Since cross-over and thanks to the amazing labor lobbying team, a lot of bad worker and voter bills were killed on party line votes in the Senate. Again we can't thank union activists enough for all of their hard work week in and week out. While most of our bills have made it through the process this session, the Budget remains. Last week, the House and Senate debated and voted to adopt their respective budgets as we mentioned in our Week 6 blog post. Our friends at the Com

In the midst of crossover, we have a lot happening with bills we need to defeat, and we could go on and on about that, but this week, it is important to talk about the budget and give an update on that. In the meantime, for some fun labor lobbying relief, check out some special lobbying guests below! A word on the budget: This past week, the House of Delegates and Virginia Senate each approved its own version of the Commonwealth's next biennial operating budget. On Sunday, th

It's half time at the General Assembly! Yes -- Crossover. What is crossover you might ask... well... Crossover is the day during the General Assembly session where all the bills that passed the House of Delegates get sent to the Senate, and all the bills that passed the Senate get sent to the House of Delegates. The legislation will "crossover" from one chamber to the other for consideration, debate, and more voting. This is especially important because some of the most dange