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Today’s General Assembly Schedule
8:00 a.m.House Public Safety - Public Safety; House North Subcommittee Room - 200, General Assembly Building (Provide Comment) (sub-committee info)
8:00 a.m.Virginia General Assembly Aviation Caucus; Senate Subcommittee Room 600-A, General Assembly Building
8:30 a.m.House Health and Human Services; House Committee Room C - 206, General Assembly Building (Provide Comment) (committee info)
11:00 a.m.House Democratic Caucus; House Room 1, The Capitol
11:00 a.m.House Republican Caucus; House Room 2, The Capitol
11:15 a.m.Senate Republican Caucus; Senate Room 2, The Capitol11:30 a.m.Senate Democratic Caucus; Senate Room 1, The Capitol
12:00 p.m.House Convenes; House Chamber, The Capitol
12:00 p.m.Senate Convenes; Senate Chamber, The Capitol15 min aftSenate Transportation; Senate Room B, General Assembly Building - 15 minutes after adjournment (View Meeting) (committee info)
Upon AdjHouse Labor and Commerce - Subcommittee #2; House Committee Room A - 008, General Assembly Building - Immediately upon adjournment of House (Provide Comment) (sub-committee info)
Adj sub #2House Labor and Commerce - Subcommittee #4; House Committee Room A - 008, General Assembly Building - Immediately upon adjournment of subcommittee #2 (Provide Comment) (sub-committee info)
Adj sub#4House Labor and Commerce; House Committee Room A-008, General Assembly Building - Immediately upon adjournment of Subcommittee #4 (Provide Comment) (committee info)
1/2 hr aftHouse General Laws - Housing/Consumer Protection; House Committee Room B - 205, General Assembly Building - 1/2 hour after adjournment of House (Provide Comment) (sub-committee info)
Adj subHouse General Laws - Professions/Occupations and Administrative Process; House Committee Room B - 205, General Assembly Building - Immediately upon adjournment of Housing/Consumer Protection Subcommittee (Provide Comment (sub-committee info)
30 min aftHouse General Laws; House Committee Room B-205, General Assembly Building - 30 min after adjournment of Professions/Occupations & Administrative Process Subcommittee (Provide Comment) (committee info)
3:00 p.m.Senate Finance and Appropriations Resources Subcommittee; Senate Finance & Appropriations Room, 13th Floor, General Assembly Building
Adj Re SubSenate Finance and Appropriations; Finance and Appropriations Room, 13th Floor, General Assembly Building - upon adjournment of Resources Subcommittee (View Meeting)
5:00 p.m.Rural Caucus; Senate Subcommittee Room 500, 5th Floor, General Assembly Building
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In Virginia, 15 candidates are vying to succeed Spanberger in Congress - WaPo
by Teo Armus
The race for Virginia’s 7th Congressional District features a pair of county supervisors, two state lawmakers, a self-funded tech entrepreneur and veterans of most branches of the military — including a Navy SEAL, two Green Berets and a retired Army colonel who played a key role in Trump-era Washington.
And that’s just those who have announced so far.
More than four months out from the primary, the only thing that’s clear in the contest to succeed Rep. Abigail Spanberger (D-Va.) in a purple swath of the commonwealth is that things aregetting awfully crowded.
