Senate Subcommittee Kills Repeal of One Gun a Month
Virginia Doesn’t Make Sweet Sixteen in Race to the Top Funding
Virginia Shut Out, NC A Finalist
Senate Committee Approves McDonnell’s Charter Proposals
Wilder Talks Guns, Obama and Charters
McAuliffe Works to Burnish Local Party Credentials
Car Title Lending Bill Heading to House Floor
Lawmakers Could Impose Strict Fee Caps on Court Appointed [...]

Landmark “One Gun a Month” Curb Faces Test in Virginia Senate
Rove v. Tom Davis Incident Recounted in Rove’s New Book
Webb Says Taxpayers Deserve $10 Billion from Bonuses
Kaine Not Worried about the Politics of Health Care
McDonnell Criticizes “Kill Bill” Subcommittees
Wilder Says Government Shouldn’t Focus on Niceties
Perriello Donates Rangel Campaign Contributions
House, Senate Begin Budget Battle
McDonnell Presses Negotiators [...]

Henry Marsh, Senate Courts of Justice Committee Chair, announced the formation of a special subcommittee to deal with the raft of gun legislation coming out of the House.
Marsh appointed three Democrats, Toddy Puller, Janet Howell, Louise Lucas, and one Republican, Fred Quayle to the committee, none of whom are likely to support repealing, for example, [...]

1. Budgets are Values
Where you spend your money is one of the clearest expressions of what your values really are. The same is true of governments. This week Bob McDonnell put forward his list of budget recommendations and his proposals are consistent with the ideas he articulated during the campaign. New dollars are being directed [...]

1. Wilder’s Politico Buzz
Politico has quickly become on of the most widely read sources among Washington insiders.  It didn’t take long  for Doug Wilder’s article criticizing President Obama’s White House team and suggesting that Tim Kaine is not the best fit for the DNC Chair to be all the buzz on the news, cable and talk radio [...]

House Panel Votes to End One Gun a Month Law
Senate Democrats in a Bind on Balancing State Budget
Chris Mathews HardBall: GOP Bill Introduced to Save Humans from AntiChrist
McDonnell Privately Proposes Children’s Insurance, Education Cuts
McDonnell Will Not Tackle Education Funding Goals This Session
McDonnell Talks to Northrop Grumman About Headquarters Move
Democrats Angry at Johnson for Switching Votes [...]

McDonnell Wants to Loosen State Charter Laws
McDonnell Wants More Charters, Other Cite Constitutional Concerns with Plan
Newman Sponsors McDonnell Education Bills
Virginia is Third in Advanced Placement Test Rankings
Norfolk Council to Schools: Come Clean on Testing Issues
Henrico Apologizes for Poor Decision on Schools
McDonnell’s Anti-bias Order Removes Language on Sexual Orientation
Human Microchips Seen By Some In House as [...]

Wilder: Obama Needs a Shakeup
Wilder Calls on Kaine to Resign as DNC Chair
Wilder Calls for Overhaul
McDonnell Advisers Talk Budget With Senate Critics
McDonnell Says Franklin Mill Has More than 15 Potential Buyers
McAuliffe and McDonnell Could Partner on Purchase of Mill
Proposal for Bipartisan Redistricting Advances in Senate
Tunnel Tolls Proposal Dropped
House Votes to Suspend AEP Rate Charge
House Bill [...]

Wilder Says Reid Should Apologize to Nation
Wilder-John King-CNN Transcript
Kaine Says Reid Should Not Resign Over Obama Remarks
UVA to Name President Monday- Ayers Says He’s Staying at UR
Legislators Brace for “Brutal” Budget Balancing
Virginia Special Election Has Balance of Power Riding on It
Absentee Ballots and Turnout in 37th District Race
Joe the Plumber Stumps with Verga in Danville
Kaine, [...]

1. Mims Joins Suit Threat Against the Cornhusker Kickback
Outgoing Attorney General Bill Mims joined with 12 other GOP AG’s across the nation to threaten a lawsuit if Congress ultimately endorses the Cornhusker Kickback, the deal which got Nebraska a $100 Million Medicaid subsidy in return for Senator Ben Nelson’s “yes” vote on the health care [...]