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Week 7: Show Me The Money!
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Week 7: Show Me The Money!

  • By: Cindy Cunningham
  • On: February 24, 2024

Last weekend the House and Senate budget committees presented their amendments to the (Governor’s) introduced budget bills. By the end of this week, the House ….

Week Six: The Crossover!
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Week Six: The Crossover!

  • By: Cindy Cunningham
  • On: February 17, 2024

This was crossover week, when the House had to take any action on House bills, and the Senate had to take any action on Senate ….

Week 5: The last full week before crossover!
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Week 5: The last full week before crossover!

  • By: Cindy Cunningham
  • On: February 10, 2024

This was the last week before crossover. All bills that will make it to the other chamber had to be heard in committee this week. The ….

Week 4: Things are really getting going now!
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Week 4: Things are really getting going now!

  • By: Cindy Cunningham
  • On: February 3, 2024

Things are starting to move along in week four, as bills with fiscal impacts need to be in the money committees by now in order ….

Week 3: What we’re keeping an eye on in the General Assembly
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Week 3: What we’re keeping an eye on in the General Assembly

  • By: Cindy Cunningham
  • On: January 27, 2024

We’re keeping an eye on interesting bills and hot topics; keeping an eye on the freshmen delegates and senators as they pass their first bills; ….

Week Two: Bright ideas and taking out the trash
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Week Two: Bright ideas and taking out the trash

  • By: Cindy Cunningham
  • On: January 20, 2024

The General Assembly got down to business this week, with lots of committee and subcommittee work and very short floor sessions. Democrats quickly disposed of ….

Welcome to the 2024 General Assembly session!
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Welcome to the 2024 General Assembly session!

  • By: Cindy Cunningham
  • On: January 13, 2024

Welcome to the 2024 General Assembly session! With Democrats controlling both the House and the Senate by narrow margins, and a GOP Governor, it’ll be ….

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Youngkin’s budget proposal takes from the poor to feed the rich

  • By: Cindy Cunningham
  • On: December 21, 2023

Yesterday Governor Youngkin presented his budget proposal, a map of his priorities and values, his and the VAGOP’s.  It creates a $3.5 billion loss of ….

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Welcome to the 2023 General Assembly Session!

  • By: Cindy Cunningham
  • On: January 14, 2023

Welcome to the 2023 General Assembly Session Welcome to the 2023 General Assembly session! Virginia Progressive Legislative Alert Newsletter January 14, 2023 The General Assembly ….

2022 VAPLAN Scorecard is here!
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2022 VAPLAN Scorecard is here!

  • By: Cindy Cunningham
  • On: March 26, 2022

The 2022 General Assembly session may have gone into overtime, but enough of the work is done to present our fifth annual scorecard! It was ….

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    Dem LG Q: Policies to balance students' gender identity and parents' bathroom/locker concerns?
    Bastani: Resources, mental health assistance
    Salgado: This is a GOP cultural wedge issue, not an actual problem
    Lateef: PWC has model nondiscrimination policies, open environment
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    Dem LG debate Q: How address domestic violence prevention spending cuts?
    Stoney: nonprofit safety nets need continued funding
    Bastani: Dom. violence comes from economic issues, mental illness issue. Min wage, repeal RTW.
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    Dem LG debate Q: What is your position on DEI?
    Rouse: It's part of VA code. We need to stay focused on winning this elex to push back.
    Stoney: We believe in equal opportunities. Look at VMI removal by Youngkin.
    Bastani: In 1st month in office we have to repeal RTW, to end discrim
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    Dem LG debate Q: Is history being fully/accurately taught?
    Hashmi: Experts revised standards, Youngkin radically changed.
    Rouse: Have to start telling full history, fight back. We're more than just athletes.
    Stoney: The antebellum atrocities started in VA, students should know.
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    Dem LG debate 1/2 Q: COVID-related learning loss programs?
    Lateef: pay teachers more, state contributions
    Hashmi: Chair Education committee, wrote omnibus funding bill, extra math funds
    Rouse: supported teacher pay raise, support staff pay

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