January 25, 2011 | No comments
That’s not a typo. We have multiple Quotes of the Day today. One, this morning, occurred in the House Education Sub-committee on Standards of Quality. It was considering a bill from Delegate John O’Bannon (R-73, Henrico) on childhood obesity that … Read more>
January 24, 2011 | 1 comment
The House Appropriations Sub-Committee on Technology Oversight and Government Activities released only a few hours ago its first meeting agenda — and the meeting is tomorrow morning! Why is this significant? Bills dealing with budget reform are difficult to get … Read more>
January 24, 2011 | 1 comment
We’ve had Quotes of the Day. We’ve had Bills of the Day. Now, for the first time ever, we have a Moment of the Day!
Here’s what happened:
In the House Courts of Justice Civil Sub-Committee a couple hours ago … Read more>
January 24, 2011 | 2 comments
Last week we wrote a post on urgent action needed on an important piece of legislation: SJ 307, a proposed amendment to the Virginia Constitution to protect property rights from excessive eminent domain and provide just compensation to landowners when a … Read more>
January 21, 2011 | 1 comment
This morning the House Privileges and Elections Committee voted to report the Repeal Amendment (HJ 542) to the floor by a vote of 15-7. All 14 Republicans were joined by one Democrat, Johnny Joannou (D-79, Portsmouth). The resolution … Read more>
January 20, 2011 | 2 comments
We miss Morgan Griffith at the General Assembly. As you can see from this interview with him, we appreciated his floor tactics and leadership as the House majority leader. But now we share him with the country and if this … Read more>
January 20, 2011 | No comments
Last night we were gearing up for a significant legislative battle in committee Friday morning on one of our Founding Principles — property rights. However, we learned earlier today that the proposed amendment to the Virginia Constitution will be … Read more>
January 19, 2011 | 1 comment
Today’s Quote of the Day involves your humble blogger. The Conservative Caucus annual legislative agenda news conference had hardly ended when the entire educrat establishment rushed the House Briefing Room as if there was great anticipation for its reply news conference … Read more>
January 19, 2011 | 4 comments
With housekeeping measures and session-opening pomp behind them, Virginia’s lawmakers now are at full pace in the “short session” of the General Assembly and there is no time to lose on a paramount issue that affects our freedoms — the protection … Read more>
January 18, 2011 | No comments
In a media exclusive, we have Governor Bob McDonnell’s entire news conference on education reform from earlier today. Among those who also spoke were Secretary of Education Gerard Robinson, Delegate Jimmie Massie (R-72, Henrico), the patron of school choice … Read more>