Just now: @carterforva's bill to cap insulin co-pays at $30/month has passed full committee on a bipartisan 13-1 vote.
Next up: the House floor.
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- Just now: @carterforva's $30/month cap on insulin co-pays passes Labor & Commerce subcommittee, moves to the full committee. With Republican Del. Leftwich as chief co-patron, the bill stands as a bipartisan effort to address the obscene cost of insulin.
- Right now: @vademocrats central committee unanimously passes resolution calling on VA General Assembly to repeal Virginia's racist "right to work" laws.
- Bookmark because this saga in Chesterfield is disturbing as hell.I believe I have reason to fear for my own life and the lives of my children. This series of tweets is meant to summarize the events which have occurred over the past year, leading up to the call I received last night, warning me to be careful, and why.
- Today @GovernorVA signed @carterforva's bill capping insulin co-pays in Virginia at $50/month. HB 66, as @mikemullin4VA pointed out, is one of the most important pieces of legislation this session that mostly flew under the radar.
- Del. @carterforva's bill to cap insulin co-pays at $30/month has passed the Virginia House of Delegates with a vote of 98-1.
- “A logistics company registered out of a Henrico County home has won a $1.2 billion contract to build an immigration detention center.”
- There's like a 99.9% chance these two senators were surveilled the entire trip, including in their hotel rooms. Hope they didn't do anything to provide leverage to a foreign intelligence outfit and associated business interests in Virginia.Now it’s time to ask the Democratic ticket if they condemn the paid-for visit of the Senate Democratic Leader and another Senate Democrat to Israel during an active genocide
- HB55 (@carterforva), which establishes worker cooperatives as legit business categories in Virginia, was signed into law this week.
- The Virginia State Senate just voted 24-16 to pass @carterforva's bill to cap insulin co-pays. The original bill capped co-pays at $30/month and passed the House 98-1. The Senate amendment changed the cap to $50/month. Next up: the amended bill goes back to the House.
- Mark Warner is an insanely weak candidate. Don't let his oligarch status or the withering DPVA sycophants fool ya. At least a dozen currently elected VA Dems could beat him in a primary. And he knows it.1. Kaine and Warner operate as a single governing unit due to their relationship; 2. Kaine has hinted he won't run in 2030. Expect a hand-picked replacement (like Rep. McClellan) from the Kaine patronage lineage. 3. Primary Mark Warner. The case against him is book length.
- "The bill was proposed by @carterforva, a self-proclaimed democratic socialist who is the state co-chairman of Sen. @BernieSanders's presidential campaign. He initially proposed the cap be $30 but lawmakers ultimately agreed on $50."
- Senator @BernieSanders is coming to Virginia to campaign for @carterforva and the @vademocrats ticket! Join Carter volunteers at the Manassas phonebank:Sen. Bernie Sanders will be doing a campaign event in Manassas on Monday with state Del. Lee Carter.mobilize.usGet Out The Vote Phonebank Event for Democrats in Manassas and Prince William County! · Democratic...With less than 24 hours until polls close, every conversation we have with voters is another conversation closer to ensuring victory for Democrats! Join us and a very special guest to make phone...
