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Health-care TV ad wars underway
The Swampby Mark Silva In the roiling mix of political crosswinds that may come to characterize the 2009-2010 elections -- in which a Republican quit one congressional race to campaign for the winning Democrat, and in which the president's party was......Tags: Medical Services, Mark Kirk, Clubs and Associations, Marion Berry, Michael N Castle
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Re-election the top priority?
Members of Congress are more interested in winning reelection than in removing before then the budget "sequestration" knife that threatens to lop 10 percent off 2,500 defense programs starting Jan. 2. That was the signal that lawmakers sent at a House...Tags: White House, Politics, Economy, Business and Finance, Barack Obama, U.S. House Committee on Armed Services
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Social media wrap: Watching Newt Gingrich â No Mickey-ing about here
Top of the TicketFormer House speaker gains media exposure with a watch from DisneyWorld. His social networking moves, however, give clearer clues of his political intentions.... -
Rep. Scott taking VA gun control activist to State of the Union
U.S. Rep. Robert C. "Bobby" Scott, D-Newport news, has invited Virginia gun control activist Lori Haas to be his guest at President Barack Obama's State of the Union Address Tuesday. Haas, whose daughter Emily was shot but survived the 2007 Virginia...Tags: Politics, Barack Obama, Shootings, Gun Control, Personal Weapon Control
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Commencement ceremonies in full swing
Commencement ceremonies for graduates of colleges and universities across the region are in full swing. Whether you plan to attend an upcoming ceremony or not, be prepared for potential heavy traffic near the locations in the hours before and after...Tags: Jim Webb, Colleges and Universities, Old Dominion University, Virginia Tech, Science and Technology
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In Virginia, a lot riding on online sales tax
Legislation passed by the U.S. Senate this week that would push online retailers to collect sales tax on purchases made online would help provide crucial funding for Virginia roads. A key component of the transportation funding package signed into law...Tags: E-Commerce Industry, Government, Politics, Crime, Law and Justice, Computing and Information Technology Industry
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4th District: Forbes pushes for defense
U.S. Rep. J. Randy Forbes was the newest member of Congress on Sept. 11, 2001, having just won a special election. Since then, the 4th District congressman has spent much of his time in office shaping the United States' ability to respond to the terrorist...Tags: Politics, Mark Pryor, Voting, Barack Obama, Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act
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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: Politics, 401K, Customs and Tradition, George W. Bush, Newport News (Newport News, Virginia)
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Both off-shore drilling, wind farms could be spoils of election
Whether it's drilling off shore for oil and natural gas, developing wind farms off the coast or a combination of the two, energy policy proposals from candidates of both parties seeking federal office could be a boon for Hampton Roads. At first glance...Tags: Natural Resources, Economy, Business and Finance, Politics, Prices, Environmental Pollution
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Election results likely to decide the sequestration debate
Virginia is set to hurl over a "fiscal cliff" on Jan. 1 if lawmakers in Washington cannot come up with a deal before then to stop nearly $500 billion in cuts in military spending put in place by last summer's deal to raise the nation's debt ceiling. A...Tags: Christopher Dodd, Politics, Economy, Business and Finance, George W. Bush, Polls
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Election 2012: Democrats, Republicans offer clear choice on taxes
At the center of the fall campaigns, from the presidential race on down, is whether to extend all or some of President George W. Bush's temporary tax cuts which are set to expire at the end of the year. President Barack Obama wants the Bush-tax cuts to...
Tags: Economy, Business and Finance, Politics, George W. Bush, Christopher Newport University, Old Dominion University
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Voters will decide thrust of economic policy going forward
As the national economy struggles to find solid footing following the worst economic recession since the Great Depression, candidates for federal office, from the presidential race down to the local congressional races, are locked in a philosophical...Tags: Economy, Business and Finance, Politics, George W. Bush, Christopher Newport University, Chesapeake City
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