President Joe Biden signed the so-called “Inflation Reduction Act” this afternoon. #BREAKING: President Joe Biden signed a climate, health and tax bill that he called “one of the most significant laws” in U.S. history. https://t.co/4nuVbGQcRf — Forbes (@Forbes) August 16, 2022 The House of Representatives passed the bill with a 220-207 party-line vote late Friday […]
Nova Armory – a prominent firearms store in Northern Virginia – drew some criticism in recent weeks over its choice of a new retail location. However, a poll running in ARLNow this week may indicate that a silent majority of Second Amendment supporters may exist in the deep blue county of Arlington. The poll, found […]
A new documentary about Pro-life pregnancy centers produced by the Heritage Foundation highlights the violence that these centers endured as they were targeted by radical pro-abortion activists in the lead-up to and the aftermath of the Supreme Court overturning Roe v Wade this summer. Pregnancy Centers across the country were targeted, including the Blue Ridge […]
The House of Representatives has voted on the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2023 (NDAA). The vote was 329-101. Members of Congress in both chambers have spent nearly two months working on the legislation and introduced over 1,000 amendments to the package. The House spent two days this week voting on over 600 individual amendments […]
The United States Senate has confirmed President Biden’s Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (ATF) nominee, Steven Dettelbach. The chamber advanced Dettelbach’s nomination earlier today, despite several Democrats being absent from voting. Republicans Rob Portman of Ohio and Susan Collins of Maine sided with Democrats on that vote. Portman and Collins joined Senate Democrats this afternoon to […]
President Joe Biden signed into law yesterday the gun control legislation passed on Friday by Congress. Upon signing the Bipartisan Safer Communities Act into law, the President tweeted “while this bill doesn’t do everything I want it to, it does include actions that I’ve long called for that will save lives.” In a subsequent tweet, President Biden reiterated the […]
Minutes ago, the Supreme Court overturned the nearly 50-year precedent set by Roe v Wade in 1973. Justice Samuel Alito issued the court’s majority opinion. He was joined by Justices Roberts, Gorsuch, Kavanaugh, Thomas, and Barrett in the majority. Justices Breyer, Sotomayor, and Kagan made up the dissent. Justice Alito writes the following in his landmark opinion: The Constitution […]
Today the Supreme Court released an opinion in the case of New York State Rifle and Pistol Association v Bruen. In a 6-3 decision, the majority of Justices decided that New York’s requirement of an individual to “demonstrate a special need for self-protection distinguishable from that of the general community” in order to carry a firearm outside […]
As Virginians across the state head to the polls today to take part in primary nominating contests, Republicans are keeping their eye on two key districts: VA-02 and VA-07. In VA-02, four Republicans are going head to head for a chance to take on Democrat Elaine Luria in November. The district spans across the Hampton […]
President Joe Biden and his fellow Democrats are doing their best to price Americans out of their ability to exercise their Second Amendment rights. The Biden Administration is reportedly looking to decrease civilian access to .223 and 5.56 ammunition by nearly 30% – they seek to do this by barring the sale of excess military ammunition produced by Winchester at the Lake City Army […]
