Scott County Democrats

The bottom line: The Fair Elections Now Act would put the people back in charge. Ask Boucher to help.

Despite opposition from Republicans on many issues, Virginia’s Democratic Representatives have passed many important measures for the well-being of the people of the Commonwealth.

The subcommittee meets to consider bills recently passed by the Senate on bipartisan redistricting, recounts of close elections, audits of election machines, and absentee voting, among others. This subcommittee has killed similar bills in past years on unrecorded voice votes, preventing these popular bills from reaching the House floor.

“With income inequality at levels not seen since the 1920s, I believe that we must take steps to restore basic fairness to our tax system. I am committed to advancing this issue in the Senate.”
Jim Webb

Editor’s Note: The immunity referenced below is that of Telecoms of that aided the Bush administration in its domestic eavesdropping program. The legality of Bush’s program has been harshly questioned.
As the Senate prepares to consider legislation to update the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act (FISA), Senator Jim Webb and 13 of his Senate colleagues urged [...]

Webb Introduces Mine Safety Bill to Improve Underground Communications and Tracking Systems
Measure addresses critical need for better technology to protect miners
Washington D.C. – Senator Jim Webb today introduced legislation to improve tracking and communications technology for underground coal mines. The Mine Communications Technology Innovation Act (S.2263) requires the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) [...]

“Americans currently pay, on average, twice as much as most other countries in the world - at a time when the U.S. pharmaceutical companies are turning profits in the tens of billions. The United States can and must do better.”