Featured

Cox Bill to Support Innovative Rehab for Wounded Warriors Advances

February 3, 2010 · Leave a Comment 

HB 128 advanced out of subcommittee today with unanimous, bipartisan support. Del. Kirk Cox introduced the bill to provide a free, one-year fishing license to military personnel and veterans with service connected disabilities receiving treatment from a military or veterans hospital in Virginia or an adjoining state. The idea for the bill came from a program started at Walter Reeed in 2005. Project Healing Waters found that fly fishing and tying proved very therapeutic for soldiers, sailors, airmen and marines  recovering... [Read the full story]

Health Care

Caucus Leaders tell US Senators about unfunded costs of Obamacare

December 17, 2009 · 1 Comment 

Speaker Howell and House Appropriations Chairman Lacey Putney wrote to Senators Warner and Webb about the extensive costs that Obamacare would impose on state government (see letter text). In addition to the impact of adopting so-called Health Care Reform on the Federal budget deficit, Howell and Putney detail the impact on Virginia’s budget. Fearing that the Democrats in Congress will try to hide the true costs of this ill-considered Pelosi-Reid health care scheme, Howell and Putney did extensive research to document... [Read the full story]

Budget

Delegate Kirk Cox on WRVA with Jimmy Barrett

December 30, 2009 · Leave a Comment 

Delegate Kirk Cox on WRVA with Jimmy Barrett on December 30, 2009 discussing the War of 1812, and shifting the budget process in Virginia. Audio clip: Adobe Flash Player (version 9 or above) is required to play this audio clip. Download the latest version here. You also need to have JavaScript enabled in your browser.AudioPlayer.embed("audioplayer_1", {soundFile:"aHR0cDovL3d3dy52YWhvdXNlZ29wLmNvbS9hdWRpby8xMjMwMDkgS2lyayBDb3gubXAzA"});  Read More →

Education

Taxes

Tax Increase Proposal Defeated in House of Delegates

January 29, 2009 · Leave a Comment 

A subcommittee of the House Finance Committee defeated a cornerstone of Governor Kaine’s legislative agenda in a bi-partisan vote.   With a vote of 9 – 2 the subcommittee voted down a tax increase on tobacco products. Three of the five Democrats on the panel voted against the proposal.  Read More →

Elections

Speaker Bill Howell on WRVA – On Election Results and Larger Republican Majority

November 6, 2009 · Leave a Comment 

Speaker Bill Howell was on WRVA on Nov. 5 with Jimmy Barrett – discussing Tuesday’s election results and the larger Republican Majority in the House of Delegates. Audio clip: Adobe Flash Player (version 9 or above) is required to play this audio clip. Download the latest version here. You also need to have JavaScript enabled in your browser.AudioPlayer.embed("audioplayer_2", {soundFile:"aHR0cDovL3d3dy53aWxsaWFtamhvd2VsbC5vcmcvZmlsZXMvYXVkaW8vMTEwNTA5X0JpbGxfSG93ZWxsLm1wMw"});  Read More →