WASHINGTON, D.C. — The U.S. House of Representatives today voted to approve funding for 10 Central Virginia projects that Spanberger successfully secured as part of a House-passed fiscal year (FY) 2022 appropriations bill. The funding for these community-focused projects totals more than $6.3 million for Virginia’s Seventh District. Spanberger worked directly with Central Virginia officials to sol... Read more »
**Click Here for Photos from the Visit** HENRICO, V.A. — U.S. Representative Abigail Spanberger yesterday hosted U.S. Small Business Administration (SBA) Administrator Isabel Guzman in Henrico County to visit a local live music venue and discuss federal support for independent venues as these businesses reopen and recover from the COVID-19 pandemic. During the visit to The Tin Pan in Henrico Count... Read more »
HENRICO, V.A. – U.S. Representative Abigail Spanberger yesterday hosted an open-topic, public telephone town hall focused on issues facing Central Virginia families, seniors, businesses, and veterans. On Thursday night, Spanberger answered questions directly from Central Virginians about challenges they are experiencing during Virginia’s economic recovery and ideas they have for improving the Seve... Read more »
VIRGINIA MERCURY, LAURA OLSON The most ambitious part of the pandemic stimulus package signed by President Joe Biden earlier this year is about to hit the bank accounts of millions of U.S. parents. Starting this week and ending in December, the vast majority of U.S. households with children will begin receiving monthly payments as a result of changes in that law expanding and reworking the federal... Read more »
VIRGINIA PUBLIC RADIO, BRAD KUTNER LISTEN Central Virginia Congresswoman Abigail Spanberger held a round table in her district office Tuesday to discuss a new expanded child tax credit championed by the Biden administration. The mothers and child care providers in attendance were excited about the new benefit, but after a year and a half in a pandemic some are hoping for more support. Henrico resi... Read more »
8NEWS, ALEX THORSON For millions of American families, the first round of the new expanded child tax credit will be sent out on Thursday. Like the stimulus checks many folks got, most families who have filed their taxes don’t have to do anything to get this cash, according to the IRS. The IRS said it’s already told eligible families how much they will be getting. Some families, including one in He... Read more »
RICHMOND TIMES-DISPATCH, REP. ABIGAIL SPANBERGER Across Virginia, businesses are reopening, COVID-19 cases are plummeting, and families are gathering in person with their loved ones for the Fourth of July, family barbecues, and long weekends at the lake or the beach. These developments are good news, and our progress should be celebrated. But even amid this promising moment, there still are thousa... Read more »
HENRICO, V.A. — Ahead of next week, U.S. Representative Abigail Spanberger today encouraged Central Virginia families to be on the lookout for advance monthly payments of the expanded Child Tax Credit, which Spanberger voted to pass as part of the American Rescue Plan earlier this year. On July 15, the Internal Revenue Service will send Virginia families half of their 2021 Child Tax Credit monthly... Read more »
WASHINGTON, D.C. — A bipartisan majority of the U.S. House of Representatives today voted to pass the INVEST in America Act, which includes more than $22.7 million in federal resources for Virginia’s Seventh District that U.S. Representative Abigail Spanberger successfully secured in the legislation. The proposed surface transportation reauthorization bill includes more than $22.7 million for tran... Read more »
WASHINGTON, D.C. — The U.S. Chamber of Commerce today backed U.S. Representative Abigail Spanberger’s bipartisan bill to provide $180 weekly payments to Virginians who find new jobs after being unemployed. Spanberger’s Strengthening Unemployment Programs to Provide Opportunities for Recovery and Training (SUPPORT) for New Workers Act would help unemployed Americans get back into the workforce by h... Read more »
