The following press release is from Sen. Mark Warner's office. The rollout of Warner's amendments is set for this morning at 10:15 am, with a series of back-to-back floor speeches followed by a news conference.
Here are the FDL Action health care reform highlights for Monday, December 7.
A few hours ago, Senators Orrin Hatch (R-UT) and Ben Nelson (D-NE) filed an amendment to health care reform legislation that "would bar any federally subsidized insurance plan from covering elective abortions." If adopted, the Hatch/Nelson amendment could very well represent the most extreme new anti-choice federal law [...] 
A bit of humor for a Monday afternoon. Enjoy.
If you live in Northern Virginia, this isn't too far away.
Click here for "Green" Miles Grant's live blog of the White House Clean Energy Economy Forum "from the auditorium of Washington-Lee High School in Arlington, VA." Here are some highlights:
Since Creigh Deeds' 18-point loss to Bob McDonnell on November 3, there's been a great deal of discussion as to why this happened. Was it primarily the result of broader factors and trends outside of our control here in Virginia, or was it more an outcome of an inept' [...] 
If anyone has any idea what Doug Wilder is talking about here, I'd love to know, because as far as I can tell, it's a bunch of incoherent, self-centered drivel. It's not even that I disagree with what Wilder writes, I simply have no idea what the heck' [...] 
Another day, another global warming denial op-ed by George Will in the Washington Post. But today, instead of rebutting Will's insanity, idiocy, whatever you want to call it, let me try a little thought experiment. OK, George, let's just say that there's no global warming. Let's just assume, [...] 
The following report is from a protestor who attended the Sarah Palin book signing this morning at the BJ's at Fair Lakes Shopping Center in Fairfax, Virginia. I thought it was worth passing along. 
Despite the poor weather, early turnout to fill the 8th District Senate seat left vacant when Ken Stolle won election as Virginia Beach Sheriff is heavy. Seen here is one voting place adjacent to an actual oceanfront area firehouse. Mayor Sessoms (inset center) was among the first to arrive. [...] 
I didn't drive to Staunton today for the DPVA Central Committee meeting. I know, bad blogger. :) Anyway, there are people tweeting away; here's a sampling followed by my (often snarky) comments.
The news that "some [Virginia Tech] officials called their own family members about the initial shootings in a dorm before an all-campus warning was issued" has prompted strong responses. This includes Governor Kaine, who calls the findings in a revised state report "inexcusable." It also includes Chap [...] Here are the FDL Action health care reform highlights for Friday, December 4.
I received the following email from someone who is heavily involved in Virginia Democratic politics. I thought it was worth passing along:Here are the FDL Action health care reform highlights for Thursday, December 3.
What. The. Hell?!?.
Forget the manufactured, taken-out-of-context, non-scandal "scandal" of so-called "climategate" (in actuality, the scientific evidence for man-made global warming is vast, diverse, and growing by the day), here's the real "climategate" scandal:Forget the manufactured, taken-out-of-context, non-scandal "scandal" of so-called "climategate" (in actuality, the scientific evidence for man-made global warming is vast, diverse, and growing by the day), here's the real "climategate" scandal:
I'm very happy to see this:Loudoun County is involved in a wide range of efforts to reduce the county government's energy consumption, improve energy efficiency and raise awareness about energy conservation. 
The Cook Political Report's latest ratings are out, and there's good news and bad news for Democrats. 
Instead of spending billions of dollars (which we don't have anyway) on roads or on big, white elephant projects like Bechtel's Metro to Dulles boondoggle, how about this?
I generally agree with this analysis by E.J. Dionne, that Obama's "surge-and-wind-down strategy is both gutsy and politically risky, a view that defies depictions of Tuesday's address as a contrived effort to please everyone." I also agree that Obama has basically settled on a "Goldilocks strategy: neither too" [...] 
Is Republican State Senate nominee Stephen Hunt another gay-sex-obsessed (and not in a healthy way!) "Sideshow Bob" Marshall (R-13)? Based on this and this, it sure looks that way. First, check out this lunacy.A Fairfax County School Board member has sent letters to the district's' [...] 
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