Sen. Danica Roem
@pwcdanica.bsky.social
Senator: VA-30 (Elected 2023)
Former Delegate: VA-13 (Elected 2017, ‘19, ‘21)
Executive Director: Emerge Virginia
Author: "Burn the Page"
Class of '06: St. Bonaventure University
Manassas Park | Manassas | Western PWC
#virginia #valeg 🇺🇸 🏳️⚧️🤘🌱🫏
Former Delegate: VA-13 (Elected 2017, ‘19, ‘21)
Executive Director: Emerge Virginia
Author: "Burn the Page"
Class of '06: St. Bonaventure University
Manassas Park | Manassas | Western PWC
#virginia #valeg 🇺🇸 🏳️⚧️🤘🌱🫏
Reminder for the local crew: Del. @jetforva.bsky.social and I will be hosting a town hall meeting at the Bull Run Library in the 20109 part of Manassas (PWC) this evening (Tuesday, Jan. 6) from 6-7:30PM.
RSVP: forms.gle/94uqjRHEPJ9Z...
RSVP: forms.gle/94uqjRHEPJ9Z...
January 6, 2026 at 8:38 PM
Reminder for the local crew: Del. @jetforva.bsky.social and I will be hosting a town hall meeting at the Bull Run Library in the 20109 part of Manassas (PWC) this evening (Tuesday, Jan. 6) from 6-7:30PM.
RSVP: forms.gle/94uqjRHEPJ9Z...
RSVP: forms.gle/94uqjRHEPJ9Z...
“Never let a good idea die.”
Sen. Danica Roem, D-Manassas, is pitching a bill for the sixth time that would tighten limits on how much state and local governments can charge for public records and clarify how agencies seek court relief when responding to large or complex requests. virginiamercury.com/2026/01/05/p...
Push to rein in Virginia FOIA costs heads back to General Assembly • Virginia Mercury
When state Sen. Danica Roem, D-Manassas, talks about Virginia’s Freedom of Information Act, she often does so from experience — both as a former journalist and as a lawmaker who says she has…
virginiamercury.com
January 5, 2026 at 10:53 PM
“Never let a good idea die.”
“The Virginia (FOIA) is consistently treated as a burden by government officials rather than a necessary obligation of government to its citizens,” she said. “It needs to be seen as a vital, important government service, as opposed to an administrative burden.”
virginiamercury.com/2026/01/05/p...
virginiamercury.com/2026/01/05/p...
Push to rein in Virginia FOIA costs heads back to General Assembly • Virginia Mercury
When state Sen. Danica Roem, D-Manassas, talks about Virginia’s Freedom of Information Act, she often does so from experience — both as a former journalist and as a lawmaker who says she has repeatedl...
virginiamercury.com
January 5, 2026 at 1:31 PM
“The Virginia (FOIA) is consistently treated as a burden by government officials rather than a necessary obligation of government to its citizens,” she said. “It needs to be seen as a vital, important government service, as opposed to an administrative burden.”
virginiamercury.com/2026/01/05/p...
virginiamercury.com/2026/01/05/p...
Once again, Congress has vigorously asserted itself in its official capacity to act as an elected suggestion box.
The majority isn't serving as a co-equal branch of government. It's just a 200-something-member presidential rewards card as those members each collect six-digit salaries for shrugging.
The majority isn't serving as a co-equal branch of government. It's just a 200-something-member presidential rewards card as those members each collect six-digit salaries for shrugging.
![Article I, Section 8, Clause 11:
[The Congress shall have Power . . . ] To declare War, grant Letters of Marque and Reprisal, and make Rules concerning Captures on Land and Water; . . .
When the Constitution’s Framers gathered in Philadelphia to draft the Constitution, one of their principal objectives was to improve the United States’ ability to ensure its peace and security through military protection.1 In line with that aim, the Preamble makes securing the common defense one of the Constitution’s principle purposes,2 and the articles that follow allocate broad control over national security to the federal government while denying most war powers to the states.3
Although courts and commentators occasionally discuss the war power as if it were a unified authority,4 the Supreme Court has explained that the Constitution spells out the war powers not in a single, simple phrase, but in many broad, interrelated provisions.5 In Article I, the Constitution empowers Congress to provide for the common defense through a set of enumerated authorities concerning war and national security.6 Central among these powers is Clause 11 of Article I, Section 8, which authorizes Congress to declare war. Clause 11 also empowers Congress to issue letters of marque and reprisal, which are instruments that permit private citizens to capture or destroy enemy property, and permits Congress to authorize rules concerning captures of enemy property on land or at sea.7
Apart from Clause 11, other clauses in Article I, Section 8, grant Congress the power to define and punish offenses against the law of nations; raise and support armies; establish and maintain a navy; make rules for the armed forces; provide for calling forth the Militia; and provide for organizing, arming, and disciplining, the Militia, and for governing the militia when in the service of the United States.8 General congressional authorities, such as the power over appropriations...](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:xyi5huvaxpmceuu2y6o6lrdk/bafkreibthulilobav2ef7zoxcpzj6gmacjamwnhhvep6q52egcj6mcbzii@jpeg)
January 3, 2026 at 8:29 PM
Once again, Congress has vigorously asserted itself in its official capacity to act as an elected suggestion box.
The majority isn't serving as a co-equal branch of government. It's just a 200-something-member presidential rewards card as those members each collect six-digit salaries for shrugging.
The majority isn't serving as a co-equal branch of government. It's just a 200-something-member presidential rewards card as those members each collect six-digit salaries for shrugging.
True — a 1988 vinyl of “…And Justice for All”.
Also in that stack:
A U.S. Constitution with a published ERA
My ma’s 1976 ERA necklace
Stephen Stills’ “Manassas” vinyl (my hometown)
“The Prayer of St. Francis” written by hand
Photos of my Italian ancestors, including my grandfather going off to WWII.
Also in that stack:
A U.S. Constitution with a published ERA
My ma’s 1976 ERA necklace
Stephen Stills’ “Manassas” vinyl (my hometown)
“The Prayer of St. Francis” written by hand
Photos of my Italian ancestors, including my grandfather going off to WWII.
January 2, 2026 at 9:33 PM
True — a 1988 vinyl of “…And Justice for All”.
Also in that stack:
A U.S. Constitution with a published ERA
My ma’s 1976 ERA necklace
Stephen Stills’ “Manassas” vinyl (my hometown)
“The Prayer of St. Francis” written by hand
Photos of my Italian ancestors, including my grandfather going off to WWII.
Also in that stack:
A U.S. Constitution with a published ERA
My ma’s 1976 ERA necklace
Stephen Stills’ “Manassas” vinyl (my hometown)
“The Prayer of St. Francis” written by hand
Photos of my Italian ancestors, including my grandfather going off to WWII.
There are some legendary albums turning 40 this year and yet this still feels ageless.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=TydZ...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=TydZ...
Orion (Remastered)
YouTube video by Metallica - Topic
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January 1, 2026 at 5:53 AM
There are some legendary albums turning 40 this year and yet this still feels ageless.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=TydZ...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=TydZ...
Happy New Year, Virginia! Our minimum wage just went up to $12.77/hour.
Our incoming Democratic trifecta this year is set to pass HB 1 / SB 1 to finally win the #fightfor15 by increasing the minimum wage to $13.75 Jan. 1, 2027 and $15 Jan. 1, 2028, and then increasing that annually for inflation.
Our incoming Democratic trifecta this year is set to pass HB 1 / SB 1 to finally win the #fightfor15 by increasing the minimum wage to $13.75 Jan. 1, 2027 and $15 Jan. 1, 2028, and then increasing that annually for inflation.
January 1, 2026 at 5:31 AM
Happy New Year, Virginia! Our minimum wage just went up to $12.77/hour.
Our incoming Democratic trifecta this year is set to pass HB 1 / SB 1 to finally win the #fightfor15 by increasing the minimum wage to $13.75 Jan. 1, 2027 and $15 Jan. 1, 2028, and then increasing that annually for inflation.
Our incoming Democratic trifecta this year is set to pass HB 1 / SB 1 to finally win the #fightfor15 by increasing the minimum wage to $13.75 Jan. 1, 2027 and $15 Jan. 1, 2028, and then increasing that annually for inflation.
D/M/V crew: I've got two NOVA fundraisers & one in D.C. pre-session, so pick the one that works for you:
Saturday, January 3 in Haymarket: 6-8PM (below)
Wednesday, January 7 in D.C.: 5:30-7PM (happy hour at Pitchers)
Saturday, January 10 in Manassas: 6-8PM
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Saturday, January 3 in Haymarket: 6-8PM (below)
Wednesday, January 7 in D.C.: 5:30-7PM (happy hour at Pitchers)
Saturday, January 10 in Manassas: 6-8PM
secure.actblue.com/donate/danic...
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Join us for Senator Danica Roem Haymarket Send Off Fundraiser, Sat. 1/3 at 6 PM
Show your support with a contribution.
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January 1, 2026 at 1:33 AM
D/M/V crew: I've got two NOVA fundraisers & one in D.C. pre-session, so pick the one that works for you:
Saturday, January 3 in Haymarket: 6-8PM (below)
Wednesday, January 7 in D.C.: 5:30-7PM (happy hour at Pitchers)
Saturday, January 10 in Manassas: 6-8PM
secure.actblue.com/donate/danic...
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Saturday, January 3 in Haymarket: 6-8PM (below)
Wednesday, January 7 in D.C.: 5:30-7PM (happy hour at Pitchers)
Saturday, January 10 in Manassas: 6-8PM
secure.actblue.com/donate/danic...
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Local crew: come on out to the Bull Run library next Tuesday, Jan. 6 for a town hall meeting at 6PM with @jetforva.bsky.social and me to discuss the 2026 Virginia General Assembly session. #valeg #vagov #Virginia
Join @pwcdanica.bsky.social and Team Thomas on January 6th at the Bull Run Library for a town hall on the upcoming legislative session. Details and RSVP here: forms.gle/94uqjRHEPJ9Z...
December 31, 2025 at 6:27 PM
Local crew: come on out to the Bull Run library next Tuesday, Jan. 6 for a town hall meeting at 6PM with @jetforva.bsky.social and me to discuss the 2026 Virginia General Assembly session. #valeg #vagov #Virginia
Reposted by Sen. Danica Roem
Join @pwcdanica.bsky.social and Team Thomas on January 6th at the Bull Run Library for a town hall on the upcoming legislative session. Details and RSVP here: forms.gle/94uqjRHEPJ9Z...
December 31, 2025 at 5:45 PM
Join @pwcdanica.bsky.social and Team Thomas on January 6th at the Bull Run Library for a town hall on the upcoming legislative session. Details and RSVP here: forms.gle/94uqjRHEPJ9Z...
I emceed a D.C. event.
Me: “Our next speaker literally needs no introduction. Bernie’s here, y’all!”
Bernie walks on stage, shakes my hand, says, “Great intro” and starts his speech.
On a separate occasion, I gave a half-wave to Bernie at DCA. He nodded back.
And those are my two Bernie stories.
Me: “Our next speaker literally needs no introduction. Bernie’s here, y’all!”
Bernie walks on stage, shakes my hand, says, “Great intro” and starts his speech.
On a separate occasion, I gave a half-wave to Bernie at DCA. He nodded back.
And those are my two Bernie stories.
Right folks. Feeling rather down at the moment so bringing back an oldie
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Please Quote this with your most minor celebrity interaction
December 29, 2025 at 11:48 PM
I emceed a D.C. event.
Me: “Our next speaker literally needs no introduction. Bernie’s here, y’all!”
Bernie walks on stage, shakes my hand, says, “Great intro” and starts his speech.
On a separate occasion, I gave a half-wave to Bernie at DCA. He nodded back.
And those are my two Bernie stories.
Me: “Our next speaker literally needs no introduction. Bernie’s here, y’all!”
Bernie walks on stage, shakes my hand, says, “Great intro” and starts his speech.
On a separate occasion, I gave a half-wave to Bernie at DCA. He nodded back.
And those are my two Bernie stories.
I’m on the penultimate chapter of former Finnish PM Sanna Marin’s memoir and, as a legislator who’s been working to get universal free school meals in Virginia, it floors me to see her note that free school lunch in Finland has been around since *1948.*
Can’t wait for us to catch up to 1948 Finland…
Can’t wait for us to catch up to 1948 Finland…
December 28, 2025 at 12:01 AM
I’m on the penultimate chapter of former Finnish PM Sanna Marin’s memoir and, as a legislator who’s been working to get universal free school meals in Virginia, it floors me to see her note that free school lunch in Finland has been around since *1948.*
Can’t wait for us to catch up to 1948 Finland…
Can’t wait for us to catch up to 1948 Finland…
Virginia is subsidizing a multi-trillion dollar industry with a $1.6B tax break at a time when we’re trying to determine how we’re going to backfill the federal cuts to SNAP and Medicaid.
Once again, I’ll be introducing a budget amendment to end this exemption.
www.bizjournals.com/washington/n...
Once again, I’ll be introducing a budget amendment to end this exemption.
www.bizjournals.com/washington/n...
Virginia's data center tax abatement surges to estimated $1.6 billion in fiscal 2025 - Washington Business Journal
Virginia's data center sales tax exemption hit a new milestone in fiscal 2025, cracking a staggering $1.6 billion in foregone sales and use tax revenue, per a new report.
www.bizjournals.com
December 26, 2025 at 2:12 PM
Virginia is subsidizing a multi-trillion dollar industry with a $1.6B tax break at a time when we’re trying to determine how we’re going to backfill the federal cuts to SNAP and Medicaid.
Once again, I’ll be introducing a budget amendment to end this exemption.
www.bizjournals.com/washington/n...
Once again, I’ll be introducing a budget amendment to end this exemption.
www.bizjournals.com/washington/n...
The last two times I went to donate blood, my iron was a bit too low (when you’re on a vegan diet, you’ve got to be really intentional about this stuff).
This, of course, is a terrible news for a metalhead — “I’m not metal enough?!”
Three months, I’m metal enough again. Up the irons. \m/ #OfOneBlood
This, of course, is a terrible news for a metalhead — “I’m not metal enough?!”
Three months, I’m metal enough again. Up the irons. \m/ #OfOneBlood
December 24, 2025 at 6:03 PM
The last two times I went to donate blood, my iron was a bit too low (when you’re on a vegan diet, you’ve got to be really intentional about this stuff).
This, of course, is a terrible news for a metalhead — “I’m not metal enough?!”
Three months, I’m metal enough again. Up the irons. \m/ #OfOneBlood
This, of course, is a terrible news for a metalhead — “I’m not metal enough?!”
Three months, I’m metal enough again. Up the irons. \m/ #OfOneBlood
As a reporter-turned-legislator, I find the need to point out: quality journalism always finds a way to sunlight.
Good reporting by the actual journalists at 60 Minutes and nice job by some Canadians for getting the story over the border.
As Mike Muir would sing, “You / Can’t / Bring / Me / Down!”
Good reporting by the actual journalists at 60 Minutes and nice job by some Canadians for getting the story over the border.
As Mike Muir would sing, “You / Can’t / Bring / Me / Down!”
December 23, 2025 at 4:46 AM
As a reporter-turned-legislator, I find the need to point out: quality journalism always finds a way to sunlight.
Good reporting by the actual journalists at 60 Minutes and nice job by some Canadians for getting the story over the border.
As Mike Muir would sing, “You / Can’t / Bring / Me / Down!”
Good reporting by the actual journalists at 60 Minutes and nice job by some Canadians for getting the story over the border.
As Mike Muir would sing, “You / Can’t / Bring / Me / Down!”
Andrea and I learned how to run together during the @victoryinstitute.bsky.social’s 2016 training program. On Nov. 7, 2017, we both made history, winning together.
We’ve crossed paths several times and it’s been such a joy. I wish the absolute best for her retirement.
www.mprnews.org/story/2025/1...
We’ve crossed paths several times and it’s been such a joy. I wish the absolute best for her retirement.
www.mprnews.org/story/2025/1...
As Minneapolis Council member Andrea Jenkins retires, she reflects on ‘tumultuous’ time in office
Council member Andrea Jenkins has called her time in office “tumultuous” — most notably in 2020 during the pandemic and the upheaval after the murder of George Floyd in the ward.
www.mprnews.org
December 22, 2025 at 9:06 PM
Andrea and I learned how to run together during the @victoryinstitute.bsky.social’s 2016 training program. On Nov. 7, 2017, we both made history, winning together.
We’ve crossed paths several times and it’s been such a joy. I wish the absolute best for her retirement.
www.mprnews.org/story/2025/1...
We’ve crossed paths several times and it’s been such a joy. I wish the absolute best for her retirement.
www.mprnews.org/story/2025/1...
Today, I led hundreds of my constituents in Bristow on a march along a trail through the woods to rally against the data center transmission line that would destroy a huge swath of the community‘s green space.
Protesting in the 30s the Saturday before Christmas in the ‘burbs… welcome to PWC 2025.
Protesting in the 30s the Saturday before Christmas in the ‘burbs… welcome to PWC 2025.
December 20, 2025 at 8:04 PM
Today, I led hundreds of my constituents in Bristow on a march along a trail through the woods to rally against the data center transmission line that would destroy a huge swath of the community‘s green space.
Protesting in the 30s the Saturday before Christmas in the ‘burbs… welcome to PWC 2025.
Protesting in the 30s the Saturday before Christmas in the ‘burbs… welcome to PWC 2025.
I vehemently and unequivocally oppose the Dulles South Innovation Center in its entirety and I’ll work with whoever it takes to defeat it.
I’ve absolutely had it with data centers in Prince William County. No more. No exceptions.
Defeat DSIC and PWDG.
www.princewilliamtimes.com/localnews/br...
I’ve absolutely had it with data centers in Prince William County. No more. No exceptions.
Defeat DSIC and PWDG.
www.princewilliamtimes.com/localnews/br...
BREAKING: New data center project covering 250 properties pitched for rural Gainesville
Another massive data center complex is being pitched for nearly 2,000 acres in rural Gainesville and Catharpin by a developer with ties to a Prince William County school board member and a former coun...
www.princewilliamtimes.com
December 19, 2025 at 2:32 PM
I vehemently and unequivocally oppose the Dulles South Innovation Center in its entirety and I’ll work with whoever it takes to defeat it.
I’ve absolutely had it with data centers in Prince William County. No more. No exceptions.
Defeat DSIC and PWDG.
www.princewilliamtimes.com/localnews/br...
I’ve absolutely had it with data centers in Prince William County. No more. No exceptions.
Defeat DSIC and PWDG.
www.princewilliamtimes.com/localnews/br...
December 17, 2025 at 2:55 PM
This headline is one reason why the #Virginia General Assembly should pass my bill SB 4 for universal free school breakfast for all students.
Kids get fed, parents save hundreds of dollars per kid per school year and school staffers have one less administrative burden.
www.wtvr.com/news/local-n...
Kids get fed, parents save hundreds of dollars per kid per school year and school staffers have one less administrative burden.
www.wtvr.com/news/local-n...
Free breakfast improves Virginia students’ chronic absenteeism
Free school breakfast programs are helping drive down chronic absenteeism rates across Virginia, with 32,000 more students now eating breakfast at school since 2023.
www.wtvr.com
December 17, 2025 at 2:47 PM
This headline is one reason why the #Virginia General Assembly should pass my bill SB 4 for universal free school breakfast for all students.
Kids get fed, parents save hundreds of dollars per kid per school year and school staffers have one less administrative burden.
www.wtvr.com/news/local-n...
Kids get fed, parents save hundreds of dollars per kid per school year and school staffers have one less administrative burden.
www.wtvr.com/news/local-n...
Reposted by Sen. Danica Roem
Virginia’s Mukhammad Aziz Umurzokov dreamed of becoming a neurosurgeon after overcoming his own childhood health struggles. He and his fellow Brown student Ella Cook, of Alabama, both had promising futures cut tragically short. We must do more to stop these horrific shootings.
Mukhammad Aziz Umurzokov, a freshman at Brown, had a condition as a child that required brain surgery. The experience created an unshakable ambition to become a brain surgeon, his sister said.
He died after being shot on campus on Saturday.
He died after being shot on campus on Saturday.
Brown shooting victim was pursuing dream of becoming brain surgeon
Mukhammad Aziz Umurzokov, 18, was one of two people killed at Brown University on Saturday.
www.washingtonpost.com
December 15, 2025 at 8:04 PM
Virginia’s Mukhammad Aziz Umurzokov dreamed of becoming a neurosurgeon after overcoming his own childhood health struggles. He and his fellow Brown student Ella Cook, of Alabama, both had promising futures cut tragically short. We must do more to stop these horrific shootings.
For the second time in the last month, I walked with my Bristow constituents this a.m. through the area where Dominion is proposing a transmission line that would clearcut a huge portion of what’s left of the woods in that part of Braemar to power data centers.
The woods > corporate greed. Let’s go!
The woods > corporate greed. Let’s go!
“...Roem continued, “because all the heavy hitters of corporate Virginia hate this bill, and so they don't like it because it will limit their ability to make as much money as possible from sticking these things where they don't belong.”
'Biggest of the big leagues': Sen. Roem to pitch sweeping data center crackdown in General Assembly
Data center reform was a pressing issue at a joint legislative meeting between the Prince William Board of County Supervisors, School Board and several members of the county’s delegation to the Virgin...
www.insidenova.com
December 15, 2025 at 8:14 PM
For the second time in the last month, I walked with my Bristow constituents this a.m. through the area where Dominion is proposing a transmission line that would clearcut a huge portion of what’s left of the woods in that part of Braemar to power data centers.
The woods > corporate greed. Let’s go!
The woods > corporate greed. Let’s go!
“Two identical bills — SB 4 by Sen. Danica Roem, D-PWC, and its forthcoming House accompaniment (@ebpforva.bsky.social) — would provide free breakfast to all K-12 students in Virginia public schools, regardless of family income. … #Virginia families would save over $500 per child annually…”
#valeg
#valeg
Governor-elect Spanberger and the General Assembly should seize this moment and pass S.B.4 and/or its House companion bill. When Virginia’s children look back on 2026, they should remember it as the year their state decided that no student would go hungry on the way to building their future.
Universal school breakfast: A bipartisan solution Virginia can't afford to ignore | Guest column
Governor-elect Spanberger and the General Assembly should seize this moment and pass S.B.4 and/or its House companion bill. When Virginia’s children look back on 2026, they should remember it as the year their state decided that no student would go hungry on the way to building their future.
richmond.com
December 15, 2025 at 8:08 PM
“Two identical bills — SB 4 by Sen. Danica Roem, D-PWC, and its forthcoming House accompaniment (@ebpforva.bsky.social) — would provide free breakfast to all K-12 students in Virginia public schools, regardless of family income. … #Virginia families would save over $500 per child annually…”
#valeg
#valeg
Local crew: please join me in dropping off donated clothes (see below for what’s needed) at Gainesville District Supervisor @gstewartsupervisor.bsky.social’s office to help people who are homeless in our community.
I visited the shelter last week and we have significant need there.
#Virginia
I visited the shelter last week and we have significant need there.
#Virginia
December 15, 2025 at 5:24 PM
Local crew: please join me in dropping off donated clothes (see below for what’s needed) at Gainesville District Supervisor @gstewartsupervisor.bsky.social’s office to help people who are homeless in our community.
I visited the shelter last week and we have significant need there.
#Virginia
I visited the shelter last week and we have significant need there.
#Virginia