ObamaCare may be dead in its current form, but Virginians are taking no chances. Two separate bills, one in the House of Delegates and the other in the state Senate, would effectively nullify any attempt by the federal government to mandate that individuals purchase certain health insurance plans.And yesterday, thanks in part to the tireless efforts of activists like VA Campaign for Liberty's Donna Holt, Senate Bill 417 got a big win.

Democrats' last hope of forcing through President Obama's massive government healthcare overhaul by passing the Senate's version of reform in the House has hit a road block: House Democrats will not vote for it.  After seeing Ted Kennedy's (D-Mass.) seat go to a Republican in the bluest of blue states, many House Democrats fear that a similar fate awaits t

Yesterday, I joined a record-breaking Lobby Day crowd of Virginians at the steps of the bell tower on Richmond's Capitol Grounds. I had the privilege to be one of the speakers who addressed the gathering on topics like the Tenth Amendment and its fundamental importance in our American system of divided sovereignty. They didn't need the lesson.

Over the past few days, Obama has held extensive close-door meetings with democratic leaders to discuss how to pay for his massive health care plan. Politico reports that:Those involved in the talks sought to keep details of their progress under wraps. The negotiations delved into the Senate’s controversial tax on expensive insurance plans, which unions and House members strongly oppose, and, for a while Wednesday, labor leaders huddled privately with top administration aides.

Big news from Richmond just a few short days before the 10th Amendment rally on January 18th. As reported by the Richmond Tea Party via Tertium Quids:

  In 2008, Obama stated that the health care debate would be open and televised:  But here’s the difference: I’m going to do it all on C-SPAN so that the American people will know what’s going on.  Despite Obama's promise, the health care debate has continued behind closed doors. U.S Rep.

Later today, Massachusetts Attorney General Martha Coakley (D-Mass.) is scheduled to hold a fundraiser for her campaign to fill the Senate seat left by the death of Sen.

Even as calls for nullification of proposed federal health care mandates have intensified on the state level, an almost hysterical effort has arisen to discredit such measures, and paint them as part of an obsolete theory with no bearing on modern politics.Regardless of its logical descent from our most basic founding principle, that governments derive their just powers from the consent of the governed, nullification simply doesn’t work, critics say.Or does it?