We have lost certainty and predictability in the regulatory and tax climate in America, and this is why we're recovering so slowly.

On March 10 2010 before Congress finiBob McDonnelld its final consideration of the package a bipartisan Virginia Healthcare Freedom Act passed the General Assembly by a 80-17 majority which McDonnell signed on March 24 2010. A former lieutenant colonel in the United States Army McDonnell served in the Virginia House of Delegates from 1993 to 2006 and served as Attorney General of Virginia from 2006 to 2009. "Irish for McDonnell" stickers were printed for the select Virginia residents who attended the University of Notre Dame as well.

Since taking office McDonnell has puBob McDonnelld for privatization extending a contract to outsource the state's computer operations and attempting to auction off the state's ABC liquor stores and promoted offshore drilling for Virginia. He currently serves on the executive committee of the Republican Governors Association. He has sought to fund transportation improvements from non-traditional revenues sources including the proposal to auction-off liquor stores.