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All condemn pending budget cuts, spread blame
The Associated PressThe White House and Republicans kept up the unrelenting mudslinging Sunday over who’s to blame for roundly condemned budget cuts set to take effect at week’s end, with the administration detailing the potential fallout in each state and...Tags: Vaccines, Head Start, Haley Barbour, White House, Television Industry
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Former Roanoke Delegate Chip Woodrum Dies
ReporterFormer Delegate Chip Woodrum has died. A Roanoke attorney, Woodrum represented western Virginia in the General Assembly for 24 years. He was 74 years old. Â Woodrum first ran for the House of Delegates in 1979, winning the seat he would hold for over...Tags: Civil and Public Service, Politics, Human Interest, Virginia General Assembly, Roanoke (Roanoke, 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: Barack Obama, Gerald E. Connolly, Fairfax (Fairfax, Virginia), John Boehner, U.S. Congress
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Senate panel approves Hagel for Pentagon chief
WASHINGTON (AP) — A bitterly divided Senate panel on Tuesday approved President Barack Obama's nomination of Chuck Hagel to be the nation's defense secretary in a rancorous session at which Republican questioned the former GOP senator's truthfulness...
Tags: Iran, Parties and Movements, Israel, Democratic Party, United Nations
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Wasserman Schultz to stay on as national Democratic chairwoman
Sun SentinelU.S. Rep. Debbie Wasserman Schultz of Weston will stay on as chairwoman of the Democratic National Committee. Â A senior party official said Monday that President Barack Obama would ask members of the DNC to ratify her as his choice to continue...Tags: Barack Obama, U.S. Senate, Debbie Wasserman Schultz, Nancy Pelosi
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Battle looming on UVA rector's reappointment
A leading Senate opponent of University of Virginia Rector Helen Dragas says lawmakers seeking to oust her face a difficult fight. Several lawmakers have said they would oppose Dragas' reappointment following the Board of Visitors' failed attempt to...
Tags: Justice System, Politics, Crime, Law and Justice, Government
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President Obama inauguration TV coverage
Channel Guide MagazineUpdated Jan. 20, 2013, 1:29pm CT On Monday, Jan. 21 (officially on Jan. 20), Barack Obama will be sworn in to begin his second term as President of the United States, along with Joe Biden as Vice President. The oath of office will formally be administered... -
Gov. McDonnell vs. Jones-Wagner -- rival approaches to port restructuring
Gov. Bob McDonnell and a group of Hampton Roads lawmakers both want to reform the management structure for state-run ports. But dueling bills lay out divergent approaches when it comes to the governor's power at the piers. For example, the bill...Tags: Norfolk (Norfolk, Virginia), Port Authority of New York and New Jersey, Chesapeake (Chesapeake, Virginia), Government, Suffolk (Suffolk, Virginia)
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Rendell urges business group to back 'essential' public works projects
Infrastructure could be the least sexy word in the English language, former Pennsylvania Gov. Ed Rendell acknowledged to his audience Monday morning, but "it is essential to everything we do." While roads, rails and the electric grid — just to name...
Tags: Science and Technology, Edward G. Rendell, Politics, Regional Authority, Port of Baltimore
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Kaine wastes little time getting to work following Tuesday's election to Senate
WDBJ7 ReporterDemocrat Tim Kaine seemed to be already getting to work Wednesday after defeating George Allen in the race for the U.S. Senate. At a news conference in Richmond on Wednesday afternoon, he talked about working in Congress to reduce the deficit. “As...Tags: Politics, Barack Obama, U.S. Senate, George Allen, Government
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Reid urges cooperation as Democrats expand Senate control
CNNSenate Majority Leader Harry Reid called on Republicans to cooperate with an expanded Democratic majority Wednesday, a day after the Democrats picked up at least one more seat in the chamber. "It is better to dance than to fight," said Reid, D-Nevada....Tags: U.S. Senate, Daniel Akaka, Ben Nelson, Parties and Movements, Gays and Lesbians
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Democrats Hold onto Narrow Majority in U.S. Senate
Los Angeles TimesWASHINGTON -- Democrats retained a narrow majority in the Senate on Tuesday, but Republicans kept their grip on the House, delivering another divided, and highly polarized, Congress. The balance of power was likely to shift by no more than a seat or two,...Tags: U.S. Senate, Connecticut Labor Markets, Parties and Movements, Ben Nelson, Richard Mourdock
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