Scott County Democrats

President’s FY 08 budget would cut Virginia’s Low Income Home Energy Assistance funding by Half
Washington, D.C. - Senator Webb (D-VA) and a bipartisan coalition of Senators this week sent a letter to the Senate Budget Committee requesting $5.1 billion for the Low Income Energy Assistance Program (LIHEAP) in the fiscal year 2008 budget. More than [...]

At the March 19 meeting, we expect to plan for our county convention to choose our candidates for the Constitutional Officers (Treasurer, Sheriff, Commonwealth’s Attorney, and Commissioner of the Revenue) and the Scott County Board of Supervisors.
We will be holding a convention this year at the request of one of the sitting incumbents.

Legislation Follows Four Day Visit to Southwest Virginia

Washington, DC - Senator Jim Webb today announced that he is co-sponsoring a research bill that seeks to accelerate the safe and effective development of geological carbon sequestration, which is one of the most promising new technologies for curbing carbon dioxide emissions.
The “National Carbon Dioxide Storage [...]

S.22 Bill Receives Support from VFW, Vietnam Veterans of America
Senator Jim Webb said Feb. 14 that expanding educational and training benefits to post-9/11 veterans is “critical both to achieving fairness for our men and women in uniform and strengthening the nation’s economic foundation.”
The Senator introduced the “Post-9/11 Veterans Educational Assistance Act of 2007″ (S.22) on [...]

Grants focus on expanding use of electronic health records
GATE CITY, February 28 — Governor Timothy M. Kaine today announced the award of three health information technology grants to projects designed to expand the use of electronic health records across Virginia: MedVirginia in Central Virginia, the Community Care Network of Virginia in Southside Virginia, and CareSpark [...]

“It is entirely appropriate to permanently repeal the regressive federal excise tax on telecommunications services, which no longer serves its original purpose and disproportionately burdens rural and local telephone subscribers,” said Boucher.