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President Pro tempore, Senate of Virginia | Representing the 18th District | Chairman of the Senate Finance and Appropriations Committee https://apps.senate.virginia.gov/Senator/memberpage.php?id=S19 (Unofficial bot maintained by @manos.lol)

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Winter (@LeftyWinter) This is checks and balances folks. Lucas is standing up to Governor Abigail Spanberger telling her she won't allow tax cuts for data centers. If only congressional Republicans had balls like this to stand up to Trump.

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10.03.2026 23:48 πŸ‘ 6 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
THEE DMVGMC (@gwenmcdonald1) β€œStrong as Battleship Steel!”

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10.03.2026 22:23 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Let me be clear. There will not be a budget with Glenn Youngkin’s Data Center tax breaks in it. Glenn drove up YOUR utility bills to give tax breaks to data centers. Strong as battleship steel, I will fight for affordability for the people and encourage Gov Spanberger to join me.

10.03.2026 20:35 πŸ‘ 98 πŸ” 23 πŸ’¬ 3 πŸ“Œ 2
Dubroq (@hipsher_matthew) @TylerEnglander @GovernorVA Yeah, big corp welfare needs to end. @SenLouiseLucas is in the right here (as she is most of the time). Billion dollar companies can pay their fair share too, just like the rest of us.

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10.03.2026 19:44 πŸ‘ 4 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
james πŸ³οΈβ€πŸŒˆπŸŒΉπŸ‡΅πŸ‡ΈπŸ‡ΊπŸ‡¦ (@pedrostanchez) If more Democrats acted like this then we’d have the largest majorities ever

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10.03.2026 18:20 πŸ‘ 6 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
Tyler Englander (@TylerEnglander) Breaking: House Appropriations Committee Chair Luke Torian says budget conferees HAVE NOT met yet to try and reach a budget agreement. Torian says they did meet with @GovernorVA recently for breakfast, but that was not to hash out budget differences. Torian says he’s ready to meet and is just waiting on @SenLouiseLucas. He says the data center tax exemption is the biggest difference right now. Session ends Saturday.

I beg to differ with anyone who says that it’s on me to meet to discuss this budget because I delivered a budget that makes life affordable by ending a tax giveaway to big tech. The Governor and Chairman Torian have drawn a red line!

10.03.2026 18:00 πŸ‘ 12 πŸ” 4 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
Tyler Englander (@TylerEnglander) Breaking: House Appropriations Committee Chair Luke Torian says budget conferees HAVE NOT met yet to try and reach a budget agreement. Torian says they did meet with @GovernorVA recently for breakfast, but that was not to hash out budget differences. Torian says he’s ready to meet and is just waiting on @SenLouiseLucas. He says the data center tax exemption is the biggest difference right now. Session ends Saturday.

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10.03.2026 17:59 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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The Virginia State Conference of the NAACP gets it- the data center tax credit is stealing billions of dollars from our communities who need the resources most. Thank you for your support!!

10.03.2026 15:41 πŸ‘ 36 πŸ” 17 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
Evan Carlson (@EvanCarlson21) @SenLouiseLucas is a masterclass of legislative power and we need more legislators in her image.

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10.03.2026 12:49 πŸ‘ 8 πŸ” 3 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
Kyle Royer (@mudflapp24) @SenLouiseLucas is meeting the moment, oligarchs has led us into fascism, with wealth inequality at an all time high, corporate power has to be clawed back. For an entire commonwealth subsidizing a bubble is incredibly dangerous. Remember 2008?

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10.03.2026 12:02 πŸ‘ 9 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
Ty_VonBee_4_Tha_People (@VonbeeTyBates) Crazy my ole head legislators trying to finish of they legacy and the new guard ambition got them in those pockets 2 move up the ladder. Machiavelli had something to say about this in The Prince. But hey, not my fight. Virginia politics moves fast and we always been the wild west https://t.co/7EYSCUd9p2

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10.03.2026 02:51 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
Debbie Dingell StanπŸ‡ΊπŸ‡¦πŸ‡΅πŸ‡ΈπŸ‡¬πŸ‡ͺ (@AustinHoney30) CLOCKED

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10.03.2026 02:46 πŸ‘ 4 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Gov. Spanberger thinks our chicken isn’t cooked- then what is the Senate supposed to pluck out of our budget? Raises for teachers, health insurance assistance, transit support, a tax rebate, or childcare slots? The Governor + House are worried about tax breaks to big corporations

10.03.2026 01:05 πŸ‘ 30 πŸ” 9 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 2
BK (@BradKutner) NEW from me: @SenLouiseLucas sends a message after killing @SpanbergerForVA agenda bill #valeg @drsfarnsworth https://t.co/tUqZIrossz

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09.03.2026 23:02 πŸ‘ 3 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 1
Annette S. Hook (@candlerock) This is why I voted on the redistricting. Senator it's you who fight for Virginians and you are a true Senator of your word. This is why people respect what you say, because when you say what you mean, you keep fighting until the job is done. Thank you very much. I cannot vote for you because I live in Norfolk, but I will not stop supporting you by keep telling people to vote for you, Senator Rouse and Congressman Bobby Scott.

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09.03.2026 21:45 πŸ‘ 9 πŸ” 2 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
Clean Virginia (@clean_virginia) Thank you @SenLouiseLucas for showing incredible leadership on ending the tax breaks for Big Tech's data centers that cost everyday Virginians over 1.9 billion dollars just last year. https://t.co/cBrPDiRDC7

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09.03.2026 17:07 πŸ‘ 8 πŸ” 3 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
BK (@BradKutner) NOW: the senate blood bath continues as @SenLouiseLucas nixes a number of @vahouse bills in a morning Sen finance meeting. #valeg @KrizekForVA’s gambling commission bill was unceremoniously continued after… a year of work? senate version is still alive tho. https://t.co/yhjXdsbXuY

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09.03.2026 14:40 πŸ‘ 9 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
Senator Schuyler VanValkenburg (@ScVanValkenburg) Tax breaks are meant to grow and develop an industry. Not last forever. Data centers are doing fine. We need to invest those dollars into people and into the broader economy. That’s how we get broad based prosperity and a more dynamic economy.

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09.03.2026 12:40 πŸ‘ 8 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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One data center for one company can afford to pay $427 million dollars for land alone - but the entire industry says it doesn’t have the money to give back their tax break that costs Virginia schools one billion a year. I WILL NOT back down from this fight.

08.03.2026 21:15 πŸ‘ 108 πŸ” 36 πŸ’¬ 3 πŸ“Œ 0
Dr. David I. Ramadan (@DavidIRamadan) My latest #OPED: BILLION-DOLLAR TAX BREAKS A conservative case for letting data center tax exemptions expire @RTDOpinions @RTDNEWS @ScharSchool #Virginia #tax @SenLouiseLucas https://t.co/po36fyuJZF

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07.03.2026 14:51 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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07.03.2026 00:10 πŸ‘ 49 πŸ” 13 πŸ’¬ 5 πŸ“Œ 3
Ben Knotts (@revbenknotts) It has been interesting seeing how many bills have been getting referred to finance without fiscal impacts.

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06.03.2026 04:10 πŸ‘ 8 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Yes I said it- our committee chairs need to grow a backbone and kill bills that they don’t feel worthy of passage instead of sending them all to me to kill for them.

06.03.2026 01:01 πŸ‘ 103 πŸ” 7 πŸ’¬ 2 πŸ“Œ 1
Stella Pekarsky (@sgpekarsky) This is EXACTLY why I am sponsoring SB126 here in Virginia. This kind of behavior is undemocratic regardless of the incumbent’s party. All we need to stop this in VA is @GovernorVA’s signature. https://t.co/yaxyLHoNFC

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05.03.2026 12:35 πŸ‘ 7 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 1
Pat-Rice (@pdotesq) One thing @SenLouiseLucas is going to do is have her hair laid!!!! #VALeg #YasQueen https://t.co/OOM1DgSBT1

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05.03.2026 04:06 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

One in four Virginians say they must decide each month between paying their grocery bills, energy bills or medical bills. We will not allow these hardworking Virginians to be put under even more hardship while data centers drive up their costs and demand tax breaks for doing so.

03.03.2026 13:41 πŸ‘ 51 πŸ” 8 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 1
MonieLuv (@Monie625) MISS LOUISE TRIUMPHANT @SenLouiseLucas #10-1

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03.03.2026 02:07 πŸ‘ 10 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
Michael O'Connor (@oconnor_reports) Inbox: Gov. Spanberger orders flags be flown at half staff in memory and respect of the late Rev. Jesse Jackson on Saturday. "We honor his decades of service as a minister, community leader, and international civil rights leader."

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03.03.2026 00:43 πŸ‘ 20 πŸ” 3 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
Democracy Docket (@DemocracyDocket) BREAKING: In a win for Virginia voters, a court rules that Democratic lawmakers’ special election, which would allow voters to decide on mid-decade redistricting to counter GOP gerrymandering, can proceed. Virginians can begin voting on the measure this Friday, March 6. https://t.co/xOBgcaQ2lm

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02.03.2026 22:13 πŸ‘ 32 πŸ” 9 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

We are now a week into this fight over the data center tax break and I have yet to hear any coherent answer on why every small business in Virginia has to pay our sales and use tax but data centers should be excempt.

02.03.2026 12:39 πŸ‘ 85 πŸ” 12 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 1