VA Gov Spanberger pleased with budget compromise; Republican leaders, not so much

‘It’s crazy’: GOP rebel declares war on Republican leadership

Rep. Anna Paulina Luna (R-FL) committed to block House floor proceedings unless House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-LA) inserts the SAVE Act into a must-pass piece of legislation, Punchbowl News reported on Friday.Luna has pressed for the SAVE America Act – a bill that mandates voter ID and citizenship checks while adding new restrictions on mail-in ballots – to be folded into the annual defense policy bill.We should be doing all of the above, Luna told Punchbowl News for its report published Friday. Why not try? It's crazy.Luna has already disrupted leadership's plans once – she helped defeat a rule that would have inserted SAVE Act language directly into the defense bill, despite House GOP leaders having spent three years working to keep unrelated amendments out of it.Meanwhile, Senate Republicans have grown frustrated with inter-party disputes. Sen. Ron Johnson (R-WI) told Punchbowl that Republicans need to be very careful about how they message the standoff, arguing that Democrats – not Republicans – are the ones blocking the SAVE Act's passage.“The message we need to convey to our supporters – it’s not Republicans that are preventing the SAVE America Act from being passed. It’s Democrats,” Johnson told Punchbowl News.

VA Gov Spanberger pleased with state’s budget compromise; Republicans unsatisfied

Gov. Abigail Spanberger is calling Virginia’s newly approved two-year budget a compromise that keeps state government operating. Spanberger called the budget a compromise that keeps state government operating while making investments in schools, public employees and health care. “Today, the General Assembly has moved forward with a budget proposal – and that means we are []...Click to read more

Opinion: Tired of the Familiar Rhetoric, Familiar Empty Answers of the PFD Debate

By Shelley Hughes, former State Senator and 2026 Candidate for Governor I have heard the same promises about the Permanent Fund Dividend for years. Every election cycle brings bold declarations, sweeping guarantees, and applause lines about “full PFDs” or “a final payment.” We are hearing it again this cycle, more of the same rhetoric, but [] The post Opinion: Tired of the Familiar Rhetoric, Familiar Empty Answers of the PFD Debate appeared first on Must Read Alaska.

Spanberger sends back over a dozen amendments to Virginia state budget on eve of deadline

Gov. Abigail Spanberger (D-VA) returned Virginia’s state budget to the General Assembly on Monday with 14 proposed amendments ahead of the state’s fiscal cliff this week. The state’s House of Delegates and Senate will have to act on the amendments to the state’s budget and possibly send it back to Spanberger for her final signature []

Housing Package Passed by Congress Has Wide Appeal, but It’s No Quick Fix

For the first time in more than 30 years, members of Congress have secured a major legislative package that could make housing more affordable, one that primarily aims to touch off a new boom in construction nationwide. It is a widely lauded proposal, the byproduct of long and winding negotiations between Democrats and Republicans, who []