On Friday morning, a freshman Republican delegate voiced an unusually blunt opinion on why Virginia lawmakers are still finding it so difficult to pass a law stopping them from spending donors’ money on themselves. Acknowledging he’s still “new here,” Del. Paul Milde, R-Stafford, said he sees no reason why
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The Senate’s 35-4 vote during this General Assembly to pass a bill banning personal use of campaign funds comes after years of work by Fairfax legislators and others. The bill, SB 377, passed on Feb. 6, will prohibit any person from converting contributions to a candidate or their campaign
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HB 1552, proposed by Del. Marcus Simon, D-Falls Church, and more than 10 additional legislators, would prohibit candidates from converting contributions to an individual or a campaign for personal use, something that is already law on the federal level and most states. Simon has repeatedly introduced legislation that would further
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