So serious that he recently e-mailed me a link to a map showing the cheapest gas in my area. Three locations pop up: one in Powhatan and two in Petersburg. Considering those are all about a 45-minute drive from my house, I’m not sure I’ll call that a net savings in gas. Warner’s e-mail also [...]
Today, Dan Arnold of the Manassas Tea Party sent the following alert. —- Friends, its snowing here in Manassas but thats nothing compared to the blizzard of insanity going on in Washington today. The Senate is threatening to pass an Omnibus spending bill unparalleled in its recklessness. Our economy is teetering on the brink, our [...]
On November 15th, the Virginia Tea Party Patriots sent a letter to the Virginia Congressional Delegation condemning the “Quantitative Easing” (i.e., printing money and causing inflation) strategy the Federal Reserve is pursing. We want to provide you with the responses we received. —- Rep. Eric Cantor—who is a co-sponsor of the Audit the Fed bill—provided [...]
In its statist, bureaucratic and “best and brightest” attempt to insert itself (without Congressional authority) into the climate change scare, the EPA declared in 2009 that carbon dioxide (what you exhale and plants absorb) is a danger to public health. This unprecedented power grab will result in the EPA governing – and draining wealth from [...]
Ok, now is the time to let Mark Warner know how we feel about Health Control. We must insist that Senator Warner reject this Health Care abomination that skyrockets costs, interferes in your health decisions, mandates health insurance, includes taxpayer funding of abortions, and doles out billion dollar payoffs to politicians that make extortion look [...]
Up to now Mr. Warner was talking about all of the cost savings that will come from the health care legislation. With the anger against this bill growing, it appears to us as if the good senator is looking for cover: Five Democratic senators urged the Senate majority leader, Harry Reid of Nevada, on Thursday [...]
You have to love Senator Warner. While meeting with community leaders in Martinville, the Sentor talked about his ideas for jump-starting the economy. He proposed two little ditties: The first proposal would tap $30 billion of unused federal TARP (Troubled Asset Relief Program) funds to encourage community banks to make loans to existing small businesses, Warner [...]
Former Sen. Harry F. Byrd Jr has an interesting take on Senator Mark Warner’s vote on the health care bill: When a Virginia Democrat is elected to the Congress — Senate or House — he or she must decide whether to vote the party line or vote the Virginia tradition of financial responsibility Senator Byrd [...]