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Lingamfelter Receives “A” on Virginia Chamber of Commerce’s 2012 Legislative Report Card
Lingamfelter Receives “A” on Virginia Chamber of Commerce’s 2012 Legislative Report Card -Report Card Evaluates Legislators’ Support of Key Priorities and Initiatives of Virginia’s Business Community- Woodbridge- The Virginia Chamber of Commerce recently released its 2012 General Assembly Report Card. Delegate L. Scott Lingamfelter (R-Prince William, Fauquier) was pleased to receive a [...]
Prince William County Police- Violent crimes down 20 percent last year in Prince William
From InsideNoVA- http://www2.insidenova.com/news/2012/apr/10/police-violent-crimes-down-2011-ar-1832450/ Crime continues to be down in Prince William County last year, following a 15 year trend, authorities said. Police released their 2011 crime statistics Tuesday in a press conference at the McCoart administration building. In it, police Chief Charlie T. Deane said violent crime dropped 20.7 percent. Their findings revealed murders went [...]
Lingamfelter Report: Yes Virginia Liberals, Voter Fraud is Real
For several years, Republicans in the General Assembly, including me, have advanced efforts to address voter fraud. It’s hardly deniable given recent history. Take the 2008 General Election that put former “Saturday Night Live” comedic clown Al Franken of Minnesota in the US Senate. A study by Minnesota Majority, a conservative watchdog group, found that [...]
Letter from Governor McDonnell to Budget Conference Committee
I wanted to pass along a letter that was sent from Governor McDonnell to the Budget Conference Committee urging them to roll up their sleeves and get to work on Virginia’s two year budget. The Governor lays out the negative impacts of a timely budget on the state and local governments and agencies. Letter from [...]
What are your thoughts on the budget stalemate?
The Virginia General Assembly is one day away from the scheduled end of the 2012 Legislative Session. We are one day away but we still haven’t been able to get a budget through the State Senate because Senate Democrats voted together to prevent budget discussions. Remember, their vote wasn’t to pass the final version of [...]
Press Release: Governor McDonnell Issues Statement on General Assembly Move to Appoint Budget Workgroup
RICHMOND – Governor Bob McDonnell issued the following statement this afternoon after both houses of the General Assembly appointed representatives to work out a possible budget deal, despite Senate Democrat’s persistence to block the passage of a budget with only four days left in the 2012 General Assembly session. “While it is still extremely frustrating [...]
PRESS RELEASE- Senate Democrats Fail to Pass Virginia’s Two Year Budget
News Release For Immediate Release: Thursday, March 1st, 2012 For More Information: Andrew Clark Office of Delegate Scott Lingamfelter (804) 698- 1031 Senate Democrats Fail to Pass Virginia’s Two Year Budget -House Republicans Continue to Urge Senate Democratic Caucus to Show Leadership and Work to Finalize State’s Finances- Richmond, Virginia- Yesterday, Senate Democrats collectively voted [...]
Session Update 6: The End of Crossover
Dear Friends, As I wrote in my last report to you, this week was “Crossover” in the General Assembly. All the bills that were debated and passed in the House have gone over to the Senate and vice-versa. Although we now have significantly less bills on our docket, there is still much work to be [...]
Governor’s Office: Commonwealth Posts 3.4 Percent Revenue Growth in January
RICHMOND – Governor Bob McDonnell announced today that January revenue collections rose 3.4 percent over the prior year. Calendar abnormalities cloud the picture between December and January revenue collections, but all major sources except recordation and insurance premium taxes contributed to January’s growth. The increase for January turns around a decline in revenues reported in [...]
Session Update 5: Two Minute Warning, First Half
Believe it or not, we are almost at the midpoint of the 2012 General Assembly Session which is also known as “Crossover”. Crossover is the point where each chamber of the General Assembly has to complete its work with the bills that were introduced in that body and send them over to the “other [...]