What is a conservative to do?
The General Assembly has ended its session and passed a budget.
First, the good news.
There was no tax increase.
The Senate tried to increase the tax on gasoline. Defeated.
The Senate tried to increase the sales tax. Defeated.
The Senate tried to increase the grantors’ tax. Defeated.
House Republicans stayed true […]

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One of the biggest disappointments this session and with this final budget is the continued funding of Planned Parenthood here in Virginia that both the Senate and the House had previously rejected in recent weeks.
According to the Family Foundation,
“Last month, the House of Delegates approved budget provisions prohibiting state funding of abortions and research […]

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It was great reading conservative Senator Mark Obenshain’s most recent legislative update this morning on the budget. While he had some good things to say about it, like a reduced withdrawal from the “rainy day fund” and it protects funding for rebenchmarking for K-12 education, these few accomplishes seem greatly overshadowed by its shortcomings.
Now […]

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If only the 2005 Governor’s race worked out better for republicans and we had Governor Kilgore instead of Governoe Kaine. Yesterday afternoon Kaine vetoed two bills that passed with bipartisan support, having cleared a Democrat controlled Senate, due to his opposition to capital punishment. Jerry Kilgore made no qualms about his strong advocacy for Virginia’s […]

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In a blatant display of weak leadership, Governor Kaine today buckled to the pressure of the anti-gun lobby by vetoing two gun bills that were passed with bipartisan support.
SB 436 would make it much safer and simpler for lawful citizens to transport guns in their vehicles. This particular piece of legislation passed the House […]

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If you have a second, please read Lt. Governor Bill Bolling’s latest newsletter. It lays out the differences between the Senate and the House budgets, and shows the strength that all 19 Republican Senators are showing in fighting the Democrats tax and spend policies for an expansion of government. This is all you’ll need to […]

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Lesson to Democrats, if you don’t want to vote on it don’t propose it in the first place. Delegate Ebbin’s (D-Alexandria) bill that would have called for collective bargaining for the employees of the state and local municipalities apparently sparked a confrontation in the House yesterday. Ebbin attempted to withdraw his bill but […]

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Earlier this afternoon, Virginia’s House voted to repeal the Abuser Driver fees bill (HB649) by a vote of 95-2. Now on to the Senate.

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Well in a move that should have came about sooner, the Republicans in the House of Delegates have adopted a new procedural rule that would force votes on many proposed bills that tend to die in committee. Following on the heels of Newt Gingrich’s Platform for the American people, the Democrats will now be […]

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The legislature is back in Richmond and already the Democrats are giving us reason to hide our wallets. Despite the passage by Governor Mark Warner’s largest tax increase in Virginia history back in 2004 and the transportation bill last year, the new Democrat Senate majority wants more money for transportation. They might want […]

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