Mark Sickles

@MarkSicklesVA

House of Delegates (HD 43)

Franconia, VA
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Joined December 2008
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  1. Retweeted
    Jan 7

    I'm extending Virginia's National Guard deployment at least through Jan. 20, based on conversations this morning with our emergency teams and Washington D.C. Virginia state police also remain on the ground. We will be there until President-Elect Biden is officially sworn in.

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  2. 21 Dec 2020

    Will never forget this guy! What a championship year he gave us!

    A blue and red graphic that says "THANK YOU HOWIE KENDRICK" in white text, next to a photo of him at the World Series parade.
    Howie Kendrick has announced his retirement from MLB. Thank you for the memories ❤️
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  3. 16 Dec 2020

    Let’s get this done!

    Thank you for supporting . No Virginian should have to make the decision between recovering from illness or losing their job; paid sick time can make sure that doesn't happen. Let's get to work at the next legislative session. cc
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  4. 16 Dec 2020

    This initiative at George Mason’s estate paves the way to a more complete understanding of our history for us in these times, and for generations yet to come. Thank you to , and and the staff for getting us here today!

    Excited that ’s proposed budget includes funding to reconstruct & interpret one of the discovered slave quarters at ! Thanks to Exec. Director Scott Stroh & House Appropriations Committee Vice Chair for their support!
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  5. 14 Dec 2020

    We came to the House the same year, shared the same birthday...she therefore called me Birthday Boy when we first saw each other at the beginning of session. A wonderful representative who was loved dearly in Newport News and in the Capital City.

    "A soft-spoken legislative powerhouse" only begins to describe the towering legacy of our former colleague, the Hon. Mamye BaCote. The send our deepest condolences to her family and friends. She will be missed by so very, very many across the Commonwealth.
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  6. 11 Nov 2020

    Don’t do it! I know a good tailor...

    Against all odds, the staples held through the election, but now I think the time has come to finally retire my tie
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  7. 11 Nov 2020

    This IS a great day for South Fairfax County and the Commonwealth. You’ve got to see this place!

    Happy Veteran's Day & please considering virtually attending the opening of the at 2 pm today or getting tickets to visit on soon - it's an amazing museum & just off I-95!
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  8. 1 Nov 2020

    Thanks Lowell and Trevor! The implementing legislation is NOT the flawed Constitutional Amendment which cannot be fixed, but might be perceived, or advertised, that way by YES supporters if we had included the Senate budget language.

    Replying to @TMSoutherland85 @RTDSchapiro and 2 others
    As usual, Schapiro makes little if any sense. In this case, what measure is he even talking about, b/c the amendment absolutely does NOT largely strip lawmakers of map-making power. Gotta love what passes for "journalism," eh?
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  9. 18 Oct 2020

    Of memories of the previous 16 years, ones I deeply cherish are weekly meetings in my office with and crew, mostly discussing arguments against bills making it HARDER to vote! Sometimes laughing, sometimes crying; today joy; voters exercising the franchise in droves!

    I remember when the “sexiest” election reform I could get thru was mandatory election officer training carried by . What a difference flipping the legislature makes! Years in the making, and we’re not done yet. Let’s keep climbing!
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  10. 18 Oct 2020

    If absentee voter dies before 11/3? Unlike MI (See WP A8), your absentee ballot is processed as it arrives, witnessed by vols from both parties—there’s no voter assigned to ballot to recover. Voting early-in-person is your Election Day, scanned ballot without ID, of course.

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  11. 17 Oct 2020

    I’ll be on tonight to discuss the new Virginia budget and our program to prevent evictions during the pandemic. Feeling good about helping our neighbors and essential frontline workers during these challenging times.

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  12. 16 Oct 2020

    Are you saying the Commission does not have to follow Virginia law? That would be news.

    Criteria for districts. Not for the commission itself.
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  13. 16 Oct 2020

    Nice try, but we put very good criteria in place earlier this year. See HB1255.

    So you don't want to write into law criteria that would protect communities of color, etc? That seems... inconsistent.
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  14. 16 Oct 2020

    In other words: we want the constitutional amendment to stand on its own merits. This is the constitution after all, it shouldn’t have to be fixed by statute.

    Wait, what?? : “Most of our caucus, including me, are strongly against anything that would be perceived as improving it.”
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  15. 16 Oct 2020

    Thank you SEIU 512 for your commitment to our most vulnerable neighbors. This is a modest repayment for your sacrifice in dangerous conditions. Safely keeping our seniors and disabled out of nursing facilities is a win for everyone.

    “Home health care workers are unsung heroes even in the best of times, and the pandemic has put them at higher risk and under greater stress,” said . “This hazard payment is a way to show these workers that we value them and the essential work that they do.”
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  16. 29 Sep 2020

    Bingo! Self destructive behavior beyond imagination.

    A key voting bloc is college-educated women in the suburbs. Can you imagine one saying, "Wow, Trump really won me over tonight"? Biden, miraculously, kept his cool, and kept his focus on voters, not himself. Maybe because he's not a malignant narcissist.
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  17. 29 Sep 2020

    Biden’s basic truth: “you can’t bring the economy back until you fix the Covid 19 crisis”

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  18. 14 Sep 2020

    Vote Absentee - Virginia Department of Elections. Here it is Virginians....information on the choices you have to vote safely (on or) before November 3d. Today, absentee ballot requests are up 154,000 over requests at this time in 2016.

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  19. 9 Sep 2020

    Has nothing to do with anyone trashing anything. LtG can’t vote on a budget bill. HB5103 would have died 20-20. Credit goes to brilliant House staff person who suggested this path to passage ASAP. Also, it’s smart to have copies in both bodies when one is controlled 21-19.

    . Approps has long trashed Senate budgets on arrival, insisting appropriations bills always be HBs - not today.
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