Saturday, February 28, 2015

2015 General Assembly session update: Early Adjournment

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2015 General Assembly 

96th District, Virginia House of Delegates     February 28, 2015
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For the first time in fifteen years, the Virginia General Assembly adjourned early. Originally scheduled to complete our work today, February 28, we instead adjourned yesterday evening. Early adjournment saves taxpayer dollars, and I am pleased that our Republican-led House and Senate were able to accomplish this goal. 

I am equally proud of much of the legislation we passed this year, including a fiscally sound budget and meaningful reforms to Virginia's ethics, transparency and disclosure laws. These accomplishments stand in stark contrast to the partisan gridlock that characterizes our federal government. Following are updates on the budget and ethics bills that passed during the final days of session.
Ethics Reform
Last year, the House passed legislation significantly strengthening Virginia's disclosure requirements for legislators. This year, we expanded those efforts by creating a $100 hard gift cap, requiring legislators to have travel pre-approved by an independent commission, and prohibiting the Governor from accepting campaign contributions from businesses that are seeking money from the Governor's Opportunity Fund. 

These meaningful steps will improve transparency, hold elected officials more accountable and hopefully restore some of the public's trust in government. As a citizen legislator, I truly desire to ensure that constituents have confidence in our elected government. I believe that this year's ethics legislation is a meaningful step toward that goal. 
A Balanced Budget

Unlike the federal government, Virginia is required to pass a balanced budget. I am pleased that the General Assembly voted on Thursday to support a conservative, responsible budget that does not raise taxes and spends $1 billion less from the general fund than last year's originally-adopted budget. 


The budget also puts money into the rainy day fund, eliminates fees and debt proposed by Governor McAuliffe, and rejects Obamacare's Medicaid expansion. The budget sets aside $129.5 million for the rainy-day fund deposit in 2017, which will bring the fund's balance back to approximately $429 million. Additionally, the budget eliminates $33 million in debt and $11.7 million in fees proposed by Governor McAuliffe. 

 

To view details of the budget, please click HERE.

Around the District
Throughout the year, there are opportunities to remain politically engaged. Following is information about our local Republican committees as well as details about an upcoming event. Your advocacy and engagement on the local level are important, and I hope to see you around the district soon!

Local Republican Committees

James City County Republican Committee

York County Republican Committee

 

Peninsula Lincoln Reagan Gala 

featuring The Honorable Jim Gilmore

When: 6:00 - 9:00 p.m. on Saturday, March 14, 2015 

Where: Fort Magruder Hotel & Conference Center

6945 Pocahontas Trail, Williamsburg, VA 23185

Tickets and RSVP information: click HERE 

Stay in touch!
Now that the session has adjourned, I have returned to Williamsburg, where I am available for meetings in my district office. As always, if you need assistance with any state agency, please do not hesitate to contact me by phone at 757-223-9690 or email at DelBPogge@house.virginia.gov. 
Have a great weekend!
 
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Friday, February 27, 2015

Rally Against ObamaCare Case

     
 
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Robert, the Supreme Court's next chance to dismantle ObamaCare starts next week.

If the case goes our way, we’ll have a real chance to replace Obama’s health care takeover with free market reform.

The left is already organizing to defend ObamaCare. And we need to make sure principled conservatives like you are there as well. That's why I'm asking if you'll stand up to the liberals and fight ObamaCare by going to the Supreme Court next week.

King v. Burwell Supreme Court
Wednesday March 4, 2015 from 9:00 AM to 12:00 PM
Steps of Supreme Court
1 First Street Northeast
Washington, DC 20543

I hope you can make it out and we can show a united front against ObamaCare!

Make freedom work,

Noah Wall
Grassroots Director, FreedomWorks

 
     
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Thursday, February 26, 2015

Join Us at Supreme Court 3/4 King Case

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Alexandria Tea Party and the Obamacare Truth Squad will be among the groups on the Supreme Court steps next Wednesday during oral arguments in the King v. Burwell case.

The case points a dagger at the heart of Obamacare in the 37 states that have not adopted state exchanges.  If the King case goes our way, Virginians will no longer be subject to Obamacare mandates and penalties.

Please join us in showing the Justices that we, like most Americans, don't want this law and have never supported it.

From Tea Party Patriots -

Please join us on March 4, 2015 from 8:30am - noon in front of the Supreme Court building in Washington, DC.

March 4th, the court will be hearing oral arguments in the King v. Burwell case that deals with Obamacare subsidies. Many are saying that this could be the lynch pin that brings Obamacare down.

Do you remember all of the work you did to urge states not to set up their own exchanges so that the Federal government would be forced to set up exchanges in the states? This case is before the Supreme Court in large part because of the huge role you played in that effort. 

What: King v. Burwell Rally
Where: Supreme Court of the United States
When: March 4, 2015 8:30am - Noon

We have been in front of the Supreme Court during the oral arguments and decisions for both the individual mandate case as well as the Hobby Lobby case, and we intend to have a presence there this time as well.

If you are in the DC area, please come out to rally with us. The opposition will surely be out in full force and we need to be able to counter their showing.

Other organizations such as Competitive Enterprise Institute, American Enterprise Institute, Heritage, FreedomWorks, American Commitment, Galen Institute, and others will be joining us that day as well.

Please show up and bring your signs. We'll send more updates as things come together so be sure to keep an eye our for forthcoming emails about this event!   

In liberty,
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Check out "Republicans suspect the White House is hiding ObamaCare fallback plan" on Tea Party Command Center

National Dire…
Check out the discussion 'Republicans suspect the White House is hiding ObamaCare fallback plan'
If they are - Burwell just lied to Congress...not that it matters to the Obot crowd. Your thoughts?

*Please share this alert with other concerned friends*

Discussion posted by National Director, Dee:

Some Republicans say they simply do not believe that the Obama administration isn't developing a fallback plan in case the Supreme Court d...

Discussion link:
Republicans suspect the White House is hiding ObamaCare fallback plan

About Tea Party Command Center
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Wednesday, February 25, 2015

17-Year-Old Who Awoke From Coma After a Violent Rape Bravely Rejects Abortion



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Wednesday, February 25, 2015

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Top Stories
• 17-Year-Old Who Awoke From Coma Pregnant After a Violent Rape Bravely Rejects Abortion
• Woman Arrested for Murder After Abandoning Her Newborn, Stray Dogs Ate The Baby

• 10 Pro-Abortion Myths That Need to Be Completely Debunked
• You Won’t Believe How This Pro-Life Doctor Saved a Woman’s Baby Midway Through an Abortion


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• West Virginia Legislature Passes Ban on Abortions After 20 Weeks
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• Man Shoots Pregnant Girlfriend in the Head and Kills Her Unborn Baby

• Pro-Abortion Group Protests 20-Week Abortion Ban in Empty Room, No One Attends Rally
• Doing This With Your Unborn Baby Really Will Improve Their Language Skills Later in Life
• Teenage Girl in India Dies After Being Forced to Take Abortion Drug

• Scientist: Giving Birth to Disabled Children is a “Crime Against Humanity,” Abort Instead
• Writer Argues Abortion is a Good Thing Because It Prevents Infanticide
• What This Abortion Clinic’s Website Tells Women Will Put Their Lives at Risk
• Britain Gives Final Approval to Scientists Creating Three-Parent Embryos
• Amnesty International Pressures Ireland to Legalize Abortions, Ignores Human Rights for Babies

• Canadian College’s Student Government Bans Pro-Life Student Group Without Explanation



17-Year-Old Who Awoke From Coma Pregnant After a Violent Rape Bravely Rejects Abortion
In Australia, 17-year-old April-lee Gillen was found lying unconscious and critically injured beside a road after an attempted abduction. A motorist found Gillen and brought her to Wollongong Hospital, where she was treated for a broken angle, collapsed lung and bleeding on her brain.

Click to Read at LifeNews.com:
http://www.lifenews.com/2015/02/25/17-year-old-left-in-a-coma-pregnant-after-a-violent-rape-bravely-rejects-abortion/


Woman Arrested for Murder After Abandoning Her Newborn, Stray Dogs Ate The Baby
In Honduras, a 23-year-old woman has been charged with infanticide and abandoning a child after her newborn was left alone in a courtyard and eaten by stray dogs. The woman, Elda Esperanza Espino Garcia, lived alone and allegedly gave birth to the child behind a tree then left it alone while she returned to the house to get a blanket.

Click to Read at LifeNews.com:
http://www.lifenews.com/2015/02/25/woman-arrested-for-murder-after-abandoning-her-newborn-stay-dogs-ate-the-baby/



10 Pro-Abortion Myths That Need to Be Completely Debunked
Planned Parenthood clinics have been caught on tape telling women that no women were hurt at their clinics, even after medical emergencies had just occurred. The truth is that women do die from abortion, they do lose their future fertility, they do end up in emergency rooms.

Click to Read at LifeNews.com:
http://www.lifenews.com/2015/02/25/10-pro-abortion-myths-that-need-to-be-completely-debunked/


You Won’t Believe How This Pro-Life Doctor Saved a Woman’s Baby Midway Through an Abortion
Advancements in science and medical technology have proven to be great gifts to the pro-life movement time and time again. Doctors are able to routinely deliver premature babies at earlier and earlier stages of development.

Click to Read at LifeNews.com:
http://www.lifenews.com/2015/02/25/you-wont-believe-how-this-pro-life-doctor-saved-a-womans-baby-midway-through-an-abortion/

 



West Virginia Legislature Passes Ban on Abortions After 20 Weeks
The West Virginia state legislature passed a bill to ban abortions after 20 weeks. More than 18,000 ‘very late term’ abortions are performed every year on perfectly healthy unborn babies in America.

Click to Read at LifeNews.com:
http://www.lifenews.com/2015/02/25/west-virginia-legislature-passes-ban-on-abortions-after-20-weeks/

Obamacare Will Pay for Your Abortion But Won’t Include Your Baby in Your Health Insurance
President Obama promised that under the Affordable Care Act those who needed health insurance would be covered and that the American people wouldn’t be funding abortions. Unfortunately, it turns out that both of these promises were falsehoods.

Click to Read at LifeNews.com:
http://www.lifenews.com/2015/02/25/obamacare-will-pay-for-your-abortion-but-wont-include-your-baby-in-your-health-insurance/



Amazing Pro-Life Video “Stolen Moments” Gives a Face to Aborted Babies
An amazing new pro-life video called “Stolen Moments” gives a face to “the lives ended by abortion” according to producer Jason Vaughn.

Click to Read at LifeNews.com:
http://www.lifenews.com/2015/02/25/amazing-pro-life-video-stolen-moments-gives-a-face-to-aborted-babies/


Man Shoots Pregnant Girlfriend in the Head and Kills Her Unborn Baby
Authorities charged Brian D. Williams of Missouri Tuesday with four counts of murder in the deaths of three adults and an unborn baby. Maples’ unborn baby was estimated to be 7-8 weeks old. The baby died as “a result of being suffocated from Maples sustaining trauma from the gunshots.”

Click to Read at LifeNews.com:
http://www.lifenews.com/2015/02/25/man-shoots-pregnant-girlfriend-in-the-head-and-kills-her-unborn-baby/

Pro-Abortion Group Protests 20-Week Abortion Ban in Empty Room, No One Attends Rally
http://www.lifenews.com/2015/02/25/pro-abortion-group-protests-20-week-abortion-ban-in-empty-room-no-one-attends-rally/

Doing This With Your Unborn Baby Really Will Improve Their Language Skills Later in Life
http://www.lifenews.com/2015/02/25/doing-this-with-your-unborn-baby-really-will-improve-their-language-skills-later-in-life/

Teenage Girl in India Dies After Being Forced to Take Abortion Drug
http://www.lifenews.com/2015/02/25/teenage-girl-in-india-dies-after-being-forced-to-take-abortion-drug/

Scientist: Giving Birth to Disabled Children is a “Crime Against Humanity,” Abort Instead
http://www.lifenews.com/2015/02/25/scientist-giving-birth-to-disabled-children-is-a-crime-against-humanity-abort-instead/

Writer Argues Abortion is a Good Thing Because It Prevents Infanticide
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What This Abortion Clinic’s Website Tells Women Will Put Their Lives at Risk
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Britain Gives Final Approval to Scientists Creating Three-Parent Embryos
http://www.lifenews.com/2015/02/25/britain-gives-final-approval-to-scientists-creating-three-parent-embryos/

Amnesty International Pressures Ireland to Legalize Abortions, Ignores Human Rights for Babies
http://www.lifenews.com/2015/02/25/amnesty-international-pressures-ireland-to-legalize-abortions-ignores-human-rights-for-babies/

Canadian College’s Student Government Bans Pro-Life Student Group Without Explanation
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