As many Virginia conservatives know, one of our most urgent objectives today is to keep the Organized Left from winning control of the U. S. House of Representatives.

But when our own Tenth District incumbent Frank Wolf develops chronic tin ear, it puts conservatives in a hard place.

On the one hand, Wolf-challenger Judy Feder would be a consistent and diligent advocate of big and intrusive government.

Whatever expansive government schemes Mr. Wolf might flirt with and nurture, we can be sure that Mrs. Feder would proceed in lock step with the House Democratic Caucus, systematically to rein in both our enterprise and our liberties.

On the other hand, conservatives must have the forebearance of a saint in coming to terms with Mr. Wolf’s unrevealed earmarks and his apparent indifference to our property rights.

A just-released Congressional scorecard under the auspices of the American Land Rights Association gives Mr. Wolf only a 68 per cent rating - - - compared with 100 per cent ratings for four other Virginia U. S. Representatives (Eric Cantor, Thelma Drake, Virgil Goode, and Bob Goodlatte).

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The Good: Last week, all sorts and conditions of Virginia House Republicans came together to support the Federal Election Integrity Act, H.R. 4844, requiring photo-identification to vote in Federal elections and proof of citizenship to register for Federal elections.

And, as a bonus to fiscal conservatives, Virginia Representative Eric Cantor teamed up with Indiana Representative Mike Pence to offer legislation, H.R. 6057, eliminating the capital gains tax on inflation. Some tax authorities argue that the Administration could do this by executive order. (Full disclosure: your correspondent was one of 20 signers of a coalition letter to Congress urging an end to taxing inflation on capital gains.) The Club for Growth has made H. R. 6057 a priority. That pro-growth voice reports 67 co-sponsors of the measure last evening.

The Bad: In a time of porous U.S. borders, one would think members of all parties would be eager to secure the US voting system. Lamentably, Virginia U.S. Representatives Robert Scott, Rick Boucher, and James Moran voted not to do so.

And Tenth District challenger for the U.S. House Judy Feder crows:

People in this district—indeed, all across Virginia and across America—are desperate for change and accountability in Washington, DC.”

But apparently that promised accountability does not extend to explaining where she stands on securing our voting system. NoVaPolitics asked Ms. Feder for her views on the Federal Election Integrity Act. She failed to respond.

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