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A letter composed by Senator Michael Bennet (D-CO) and co-signed by 3 other senators, calls on Harry Reid to bring public health care option up for a vote using budget reconciliation rules. To date 18 senators and 119 house members have s… Continue

There are two bills (SB 9 and HB901)in the VA General Assembly this session that propose to strengthen the current VA seat beat laws. Currently, Virginia seat belt law is a secondary offense, meaning you can only be ticketed if you are stopped in relation to another violation. The proposed bills would make the seat belt law a primary offense allowing police officers to stop motorist who drive without wearing a seat belt without any other violations.

The senate bill SB 9 is sponsored by Sen. Har… Continue

On Saturday, December 19th, 2009, the one vote that Majority Leader Sen. Reid needed to stop the filibuster was “brokered”. I use the term brokered because that seems to be the best fit. Sen. Reid was told by President Obama to deal with Sen. Ben Nelson (D – Nebraska) who was holding out because of tax payer funded abortions that were allowed in the bill. At least, that is what he was saying. However… Continue

Remember in early summer the legislators cheered as a credit card reform bill was passed by congress and signed into law by President Obama. This was going to be so great for consumers legislators claimed.

“This is a victory for every American consumer who has ever suffered a
the hands of a credit card company,” said Sen. Christopher Dodd, D-Conn., chairman of the Banking Committee. The bill passed the Senate 90-5.



"Consumers will have more money to invest in the economy instead of paying… Continue

This past weekend at the RPV Advance, I had the opportunity to speak, albeit briefly, with Rep. Eric Cantor (VA 7th) the House Minority Whip. I asked him what current legislation, besides Health Care, in the House needs our attention. Without hesitation he told me “Barney Frank’s Budget Busting Bailout, it would make Bank Bailouts permanent.” The really name for this is the Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection… Continue