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Virginia Governor Terry McAuliffe gestures during a news conference at the Patrick Henry Building in Richmond, Va., Monday, March 24, 2014. McAuliffe is proposing a two-year pilot of an expanded Medicaid program, a suggestion he hopes will persuade Republicans to end an impasse over the state's budget. McAuliffe announced that the federal government said it would not penalize Virginia if it ran a two-year pilot program. House Republicans oppose Medicaid expansion. The federal government has promised to fund the bulk of the expansion. (AP Photo/Richmond Times-Dispatch, Bob Brown).

EDITORIAL: Virginia’s budgetary obesity epidemic

Gov. Terry McAuliffe and his Democrats who control the state Senate won't let a budget pass unless the Republicans in the House of Delegates relent and allow an enormous expansion of Medicaid eligibility.

April 29, 2014

LETTER TO THE EDITOR: End IRS reign of intimidation

Time magazine recently published an article exposing $1 million in bonuses paid out to Internal Revenue Service employees who owed back taxes. I'm pretty sure if I owed back taxes, the IRS would be knocking on my door and threatening to garnish my wages.

April 29, 2014
Virginia Gov. Terry McAuliffe delivers remarks regarding his first 100 days as governor to an audience of cabinet secretaries, staff, lobbyists and media at the Library of Virginia in Richmond, Va., Monday, April 21, 2014. McAuliffe said much of his time was spent trying to convince business owners to move their companies to Virginia or increase their operations here. (AP Photo/Richmond Times-Dispatch, Bob Brown)

EDITORIAL: McAuliffe losing the fight for Medicaid expansion

As the Democratic candidate for governor of Virginia last fall, Terry McAuliffe was asked about the ethics of using Obamacare as a negotiating tactic during the federal budget impasse at the time. "These things should never be used as bargaining chips for our budget," he said.

April 28, 2014
Senate Banking Committee Chairman Mike Crapo, Idaho Republican and sponsor of the measure that President Trump will sign into law, said the moment was "years in the making." (ASSOCIATED PRESS)

EDITORIAL: Johnson-Crapo is Obamacare for homebuilders

Nationalizing health care, which represents one-sixth of the economy, has been nothing short of a disaster. The Senate will vote Tuesday to establish a permanent federal presence in housing, which represents another one-sixth of the economy.

April 28, 2014