Ahead of last Saturday’s end of the session, Governor Youngkinvetoed two of the bills, and amended another. The House and Senate carried those bills over to the reconvened session, which will take up all of the Governor’s vetoes and amendements. ...
Read the full-text online article and more details about "Virginia Senate Hits Gridlock over High Court Pick: 9 Candidates Rejected While 74 Bills Remain in Limbo" by Cain, Andrew - The Washington Times (Washington, DC), February 22, 1997Cain, Andrew...
Typically, when the House and the Senate each pass similar but different bills, they each try to make the other chamber’s bill look like theirs, then work out the differences in a conference committee. If that happens here, the House will amend SB1449 to conform it to HB1601 before pass...
The smaller Senate has been meeting at a science museum where the larger space allowed for social distancing. After Monday’s pro forma meeting, lawmakers will reconvene briefly in April to consider bills the governor returns with recommended changes. Copyright 2021 The Associated Press. All rights...
Lawmakers had spent weeks during the legislative session debating and advancing proposed bills similar to the “Anti-Racism Act of 2022." It wasn't immediately clear why Republicans waited until late Saturday to take the final vote. The act had passed the Senate and Ho...
The legislation, which Republican lawmakers backed in the Democratic-led Virginia legislature, would fail in a Senate committee the following week. Still, as the lieutenant governor stood side-by-side with Youngkin and Virginia Attorney General Jason Miyares, she rallied some of the state’s ...
Senate Democrats seek inquiry into Kash Patel's use of FBI aircraft Sen. Dick Durbin, the ranking Democrat on the Senate Judiciary Committee, wants the congressional watchdog agency to examine what the FBI spent on Patel's personal travel. 8H agoU...
At no time in the nearly 400 year history of the Virginia General Assembly has there been as many women in the Senate with each female member of the majority party heading a committee. With leadership comes responsibility. Now that these women have a place in the power hierarchy of the ...
If Republicans fail to win any other Democratic-held Senate seat, they could still control the chamber with a win in Montana. The issues: Tester has run heavily on his support of abortion rights, which are popular even in the red state of Montana. Also on the ballot next Tuesday...
Jim Justice has won the state’s Senate race, according to The Associated Press, marking a critical, albeit expected, pickup for Republicans this cycle. The current governor will replace outgoing Sen. Joe Manchin (I-W.Va.), who caucused with Democrats....