<?xml version="1.0" encoding="iso-8859-1" ?><rss version="2.0"><channel><title>washingtonpost.com - Legislature</title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/metro/va/government/legislature?nav=rss_metro/va/government/legislature</link><description>Legislature</description><language>en-us</language><ttl>15</ttl><image><title>washingtonpost.com</title><width>140</width><height>20</height><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com</link><url>http://media.washingtonpost.com/wp-srv/hp/image/wp_web.gif</url></image><item><title><![CDATA[Four-Term Va. Delegate Has Higher Ambitions]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A7993-2005Apr21.html?nav=rss_metro/va/government/legislature</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A7993-2005Apr21.html?nav=rss_metro/va/government/legislature</guid><pubDate>Sat, 23 Apr 2005 12:39:59 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[ RICHMOND, April 21  --  Del. Viola O. Baskerville of Richmond announced her campaign for lieutenant governor Thursday, formally entering a crowded Democratic field for Virginia's second-highest office.]]></description><author> Chris L. Jenkins</author></item><item><title><![CDATA[Two States of Mind]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A59306-2005Apr16.html?nav=rss_metro/va/government/legislature</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A59306-2005Apr16.html?nav=rss_metro/va/government/legislature</guid><pubDate>Sat, 23 Apr 2005 12:39:59 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[From slot machines and guns to stem cells and abortion, there's hardly an issue that lawmakers in Maryland and Virginia see the same way.]]></description><author> Michael D. Shear  and John Wagner</author></item><item><title><![CDATA[briefs]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A31195-2005Apr6.html?nav=rss_metro/va/government/legislature</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A31195-2005Apr6.html?nav=rss_metro/va/government/legislature</guid><pubDate>Sat, 23 Apr 2005 12:39:59 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[   Hear About Metro At Town Meeting <br>The Metro board will hold a town meeting from 7 to 9 p.m. Tuesday at George Mason High School in Falls Church.]]></description><author></author></item><item><title><![CDATA[Va. Experiment in Bipartisanship Ends]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A32627-2005Apr6.html?nav=rss_metro/va/government/legislature</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A32627-2005Apr6.html?nav=rss_metro/va/government/legislature</guid><pubDate>Sat, 23 Apr 2005 12:39:59 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[The meeting closed a relationship that sparked the state's longest budget crisis but also earned Gov. Mark R. Warner a reputation for working across party lines.]]></description><author> Michael D. Shear</author></item><item><title><![CDATA[Va. PAC's Mission Surprises Donors]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A21869-2005Apr2.html?nav=rss_metro/va/government/legislature</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A21869-2005Apr2.html?nav=rss_metro/va/government/legislature</guid><pubDate>Sat, 23 Apr 2005 12:39:59 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[Republican lawmakers have contributed to a political action committee trying to unseat party members who supported tax increases in 2004.]]></description><author> Chris L. Jenkins</author></item><item><title><![CDATA[A Frustrating Finish for Traffic Camera Proponents]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A12630-2005Mar30.html?nav=rss_metro/va/government/legislature</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A12630-2005Mar30.html?nav=rss_metro/va/government/legislature</guid><pubDate>Sat, 23 Apr 2005 12:39:59 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[ Vienna Police Chief Robert A. Carlisle went down to Richmond and witnessed the vote himself. He sat in a House Militia, Police and Public Safety Committee meeting and watched as state lawmakers eliminated red-light cameras at busy traffic intersections beginning July 1.]]></description><author> Tom Jackman</author></item><item><title><![CDATA[Battleground Moves From Garage to the House]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A11519-2005Mar29.html?nav=rss_metro/va/government/legislature</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A11519-2005Mar29.html?nav=rss_metro/va/government/legislature</guid><pubDate>Sat, 23 Apr 2005 12:39:59 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[ Until this month, May 8, 1997, was arguably the most important day in recent Virginia politics.]]></description><author> Michael D. Shear</author></item><item><title><![CDATA[Petersen Won't Run for His Va. House Seat]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A11072-2005Mar29.html?nav=rss_metro/va/government/legislature</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A11072-2005Mar29.html?nav=rss_metro/va/government/legislature</guid><pubDate>Sat, 23 Apr 2005 12:39:59 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[ RICHMOND, March 29  --  Del. J. Chapman Petersen (D) said Tuesday he will not seek reelection for his House of Delegates seat in Fairfax County so that he can focus on his campaign for lieutenant governor.]]></description><author> Chris L. Jenkins</author></item><item><title><![CDATA[Bat Soars To Lofty Status in Virginia]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A8319-2005Mar28.html?nav=rss_metro/va/government/legislature</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A8319-2005Mar28.html?nav=rss_metro/va/government/legislature</guid><pubDate>Sat, 23 Apr 2005 12:39:59 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[RICHMOND, March 28  --  Thanks to the members of the General Assembly and now Gov. Mark R Warner (D), the Old Dominion has an official bat. The bat's name in English: the Virginia big-eared bat. In Latin, it's <em>corynorhinus townsendii virginianus. </em>]]></description><author> Chris L. Jenkins</author></item><item><title><![CDATA[Photo Proponents' Frustrating Finish]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A60301-2005Mar23.html?nav=rss_metro/va/government/legislature</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A60301-2005Mar23.html?nav=rss_metro/va/government/legislature</guid><pubDate>Sat, 23 Apr 2005 12:39:59 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[Vienna Police Chief Robert A. Carlisle went down to Richmond and witnessed the vote himself. He sat in a House Militia, Police and Public Safety Committee meeting last month and watched as state lawmakers eliminated red-light cameras at busy traffic intersections beginning July 1.]]></description><author> Tom Jackman</author></item><item><title><![CDATA[Delegates Will Take GOP Case To Voters]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A30216-2005Mar12.html?nav=rss_metro/va/government/legislature</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A30216-2005Mar12.html?nav=rss_metro/va/government/legislature</guid><pubDate>Sat, 23 Apr 2005 12:39:59 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[Virginia House Republican leaders are preparing a statewide election-year campaign strategy centering on abolishing the car tax, raising money to pay for road projects and cleaning up the Chesapeake Bay.]]></description><author> Chris L. Jenkins</author></item><item><title><![CDATA[Delegation's Power Loss Blamed on Ideological Split]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A19118-2005Mar9.html?nav=rss_metro/va/government/legislature</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A19118-2005Mar9.html?nav=rss_metro/va/government/legislature</guid><pubDate>Sat, 23 Apr 2005 12:39:59 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[ The 2005 General Assembly session offered very few regional victories for the Washington suburbs, local officials said recently, but it did illustrate a widening philosophical chasm dividing Northern Virginia lawmakers.]]></description><author> Chris L. Jenkins</author></item><item><title><![CDATA[Va. Delegate To Drop Lt. Gov. Campaign]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A22146-2005Mar9.html?nav=rss_metro/va/government/legislature</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A22146-2005Mar9.html?nav=rss_metro/va/government/legislature</guid><pubDate>Sat, 23 Apr 2005 12:39:59 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[ Del. Joe T. May (R-Loudoun) plans to announce today that he is dropping his run for lieutenant governor of Virginia and will instead focus on his campaign for reelection to the House of Delegates, the six-term delegate said yesterday.]]></description><author> Rosalind S. Helderman</author></item><item><title><![CDATA[Va. Transportation Secretary To Leave for Private Sector]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A15600-2005Mar7.html?nav=rss_metro/va/government/legislature</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A15600-2005Mar7.html?nav=rss_metro/va/government/legislature</guid><pubDate>Sat, 23 Apr 2005 12:39:59 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[ RICHMOND, March 7  --  Virginia Transportation Secretary Whittington W. Clement said Monday that he will resign from Gov. Mark R. Warner's Cabinet by the end of the month to practice at a Richmond law firm.]]></description><author> Michael D. Shear</author></item><item><title><![CDATA[Tax Turmoil to Resurface]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A57685-2005Feb27.html?nav=rss_metro/va/government/legislature</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A57685-2005Feb27.html?nav=rss_metro/va/government/legislature</guid><pubDate>Sat, 23 Apr 2005 12:39:59 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[When Va. voters go to the polls, they will decide whether to punish or laud the lawmakers who helped pass Warner's tax increase package.]]></description><author> Michael D. Shear</author></item><item><title><![CDATA[Va. Budget Resolved]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A56456-2005Feb26.html?nav=rss_metro/va/government/legislature</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A56456-2005Feb26.html?nav=rss_metro/va/government/legislature</guid><pubDate>Sat, 23 Apr 2005 12:39:59 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[Lawmakers reached a deal on a $63 billion budget Saturday after minor issues were worked out between House and Senate negotiators.]]></description><author> Rosalind S. Helderman  and Chris L. Jenkins</author></item><item><title><![CDATA[Early in the Game, Republicans Are United]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A45649-2005Feb22.html?nav=rss_metro/va/government/legislature</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A45649-2005Feb22.html?nav=rss_metro/va/government/legislature</guid><pubDate>Sat, 23 Apr 2005 12:39:59 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[ Who says Republicans can't get along, at least until election season?]]></description><author> Michael D. Shear</author></item><item><title><![CDATA[Va. Budget Negotiators Near Deal on Surplus]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A45438-2005Feb22.html?nav=rss_metro/va/government/legislature</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A45438-2005Feb22.html?nav=rss_metro/va/government/legislature</guid><pubDate>Sat, 23 Apr 2005 12:39:59 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[Lawmakers reached a consensus on a plan to spend about $850M on roads and transit, clearing the way for a budget deal before the General Assembly concludes Saturday.]]></description><author> Michael D. Shear  and Rosalind S. Helderman</author></item><item><title><![CDATA[Transit Tops Agenda In Va. Budget Debates]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A38398-2005Feb19.html?nav=rss_metro/va/government/legislature</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A38398-2005Feb19.html?nav=rss_metro/va/government/legislature</guid><pubDate>Sat, 23 Apr 2005 12:39:59 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[Virginia House and Senate negotiators are trying to  reach a compromise on how much of the state's $1.2 billion surplus to spend on improving the road and transit network.]]></description><author> Michael D. Shear</author></item><item><title><![CDATA[House Panel Approves Teen Driver Phone Ban]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A36697-2005Feb18.html?nav=rss_metro/va/government/legislature</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A36697-2005Feb18.html?nav=rss_metro/va/government/legislature</guid><pubDate>Sat, 23 Apr 2005 12:39:59 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[ RICHMOND, Feb. 18 -- A key House committee usually hostile to new driving restrictions approved a bill Friday that would ban drivers under age 18 from using cell phones on the road, even with a hands-free device.]]></description><author> Rosalind S. Helderman</author></item></channel></rss>