Category: Virginia

McAuliffe’s Lobbying Rules Proposals

Post author By Eric Brown
Post date March 27, 2009
Categories In Virginia

Virginia candidate for Governor Terry McAuliffe has called for a lobbyist gift ban and other changes to the state’s ethics laws and procedures.

Union Funds in Elections

Post author By Eric Brown
Post date March 8, 2009
Categories In Virginia

How much are labor unions donating to the Democratic Party and Democratic candidates in Virginia? The Post takes a look. But from 2005, when Timothy M. Kaine (D) ran for governor, through the end of last year, labor organizations’ donations spiked to $6.2 million.

Fundraising at the Governor’s Mansion?

Post author By Eric Brown
Post date February 27, 2009
Categories In Virginia

“Senate: Left in Rules.” That seems to be the operative language on the Virginia Legislative Information Website as to the fate of the bill to ban fundraising at the Governor’s executive mansion, according to this Post report. The Democrat-controlled Virginia Senate has failed to act on a bill that would have outlawed fundraising for political candidates […]