They didnât quite get it done in a week.
But Virginia lawmakers still mobilized quickly to pass emergency legislation aimed at expanding the stateâs pool of COVID-19 vaccinators â a bipartisan priority as health officials prepare to ramp up large-scale vaccination events over the next few months.
Sen. Siobhan Dunnavant (R-Henrico) said building a qualified workforce has been a limiting factor as local health districts work to expand their immunization efforts to a broader swath of Virginians. A practicing OB-GYN, Dr. Dunnavant was the lead patron on the Senate version of a bill that allows any qualified health care provider in Virginia to volunteer as a vaccinator.
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Democrats today killed two efforts aimed at strengthening election integrity in Virginia.
House Bill 1970 to reestablish voter ID rules, which would require voters to show a government-issued ID at the polls showing proof of residence, was killed today in a Privileges and Elections Committee subcommittee.
The subcommittee met virtually at 11 a.m. to discuss several election-related bills. Delegate Mark Cole (R-Spotsylvania, Stafford) introduced the legislation. He told committee members he had received multiple from constituents who said that when they had gone to the polls to vote, they told their vote had already been recorded and that they had already voted.
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Virginia House Minority Leader Todd Gilbert (R-Shenandoah) is defending members of his caucus who were stripped of their committee assignments following their signing on to a letter seeking to get Vice President Mike Pence to delay certification of Virginia s presidential election results. (Photo: Craig Carper/VPM News)
Fallout from the November presidential elections continued to reverberate in Virginia’s Democrat-controlled legislature on the eve of President-Elect Joe Biden’s inauguration.
Virginia House Minority Leader Todd Gilbert (R-Shenandoah) on Tuesday defended three members of his caucus who sought to delay certification of Biden s presidential win in Virginia. At least one of the lawmakers, Del. Dave LaRock (R-Loudon), said he’s consulting with an attorney after he was stripped of a committee assignment over his actions.
Virginia GOP delegates stripped of committees for claiming election fraud demand to be reinstated
Gregory S. Schneider and Laura Vozzella, The Washington Post
Jan. 19, 2021
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Virginia Del. Dave LaRock, a Republican, works in the House of Delegates in February 2019.Washington Post photo by Bill O Leary
RICHMOND, Va. - The state Senate took action Tuesday to sanction a Republican member who praised the U.S. Capitol rioters as patriots, and two GOP members of the House of Delegates complained that their punishment for seeking to nullify the state s slate of presidential electors amounted to stifling free speech.
A day before President-elect Joe Biden was to take office in Washington, the impact of President Donald Trump s attempt to hold on to power and his followers attack on the U.S. Capitol this month continued to reverberate a two-hour drive down the road in Richmond.