Democratic Delegates Give Powerful Floor Speeches and Remind Republicans of What’s At Stake RICHMOND, VA – Today, Virginia House Democrats responded to the House Republican legislation aimed at forcibly outing transgender students. This legislation is just the latest example of a coordinated attack against transgender kids across our country. Virginia’s students are clear: they are…
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Republicans stand with MAGA extremists, not Virginia Women RICHMOND, VA – Today, after spending the last month trying to avoid voting on their extreme and dangerous abortion bills, Republicans were forced to show what we’ve always known: they stand with the most extreme MAGA wing of their party in outlawing the right to choose. Democrats…
House Democrats Filed Nearly Twenty Gun Reform Bills, All But One of Which Have Been Killed By House Republicans RICHMOND, VA – The House MAGA Republicans have killed all but one of the seventeen proposed gun violence prevention reforms proposed by Democrats. Just over two weeks ago, Democrats held a press conference unveiling their bills…
Republicans reject the will of the people in an effort to hold on to power RICHMOND, VA – Today, House Republicans, led by MAGA extremists within the Caucus, voted down numerous bills aimed at cleaning up Richmond from corruption and safeguarding our democracy. The bills would prohibit anyone who denies the state outcome of the…
Republican Department of Education focused on culture wars and defunding schools RICHMOND, VA – On the same morning that the Republican Department of Education announced that schools would lose over 200 million dollars, House Democrats gathered to talk about real solutions to our education system. While Republicans are proposing bills and budgets that ban books…
The Virginia Joint Democratic Caucuses and the Virginia Legislative Black Caucus released the following statement on the murder of Tyre Nichols at the hands of Memphis Police. Tyre Nichols was murdered by the very people who had been tasked with keeping him safe. We need accountability, but even more, we need reform and systemic change.…
House Republicans Cave to MAGA Conspiracy Theories And Weaken Our Democracy RICHMOND, VA – Today, Republicans caved to MAGA conspiracy theories and voted to roll back early voting from forty five days to fourteen, before the election (HB 1877) as well as voting in favor of HB 1693 which repeals the use of dropboxes. This,…
Republicans’ education focus remains on problems that do not exist RICHMOND, VA – Today, Virginia House Republicans voted to advance bills that are, in effect, Virginia-wide book bans, despite the fact that there is not a single locality in Virginia that does not already have standards in place for the books provided in their public…
Democrats stand united to fight for a woman’s right to choose Richmond, VA – Today, Virginia Democrats, Senator Jennifer McClellan, Senator Jennifer Boysko, Leader Don Scott, and Chair Charniele Herring, held a press conference with The Virginia Reproductive Equity Alliance Coalition, Planned Parenthood Advocates of Virginia, and other reproductive freedom advocates. “Politicians should not be…
Republicans double down on giving the biggest cuts to corporations RICHMOND, VA – Today, the House Republicans jammed through their tax bills, which benefit big corporations and the wealthy, leaving Virginia families and small businesses in the dust. House Democrats tried to get Republicans to come to the table on a plan of their own…