Following the rollout of the plan, congressional Democrats are continuing a war of pride that disregards compromise in the ongoing government shutdown.

Del. Elizabeth Guzman and Ibraheem Samirah attended an event which national Democratic leaders denounced as anti-Semitic and tainted by racism and bigotry. Republican leaders condemned their attendance and called on them to denounce the views of Nation of Islam leader Louis Farrakhan.

Employment projections through 2024 show that Virginia's economy is set to grow 9.4 percent, exceeding the national growth rate of 6.5 percent.

The bipartisan, bicameral bill from Virginia lawmakers would increase the minimum age for those prohibited from "purchasing or possessing tobacco products, nicotine vapor products, and alternative nicotine products."

"We are free to declare, and do declare that the rights hereby asserted, are of the natural rights of mankind, and that if any act shall be hereafter passed to repeal the present or to narrow its operation, such act will be an infringement of natural right," said Thomas Jefferson regarding any enacted premise that would strip Virginians, and indeed Americans, of their religious liberty.