salaries, contingent and incidental expenses.
• HR501
  Introduced: March 27, 2006
  Status: Bill text as passed House (HR501ER)
  
  : House of Delegates; salaries, contingent and incidental expenses.