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Editorial: Online sales tax is a one-click revenue source
Last week, the U.S. Senate passed the Marketplace Fairness Act, which requires Internet-based businesses to collect state sales tax based on the shipping address. The bill is fair, logical and necessary to Virginia's economy. Businesses that sell...Tags: Crime, Law and Justice, U.S. Senate, Scott Rigell, E-Commerce Industry, Business
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Wittman hosting Military Service Academy Day this Saturday
YORK— Congressman Rob Wittman, VA-1, announced that he will host a Military Service Academy Day this Saturday, May 11, at Naval Weapons Station Yorktown, along with Rep. Bobby Scott, VA-3. The briefing will be held at the MWR Conference Center...
Tags: Scott Rigell, Naval Weapons Station Yorktown, Bobby Scott, Timothy M. Kaine, U.S. House Committee on Armed Services
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Senate to vote on Internet sales tax bill
Daily PressThe Senate is set to vote on an Internet sales tax bill within the first week of May. Also known as the Marketplace Fairness Act, the bill gives states the authority to require online sellers to collect sales tax at the point of purchase. There is an...Tags: Crime, Law and Justice, U.S. Senate, Scott Rigell, E-Commerce Industry, Business
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Virginia Gazette Last Word for April 24: Ferry costs; Made in America; Phone scam
The Virginia GazetteFerry costs "Since we have several armchair experts weighing in on why it's a waste to secure the ferry, let me toss out a scenario that perhaps the real experts considered in their decision. Further down the river, we have irreplaceable national assets...Tags: Personal Weapon Control, Terrorism, Boston Marathon Bombing (2013), Colonial Williamsburg, U.S. Congress
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Sequestration would reach far into the Virginia Peninsula community - and affect health services
Like a victim tied to buzz saw table in an old movie melodrama, federal, state and local agencies and departments, and a host of businesses and nonprofit organizations are watching with alarm as budget blades churn toward them. On Friday automatic...
Tags: Armed Forces, Teaching and Learning, Thomas Nelson Community College, Business, Fort Monroe
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House passes bill shielding shipbuilding from deep cuts
A bill that shelters a string of shipbuilding programs from budget cuts breezed through the House Wednesday as a Republican majority was joined by more than 50 Democrats. The $982 billion bill would keep the government going through the end of the year,...
Tags: Parties and Movements, Shipbuilding, Scott Rigell, U.S. Congress, Gerald E. Connolly
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Rep. Rob Wittman votes against `fiscal cliff' measure
Here's a statement from Rep. Rob Wittman, Virginia's 1st District Republican representative in Congress, following Tuesday night's passage by the House of the American Taxpayer Relief Act. The measure passed 257-167 after being overwhelmingly approved...Tags: Fiscal Cliff, U.S. Congress, Politics, Elections
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Rep. Rob Wittman re-elected as chairman of U.S. Naval Academy Board of Visitors
One local congressman may have a partisan stake in this Saturday's Army-Navy game. Rep. Rob Wittman, R-Westmoreland, has been elected to this third term as chairman of the U.S. Naval Academy Board of Visitors. Wittman is a member of the House Armed...
Tags: United States Naval Academy, U.S. House Committee on Armed Services
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Daily Press live events
COMING SOON Oct. 29: 2nd District debate - Rep. Scott Rigell, R-Virginia Beach, and Democratic challenger Paul Hirshbiel. RECENTLY RECORDED EXCLUSIVE: 3rd District debate, Oct. 1 - Rep. Robert C. "Bobby" Scott, D-Newport News, and Republican...
Tags: Scott Rigell, Newport News (Newport News, Virginia)
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1st District: Wittman values relationships
When he's not roaming the halls of Congress or listening to voters in his district, U.S. Rep. Rob Wittman, R-Westmoreland, enjoys a good hunting trip. He loads up his pickup truck with one of his yellow labs and heads to a favorite spot near his home in...Tags: Republican Party, U.S. House of Representatives, Jo Ann Davis, Paul Ryan, Politics
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1st District: Pastor's son tries hand at politics
When he was still a child, Adam Cook decided he did not want to be a pastor like his father. He saw the stress of the late-night calls, the messiness of church politics and the pressure to come up with sermons. "It wasn't my calling," Cook said. Instead,...Tags: York (York, Pennsylvania), Afghanistan, York County (Virginia), York County (Pennsylvania), Military Justice
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Facts often get lost in the Medicare scare tactic
William Tucker of Hampton beams with pride when he talks about meeting President Barack Obama last month when the president made a campaign stop in Hampton. Tucker, 83, a veteran of three wars who has also been the head of the state longshoremen's union,...
Tags: Parties and Movements, Social Security, Barack Obama, John Kerry, John McCain
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