Focusing of the federal government’s response to the pandemic, the Government Accountability Office, the congressional watchdog, is providing Congress and the public a panoramic view of the problems.
S.30 as written does nothing for people’s safety. Criminals will get guns illegally, anytime, all the time, whenever they want them, all around Vermont.
The only hope for winning without actual fighting is to take wartime measures to defang Russia by relieving European dependency on Russia’s gas and oil and crushing the price of those commodities.
Overnight we went from supplying fuels to ourselves and western Europe and putting the pinch on Russian cash flow to paying three times as much for fossil fuels we didn’t need from them when Trump was president.
We continue to oppose any state level expansion of the NICS delay period, and we continue to request the repeal of the large capacity magazine ban as ineffective “feel good” legislation passed by the legislative supermajority to appease demands to “just do something” without facing the roots of crime like addiction and drug trafficking in the state.
H.708, an act relating to the approval of an amendment to the charter of the city of Burlington, passed the State House of Representatives on February 18, 2022, by a vote of 98-49.
There are no groups of Vermonters publicly attacking people of color, only groups of zealots attacking whites with prideful impunity. Vermont has never been “systemically” racist — until now.
S.265, an act related to expanding criminal threatening to include threats to third persons, passed the state Senate on February 17, 2022, by a vote of 28-2.
We’ve seen the true colors of the Democrat Party. Their platform promotes lawlessness by defunding and handcuffing the police and politicizing the organization. The Democrats have successfully used Covid to perpetuate excessive fear while maintaining strict control through mandates and harmful lockdowns.
In my lifetime America has made enormous strides forward, and we need to keep on until the task is finished.
The report is well-written and constructive, but for many people seriously concerned with this subject, it is likely to be a disappointment. Here are four reasons why this report is something of a disappointment to me.
Last week saw positive progress on a number of fronts. After looking like it was unraveling last week, a new draft of S.171 (the ethics bill) on Friday showed positive developments. Workforce and economic development bills are also taking shape and are looking promising.