Bill Howell on healthcare ruling: Law ‘deeply flawed’
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Virginia House of Delegates Speaker Bill Howell (R-Stafford) issued the following statement on the Supreme Court’s decision in King v. Burwell.
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Randy Forbes: The cost of human trafficking
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The U.S. Department of Homeland Security estimates human trafficking generates $32 billion in illegal profits per year around the globe, second only to drug trafficking.
What are the political prospects for Medicaid expansion?
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If elections were based purely on facts, Medicaid expansion would be a sure winner. The White House Council of Economic Advisors issued a report recently that said expansion would reach an additional 179,000 Virginia residents with lifesaving care. The report also said Virginia will miss out on $1.24 billion in federal funding in 2016 by not expanding Medicaid.
Democratic Party activists, state party, file suit to protect Virginians’ right to vote
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Today, two Democratic Party activists, Barbara H. Lee and Gonzalo J. Aida Brescia, and the Democratic Party of Virginia filed suit against the State Board of Elections and the Department of Elections to protect Virginians’ right to vote.
AFP endorses Emmett Hanger in 24th Senate Republican primary
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Emmett Hanger bristles when it is suggested that he isn’t a conservative, for good reason. The 20-year veteran of the State Senate of Virginia has the endorsements of the National Rifle Association, the National Federation of Independent Business and the Virginia Chamber of Commerce, among others.
How did it get this bad?
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How did it get this bad? A study published recently in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences found that telling conservatives that a light bulb is good for the environment makes them less likely to buy it.
Virginia Politics: The lull before the storm
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If the Virginia political scene seems to you to be quiet at the moment, stick around for we may just be experiencing a lull before the storm.
USA Freedom Act: Big Brother with a grin
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Sixth District Congressman Bob Goodlatte is mocking us in his latest article, “USA Freedom Act Protects Civil Liberties and National Security.” He has been sequestered in Washington so long that he believes he can blatantly lie to his constituents in the Valley. This brazen disregard for the intellect and the civil liberties of the citizens of Virginia’s Sixth District and the American people is horrifying.
Bob Goodlatte: USA Freedom Act protects civil liberties and national security
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Almost two years ago, we learned that the National Security Agency (NSA) was collecting, in bulk, Americans’ telephone records. Twenty-four hours a day, seven days a week, countless telephone metadata records are flowing into the NSA. Since then, the American people have made it clear that we need to rein in our nation’s intelligence-gathering programs and end this assault on civil liberties. I wholeheartedly agree that this program threatens Americans’ civil liberties and privacy.
Iran lobby trying to make lemonade from lemons
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The House of Representatives approved yesterday by a whopping 400-25 margin legislation giving Congress the power to review and potentially reject a nuclear agreement with the Iran regime.
