A Democratic effort to change House rules is a "Proxy Fight for Unrestricted Access to Abortion" said Del. Scott Garrett. Citing court precedent, he warned that Democrats were setting up the courts to invalidate restrictions on late term abortion and taxpayer funding of abortion.

Renewing his willingness to investigate, Speaker Cox has said any inquiry must be bipartisan and "very deliberate." Meanwhile, House Democrats have blocked any inquiry by the General Assembly from moving forward, scuttling last week's impeachment push by Democratic delegate Patrick Hope.

Repeating their performances given during Justice Brett Kavanaugh's confirmation hearings, Virginia's Democratic Senators Tim Kaine and Mark Warner opposed Trump's pick to head the Department of Justice, Attorney General William Barr.

The move from the Virginia General Assembly comes after a 20 percent increase in highway work zone deaths in 2017 and over 2,600 crashes in those areas.

51% of Democrats in Virginia's General Assembly remain signed on as sponsors to Kathy Tran's controversial third trimester abortion bill. On Friday, the deadline passed for withdrawing support from the measure.