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Virginia GA Passes Budget Without Medicaid Expansion

By Tim Hannigan|2019-05-11T16:12:04-04:00June 17th, 2014|Categories: Featured, News|Tags: general assembly, Governor Terry McAuliffe, house of delegates, Marketplace VA, Medicaid, Medicaid expansion, Senator Black, Virginia Budget, Virginia Senate|

After 11:00 PM this evening (June 12), the Virginia Senate passed an amended SB 5003, its version of a 2015-16 budget, on a vote of 21-18. The bill excludes Marketplace VA, a so-called commercial insurance program that would have been the vehicle for expanding Medicaid. In effect, the ”clean budget” bill decouples Medicaid expansion from the budget, breaking the impasse […]

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Victory: Working Together – Pragmatism and Principle

I wanted to make sure that the contribution of the Tea Party wasn’t lost in this latest election. A large portion of the victory in these 2011 elections was because of Tea Party groups across the state. In the case of Bill Stanley (20th State Senate District) it was the Danville, Lynchburg, Southside, and Franklin [...]