Lawmakers in both houses of Virginia legislature have approved resolutions endorsing Equal Rights Amendment, measure proposed by Congress in 1972. ..…

By what the people wanted and proceeded to advance numerous gun laws over the following week, Despite massive and turnout on Lobby Day rally on January 20th, Virginia State Congress remained unphased... Most of the bits of Virginia which are not stocked with Washington DC swamp..…

Next year, the Virginia Legislature seems poised to ratify the Equal Rights Amendment, which Congress first proposed nearly a half century ago. Under one way of counting, Virginia’s approval would be the 38th state ratification for the ERA, giving it the requisite three quarters..…

They’re going to CONTINUE to vote for warmongers for POTUS and congress! ... Virginia is not alone in the war business. Check out what “private” DoD contractors in other states such as California receive annually. ..…

She ran for Congress in Virginia's 6th district in 2012. . Copyright © 2019 Karen Kwiatkowski . ..…

The Virginia Legislature passed a resolution objecting to the Acts as beyond Congress’ constitutional power.  In response, Henry Lee submitted “An Address of the Fifty-Eight Federal Members of the Virginia Legislature,” dissenting from the Legislature’s resolutions (thus,..…

Enter “Doctor Patient Unity,” a group funded by TeamHealth and Envision Healthcare that has been spending $28 million on an ad campaign aimed at influencing the constituents of about 50 members of Congress, of whom Virginia’s Ben Cline is one. ..…

Authored by Ryan McMaken via The Mises Institute, West Virginia state lawmaker plans to re-introduce bill next session that would require Congress declare war or call forth the militia before West Virginia National Guard could be released from state control and sent into combat. ..…

You saw that in Virginia,” he said. . “Republicans believe that every life is a sacred gift from God. That is why I have asked Congress to prohibit extreme late-term abortions,” Trump added. . ..…

Virginia’s black state legislators had said they would boycott Trump‘s appearance after his harsh comments about the minority members of Congress. A statement from the Virginia Legislative Black Caucus said it was “impossible to ignore the emblem of hate and disdain that the..…

Illustration: Najeebah Al-Ghadban; Steve Helber / AP; Library of Congress; Library of Virginia . . ..…

During his state of the union address this year, Trump slammed the governors of New York and Virginia for promoting abortion up to birth and infanticide. He also called for Congress to pass a ban on late-term abortions on babies who are capable of feeling pain. . ..…

Fugitive Slaves, Virginia, 1862/Library of Congress . . “Enslavement was about the devil’s work of predatory capitalism.” — economist Julianne Malveaux . ..…

The Senate Friday defeated a measure that would prohibit President Trump from using military action against Iran without approval from Congress. . ... Tom Udall of New Mexico and Tim Kaine of Virginia, garnered the support of a few Republicans. ..…

The bill, if enacted, “would eviscerate one of the most important and widely-regarded laws that’s ever been passed by the Congress,” Rep. ... Virginia Foxx dismissed the argument that RFRA was being used to protect unfair discrimination in health care, “that is not what RFRA is..…

To Gorsuch and his ideological partners, the issue for Virginia Uranium is that Congress did not touch state rights over mining issues when it passed the AEA. ..…

During his address to both chambers of Congress the president criticized efforts Virginia and New York that would allow women to terminate nonviable pregnancies after 24 weeks. . ..…

The veteran California congresswoman claims the measure has strong bipartisan support even though two Republicans that supported it when it was first introduced in the last Congress are no longer in office. Florida’s Ileana Ros-Lehtinen retired and Virginia’s Scott Tayler failed to win..…

The states of Rhode Island join the states of Illinois, Michigan, Minnesota, New York, Pennsylvania and West Virginia to lose Congress using the data, .. ..…

Beyond recommending the passage of legislation by Congress and Virginia General Assembly, ERC report also recommends that businesses adopt their own forms of nondiscrimination policies, both to send message about the importance of in hiring and to ensure that their employees are not..…

Jefferson was a co-author of the Declaration of Independence and served as Governor of Virginia in the Continental Congress, secretary of state, secretary of war, minister of state to France and vice-president prior to becoming the third president of the U.S. . ..…

Dorr himself was a well-known abolitionist who advocated the use of federal power to abolish slavery wherever Congress could. Virginia Calhounite and Navy Secretary Abel Upshur said Dorrism showed starkly the “very madness of Democracy, and a fine example [of] the majority principle.” ..…

At the national level, news outlets are pouncing on the gender disparity in Congress. Earlier this year, West Virginia’s Carol Miller was the only Republican freshman woman to enter the 435-member House, joining an already small group of 12 female GOP lawmakers. ..…

Meanwhile, almost everyone who matters in the Virginia Democratic Party — Sen. Tim Kaine, six of the state’s seven Democratic members of Congress. Bobby Scott, the Virginia Legislative Black Caucus — have asked him to step down. . ..…

And then,  we had the case of the governor of Virginia I am asking Congress to pass legislation to prohibit the abortion of children. ... We applaud the President for condemning the abortion propositions out of  New York and Virginia and for calling on Congress to..…

TRUMP, citing New York and Virginia in calling on Congress to ban late-term abortion. And then we had the case of the governor of Virginia where he would execute baby after birth... ..…

Efforts to do so went nowhere in a Republican-controlled Congress. Former House Judiciary Committee Chairman Bob Goodlatte, R-Virginia, declined to move a bipartisan bill that was crafted to to address the court’s concern. . ..…

The most famous Ku Klux Klan official to serve in Congress was Democratic Senator Robert Byrd of West Virginia, whose tenure lasted 57 years (from 1953 to 2010). ..…

San Antonio, Texas and Virginia Beach, Va., immediately, all hope is not lost.  Congress is working to override the president's pay freeze, with House set to vote on Thursday that would reopen the government and provide federal workers with 1.9 percent pay raise. ..…

Carol Miller of West Virginia is the only elected Republican woman joining Congress..., and Shauna Shames, Congress will be U.S history 126 women will take office, including 43 women of color. ..…

Marshall devoted his decades as chief justice to explicating and upholding the people’s government against the attacks of men he deemed demagogues in Congress, in the states (including his own Virginia), and in the White House (including his own cousin). . . ..…

She worked as director of Virginia’s Democratic Campaign in2012- the force that helped to elect Kaine to the Senate, re-elect President Barack Obama and get Democratic members in Congress. ... Scott and worked as Virginia’s Outreach and Political Director of the 2008 Democratic..…

Boneta was an early supporter of , a Virginia distillery owner who was elected to Congress as a Republican in this year’s midterm elections. ..…

While the community makes up 1% of the US population, it has been underrepresented only one person of Filipino descent has Congress Bobby Scott, Democrat Virginia. This year, Filipino- Americans ran for Congress.. big political name Cristina Osmeña, the great-granddaughter of..…

Only eight of the 23 Republican women in the House will be returning in the 116th class of Congress, and one non-incumbent — Carol Miller in West Virginia’s 3rd District — has won so far. . ..…

Congress Virginia 1st District . Williams is new to politics but has emerged as a powerful voice for the underserved working-class in her community, and she could make history as the first African-American to represent Virginia’s First Congressional District. . . . . . . . . . . ..…

politician, Williams is running for Congress Virginia's 1st congressional district. ..…

Randy Forbes, the Virginia Republican who mixed church and state during his 15 years Congress, lost his battle — despite outspending his opponent by factor of 10. ..…

Senate President Pro Tem Robert Byrd of West Virginia, Congress of Constitution, led the pledge sporting tie with Old Glory motif... ..…

Some of what the Congress gave back will flow not to Virginia taxpayers, but to the state treasury. . ..…

Congress also approved little more than $3.3 billion to continue the two-a-year pace of construction of Virginia-class subs and $861 million for planning and design of Columbia-class sub this year.. ..…

Abigail Spanberger, seeking the Democratic nomination in a district in the suburbs of Richmond, Virginia, has the following declaration at the top of her campaign website: “After nearly a decade serving in the CIA, I’m running for Congress in Virginia’s 7th District to fight for..…

“This practice is outrageous, and it’s why I’ve made strengthening the Buy American Act my crusade in Congress.” . ... A Virginia-class attack submarine . . The final defense bill also prevents the Pentagon from conducting a new round of base closings and calls for an independent..…

Frank Wolf of Virginia and Jon D. Runyan of New Jersey, are retiring from Congress, concluding it was time to move on. Wolf, who represents Northern Virginia, is a persistent voice in Congress for religious and human rights.  ..…

His Excellency had only recently retired to Mount Vernon, having resigned his commission to Congress. In 1785, the Virginia General Assembly wanted a true likeness of Virginia’s favorite son. ..…

Mother’s Day Resolution through Congress.” . University of Virginia political scientist Larry Sabato says that, with a hostile GOP-controlled House and falling approval ratings, “there’s not much Obama can do.” . ..…

District Judge Roger Vinson represents more sweeping repudiation of the law than December ruling in suit brought by Virginia that found the requirement that most Americans purchase insurance to be unconstitutional.. Vinson held that Congress overstepped its authority by compelling nearly..…

In 1979, group of conservative activists led by Paul Weyrich of Free Congress Foundation and Morton Blackwell, Republican national committeeman from Virginia, went to Rev. ..…

In 1794 a group of German speakers in Virginia petitioned Congress to publish federal laws in German as well as English. ..…

Virginia leaders like Henry also were afraid that Congress' power to impose direct taxes would be used to undermine the states' power. ..…