Policy

• Leader Cantor talks summer agenda for U.S. House

  May 25, 2012

  In a memo to the House Republican caucus today, Majority Leader Eric Cantor of Virginia laid out the summer legislative agenda, which includes a vote on Ron Paul’s bill to audit the fed, and, most importantly, hopefully a vote on the Bush-era tax cuts, set to expire Jan. 1, 2013.

• The neo-con drumbeat against a McDonnell VP bid grows slightly louder (and more hysterical)

  May 22, 2012

  Former Bush speechwriter Marc Thiessen joins the Wall Street Journal in charging that because the Governor signed Bob Marshall’s bill barring Virginia law enforcement officials from detaining [...]

• Marriage is not a Contract, it is a Covenant

  May 21, 2012

  Marriage does not rest within the criteria of a contract but rather that of a covenant.

• Tim Kaine admits the Democrats have been lying about Social Security all along

  May 21, 2012

  Remember what FDR and LBJ told you about Social Security? Tim Kaine just admitted they lied.

• What should be Mitt Romney’s top issue?

  May 20, 2012

  Lots of issues face the president, but, in a national campaign, what should be the main issue discussed and campaigned on by Mitt Romney?

• How to build a new tax code for Virginia (without a tax increase)

  May 20, 2012

  Want to get rid of the BPOL tax? The machine and tools tax? The Thomas Jefferson Institute’s Michael Thompson tells us how to both and a lot more.

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• Danville City Council Debates Tobacco Tax. Again.

  May 16, 2012

  The other day I wrote about a plan to introduce a local excise tax on tobacco in the city of Danville. Yes. Danville, VA. A city with [...]

• Barack Obama: A Truly Bipartisan President

  May 16, 2012

  For the second year in a row, Barack Obama’s economic and budgetary policies have inspired lawmakers to reach across the aisle and come to a unanimity that [...]

• Boehner prepares for a second debt ceiling showdown

  May 16, 2012

  House Speaker John Boehner is looking for a second chance. In a talk at the Peter G. Petersen Foundation on Tuesday, Boehner said he intends to use [...]

• Vote against openly gay judicial nominee another black eye for Virginia

  May 15, 2012

  Bob Marshall fights to keep an openly gay judicial nominee from serving, and Virginia gets another black eye. When are we ever going to learn?

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