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Virginia General
Assembly Session 2008
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This page last updated:
Wednesday, January 23, 2008
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Dear Friends -
Thank you for the privilege of conveying once
again—through your elective delegation—your principles, convictions, and
interests to the oldest legislative body in the Western world.
In coming months I look forward to receiving your review of the
Assembly’s actions for 2008. For your education and interest, we are
posting my weekly reports from Capitol Hill. Any questions or
comments are greatly appreciated. Click each week below to read
columns.
Cordially,
~
R. Lee Ware
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The Virginia General Assembly is the
legislative body of the Commonwealth of Virginia. Its existence dates
from the establishment of the House of Burgesses at Jamestown in 1619.
It became the General Assembly in 1776 with the ratification of the
Virginia Constitution.
The General Assembly is a bicameral
body consisting of a lower house, the Virginia House of Delegates, with
100 members, and an upper house, the Virginia Senate, with 40 members.
The House of Delegates is presided over by a Speaker of the House, while
the Senate of Virginia is presided over by the Lieutenant Governor of
Virginia. |
| The House and Senate each
elect a clerk and sergeant-at-arms. Unlike the United States Senate, the
Senate of Virginia's clerk is known as the "Clerk of the
Senate", instead of the title "Secretary of the Senate"
used in the U.S. Senate.
The General Assembly meets in
Virginia's capital, Richmond. When sitting in Richmond, the General
Assembly holds sessions in the Virginia State Capitol, designed by
Thomas Jefferson in 1788 and expanded in 1904. The building was
renovated in 2005-2006. Senators and Delegates have their offices in the
General Assembly Building across the street directly north of the
Capitol. The Governor of Virginia lives across the street directly east
of the Capitol in the Virginia Governor's Mansion.
The Virginia General Assembly is the
oldest legislative body in the Western Hemisphere. It previously met in
Jamestown, Virginia from 1619 until 1699, when it moved to Williamsburg,
Virginia and met in the colonial Capitol. The government was moved to
Richmond in 1780 during the administration of Governor Thomas Jefferson,
and the General Assembly has met there ever since.
This year the Virginia General Assembly
will meet from January 9, 2008 through March 8, 2008. |
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DISTRICT OFFICE:
Delegate R. Lee Ware
P.O. Box 689
Powhatan,.Virginia 23139
Telephone: (804) 598-6696
Email: dellware@house.state.va.us
DURING SESSION: CAPITOL HILL OFFICE
Delegate R. Lee Ware
Room 409 General Assembly Building, Richmond, 23218
Telephone: (804) 698-1065
Email: dellware@house.state.va.us
Secretary: Barbara Monroe
Legislative
Counsel: David
A. Bovenizer
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Committee
Assignments:
Agriculture,
Chesapeake
Natural Resources (vice chairman)
Commerce & Labor
Finance |
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