HB80(S) – Expanding the Earned Income Tax Credit
Another bill that must be passed in the post-Pandemic era is Representative Paul Baumbach’s House Bill 80(S), which would makeContinue Reading
Category: General Assembly
The 62 District Strategy – Filling out the Republican Statewide Slate
The Republicans are finally beginning to field candidates for the top statewide jobs. Not with stellar and credible candidates, mindContinue Reading
HB289 – Amending the Training Wage
In June 2018, at the end of the session for that year’s General Assembly, the minimum wage was finally raisedContinue Reading
HB251 and HB252 – Minimum Wage for Tip Employees
Late last session, State Representative Kim Williams introduced two bills that seek to improve and update minimum wage law inContinue Reading
HB286 – Out of Network Insurance Coverage
Another bill that is waiting on the House floor once the General Assembly resumes that would seem to be anContinue Reading
HB144 – Protecting Healthcare Workers
Given that Republican terrorists that gathered in Dover on Friday, and that Republican terrorists have been threatening police officers andContinue Reading
HB318 – Mandating Holocaust Education
That we need to mandate Holocaust Education shows how far we have fallen. We have forgotten, and we have forgottenContinue Reading
HB309 – Republican Redistricting “Reform”
For several years in the 2000’s and the 2010’s, reform minded Democratic Senators and Representatives, along with some younger Republicans,Continue Reading
HB299 – Republicans try to make Death more Palatable
[Update – the details of the new Republican State Killing Bill of 2020 are below, HB299]. Republican legislators are apparentlyContinue Reading
SB215 – Enacting the CDC’s Wilmington Gun Violence Recommendations
Senate Bill 215 is one of those bills that, after I see who is sponsoring it, I wonder what theContinue Reading
Where is the Goddamn General Assembly?
Speaker Pete Schwartzkopf and Senate President Pro Tem Dave McBride better have spent the last few weeks working on plansContinue Reading
HB285 – Feminine Hygiene Product in School Bill Passes House
Earlier this year, the House passed a bill by a vote of 33-6-2 that would provide free feminine hygiene products,Continue Reading
HB282 – Republican Constitutional Amendment on Taxes
Republicans love to introduce Constitutional Amendments that hamstring the government’s ability to raise funds to provide services for their citizens,Continue Reading
HB305 – Constitutional Amendment Banning the Death Penalty
While Republicans are seeking multiple ways to reinstate the death penalty so that they can demonstrate how flagrantly false theirContinue Reading
SB191 – Constitutional Amendment providing for Equal Rights
Last year, the General Assembly finally passed the Equal Rights Amendment to the Delaware Constitution, prohibiting any discrimination in DelawareContinue Reading