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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: Politics, Hampton University, Students, Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program, Libraries
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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: Politics, Newport News Shipbuilding, Parties and Movements, U.S. Department of Defense, U.S. Congress
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Obama: Sequestration demands a compromise
President Barack Obama made a late appeal for compromise to stave off across-the-board cuts Tuesday in a speech at Newport News Shipbuilding. He called sequestration – the budgetary term for the cuts – an ugly word, and an even uglier...
Tags: Politics, Budgets and Budgeting, U.S. Congress, Manufacturing and Engineering, U.S. Senate
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Gun control group says poll shows most voters in VA 2nd Congressional Dist. favor mandatory background checks
A poll released Tuesday by the gun-control advocacy group Mayors Against Illegal Guns showed that voters in Virginia's 2nd Congressional District favor mandatory background checks for all firearms purchases. When asked, "Do you favor or oppose requiring...Tags: Politics, U.S. Congress, Hampton (Hampton, Virginia), Michael Bloomberg, Gun Control
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Rigell to travel with president during shipyard visit
It comes as no surprise that President Barack Obama will be joined on his visit to Newport News Shipbuilding by Rep. Robert C. "Bobby" Scott, a Democratic stalwart and the shipyard's congressman. The second congressman in the presidential entourage is...Tags: Barack Obama, Newport News Shipbuilding, Manufacturing and Engineering, Shipbuilding, Newport News (Newport News, Virginia)
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Suspicious letters sent to Virginia congressmen pose no threat
VIRGINIA BEACH, Va. (AP) -- Officials say suspicious letters sent to two Virginia congressmen on Friday were harmless and were sent by the same person, who is cooperating with police. Authorities reported Friday that letters containing a white, powder...
Tags: Chesapeake (Chesapeake, Virginia)
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Suspicious powder found inside letters to two Virginia congressmen
VIRGINIA BEACH, Va. (AP) -- Officials say the offices of two Virginia congressmen received letters with a suspicious powder inside, though the material does not appear to be hazardous. Virginia Beach Fire Battalion Chief Tim Riley says the substance...
Tags: Chesapeake (Chesapeake, Virginia)
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Members of VA Congressional delegation unite against sequestration cuts
Nine of Virginia's 13 members of Congress sent a letter to President Barack Obama, Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid, D-Nevada, and House Speaker John Boehner, R-Ohio, Friday expressing their unified support of averting the arbitrary sequestration cuts...Tags: Politics, U.S. Congress, Fairfax (Fairfax, Virginia), Mark R. Warner, Timothy M. Kaine
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Army wants state to buy portions of Fort Monroe
The guns and guards are gone, but Fort Monroe remains in the military's hands more than 15 months after the Army decomissioned the base and moved its personnel and equipment from the historic property. The Army is keeping tight-fisted control of the...
Tags: U.S. Army, Fort Monroe, G. Glenn Oder
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Cummings to push bipartisan gun control bill
Responding to gun control loopholes that have proved vexing for police in Maryland and elsewhere, Rep. Elijah E. Cummings will introduce bipartisan legislation Tuesday to impose tougher penalties for people who traffic guns across state borders or buy...
Tags: Prosecution, Politics, U.S. Congress, U.S. Senate, Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives
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U.S. Rep. Rigell named to House Budget Committee
U.S. Rep. Scott Rigell, R-Virginia Beach, will serve on the House of Representatives Budget Committee in the 113th Congress. Rigell, who was sworn in for his second term in the House Thursday, was an outspoken advocate as a freshman for increasing revenue...Tags: Fiscal Cliff, U.S. House of Representatives, U.S. House Committee on Armed Services, U.S. House Committee on the Budget
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Congress approves Chinese drywall bill, but Hampton Roads victims aren't cheering
The clock almost ran out, but Chinese drywall legislation was overwhelmingly approved by Congress this week, sending the bill to President Barack Obama's desk to be signed into law. Had the bill not been approved by Jan. 2, legislators would have had...
Tags: Politics, Barack Obama, U.S. Congress, Hampton Roads, Mark R. Warner
Feb 24, 2013
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Mar 7, 2013
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Feb 26, 2013
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Mar 5, 2013
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Feb 26, 2013
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Feb 25, 2013
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Feb 22, 2013
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Feb 15, 2013
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Feb 5, 2013
|Story| Hampton Roads Daily Press
Feb 4, 2013
|Story| Baltimore Sun
Jan 4, 2013
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Jan 3, 2013
|Story| Hampton Roads Daily Press
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