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Sen. Thomas K. "Tommy" Norment is calling on Gov. Timothy M. Kaine to ask for the resignation of social butterfly Tareq Salahi from the Virginia Tourism Board in the wake of the Salahi and his wife sneaking into the White House dinner last week. The Virginia couple has come under withering ...
Congress
Virginia Foxx
Gov. Timothy M. Kaine announced Thursday that Northampton County has qualified for $1 million worth of federal stimulus cash to upgrade broadband access along Virginia's Eastern Shore. The project is expected to create 20 technology jobs in Northampton. “Today we are announcing an important ...
White House
Stimulus Plan
Gov.-elect Bob McDonnell tapped top administration staffers on Thursday, naming a handful of close advisors including Gov. Timothy M. Kaine's finance chief Ric Brown. McDonnell, who handily won the governor's race, is starting to put in place the building blocks for the first Republican ...
Congress
Bob McDonnell
Sherrod Brown
Virginia Foxx
National political guru and partisan cheerleaders are sitting down in Washington on Thursday to breakdown the lay of the land as lawmakers across the country prepare for the 2010 midterm elections. Hosted by the University of Virginia and the site POLITICO, the event features some important ...
Congress
Washington, D.C
CNN
Virginia Foxx
Barack Obama
When lawmakers and local leaders start howling about looming Virginia budget cuts, voters should remember the mounds of money that went into the November election. According to the National Institute on Money in State Politics, Virginia general election candidates raised upwards of $50 million ...
Congress
Virginia Foxx
Bob McDonnell
With smoking in bars set to be banned when the clock hits midnight, Gov. Timothy M. Kaine's office has set up a series of events to commemorate the day Virginia went smoke-free. Kaine will tour a series of bars and restaurants in Charlottesville, Alexandria and Richmond to celebrate the fact ...
Congress
Virginia Foxx
Virginia Republicans are going to extend their victory party and bring the fest to Williamsburg this weekend for the Republican advance. For newcomers and neophytes, the GOP advance is the annual gathering where state Republicans get together for workshops and brainstorming sessions with ...
White House
Republican National Committee
Bob McDonnell
House Speaker William J. Howell released today the results of the House Ethics inquiry into Del. Phil Hamilton's effort to land himself a $40,000 a year job at Old Dominion University while sponsoring the budget amendment that created a $500,000-a-year teaching center at the school. The report ...
Congress
Lawmakers always start taking about overtime in Richmond. Sometimes folks use it as a threat, suggesting that they could drag their feet on purpose to build pressure. Sometimes, state legislators simply need more time to hash through their differences, especially on state spending. But this year ...
Congress
Washington, D.C
Del. Phil Hamilton’s resignation from the House of Delegates might have snuffed out a state ethics probe, but it appears that federal investigators continue to dig for information about the once influential lawmaker’s $40,000-a-year job at Old Dominion University. House Clerk Bruce Jamerson told ...
Other
Washington Post
In an interview from China, President Barack Obama talked openly about the idea that he might not run for re-election in 2012. Obama, speaking with CNN on a wide range of topics - including Sarah Palin'snew book, said that he realizes he is already making difficult decisions about the future of ...
White House
Barack Obama
CNN
First Lady Michelle Obamatoured an Alexandria elementary school on Tuesday to meet with faculty and student and present the school with an award for a healthier school environment. The event was designed to promote a more active student body to help cut down on childhood obesity, and the school ...
White House
Michelle Obama
Virginia Foxx
Virginia Sens. Jim Webb and Mark Warner are pressing federal officials to release disaster aid in the wake of last week’s powerful nor’easter that rocked Hampton Roads. In the letter, dated Nov. 16, Webb and Warner urge the head of the Federal Emergency Management Agency to speed up the review ...
Congress
Mark Warner
FEMA
Jim Webb
U.S. Rep. Bobby Scott, D-Newport News, and Organizing for America have scheduled a news conference for 6 p.m. today to give OFA a chance to publicly thank Scott for voting for the health care reform bill that passed last Saturday. Passing along the official gratitude will be Brandyn Keating, ...
White House
Organizing For America
Scott Murphy
Health care
Episcopal Church
The Blogs United conference will be held on Saturday, Nov. 21, at Christopher Newport University's David Student Union. The conference runs from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. and the humble registration fee of 15 bucks covers breakfast and lunch. This year’s conference features Rep. Rob Wittman, political ...
Congress
United Nations
Democratic National Committee
Jim Webb
Bob McDonnell
I never got a chance to read it yesterday, but The Hill's Bernie Quigley has an interesting and entertaining election analysis that mentions Texas in passing but focuses on Virginia, with discussion of George Allen, Mark Warner, Jim Webb and Mudcat Saunders. It's called "The South Has Won." ...
