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House GOP Deep-Sixes Transportation Solution
Today the Republican Majority of the House of Delegates killed the first comprehensive transportation funding solution to reach a floor vote in years. Yesterday, House Democrats announced an amendment that would have maintained the Senate plan for statewide funding solutions and to cut the food tax, while not raising the gas tax. Senate Democrats endorsed [...]
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House Republicans Announce Transportation Plan
In this exclusive video obtained by Assembly Access, House Republican leaders announce their plan to fix Virginia’s transportation crisis:
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REPUBLICAN LEADERS HAVE ?NO PLAN AND NO VISION? FOR TRANSPORTATION
***PRESS MEMO***
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Friday May 16, 2008
The Republican leadership has clearly stated that they have no idea how to solve our transportation crisis, relieve congestion on our roadways, ensure the safety of our highways and bridges, or make investments that will grow our economy. When faced with Virginia’s growing transportation [...]
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Republicans throw in the towel
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
April 25, 2008
HOUSE MAJORITY LEADER’S SOLUTION TO VIRGINIA’S TRANSPORTATION PROBLEMS:
JUST GIVE UP
Delegate Morgan Griffith Declares Transportation Talks “Dead on Arrival” and Refuses to Show Up to Meeting to Discuss Transportation
(Richmond, Va.) - Virginians throughout the Commonwealth trapped in gridlock can once again thank the Republican majority in the House of Delegates who continue [...]
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Republicans block health insurance expansion
The environment wasn’t the only victim of yesterday’s veto session - House Republicans also squashed funding for a public-private partnership that would have helped provide health insurance to low-income workers employed by small businesses.
In the video below, Del. Brian Moran explains how the pilot program would have helped lower insurance costs for all Virginians.
The amendment [...]
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GOP weakens green building measure
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 [...]
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Bill Howell: Above Politics?
As embattled House Speaker Bill Howell clings tenuously to his shrinking majority, he has attempted to lay preemptive blame for Virginia’s transportation crisis on Democrats - before a plan has even been introduced.
You’ll excuse us if his complaints ring hollow, since Bill Howell is no stranger to playing politics when [...]
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Del. Ward Armstrong on HB3202
Earlier today, House Democratic Leader Ward Armstrong rose on the floor to respond to Del. Terry Kilgore’s defense of last year’s disastrous, unconstitutional transportation plan, HB3202.
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House Democrats Declare Victory on Protecting Public Education
RICHMOND - House Democratic leaders celebrated a victory today in protecting Virginia’s education system when House Republican budget conferees ?walked away’ from their demand to drastically reduce future funding for K-12 education. The proposed changed to the Standards of Quality would have cut $78 million from this years budget and upwards of $250 million in [...]
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Del. Bob Marshall blasts ?secret subcommittees?
Republican Dels. Bob Marshall and Todd Gilbert held a press conference yesterday regarding their bills to carry concealed firearms on college campuses. Specifically, they were dismayed that they did not receive the “mere courtesy” of having their bills even heard in “secret subcommittees where they kill bills without a record of votes.”
The tyranny of the [...]
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