Focus | Morton: A ‘principled conservative’
Fifth District GOP candidate builds support toward run for party nod
Story by Chris Graham
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The Fifth District is a living laboratory to Fluvanna County biology teacher Feda Morton, a veteran Republican Party activist seeking the GOP nomination to run for Congress in the Fifth. All Morton has to do over the course of the next 11 months is dissect a seven-candidate field in a June primary and then get to the heart of the Tom Perriello phenomenon that turned the Fifth blue in ’08.
“I’m very concerned about the economy, about states’ rights, about the people’s rights. I feel that our constitutional rights are being run roughshod over, and that we need to have principled conservative leadership in Washington to get back to what the founders meant for this country to be, and for the free-market and free-enterprise system to be stabilized so we can prosper. And Tom Perriello is not a match for the Fifth District, and is not voting the will of the people of this district,” said Morton, who has been working to build a campaign strong both at the grassroots and at the top, picking up the endorsements of Republican National Committee members Morton Blackwell and Kathy Hayden Terry. Read more
Fifth District Report
Column by Tom Perriello
www.perriello.house.gov
As we close out 2009, here is a summary of all that we have accomplished during my first year in office.
When I was sworn in almost a year ago, our economy was on the brink of collapse. While we still have a long way to go toward complete economic recovery, I believe we took actions that prevented the next Great Depression. At the same time, we have made investments in Central and Southern Virginia that will benefit our region’s long-term competitive advantage: improved infrastructure, a well-trained workforce, and getting us ahead of the curve in the new energy economy.
Focus | McPadden: ‘(C)hange the party from the inside out’
Congressional candidate pushes back-to-basics GOP campaign
Story by Chris Graham
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The tea-party protests of the summer motivated many on the right. It was another protest half a world away that motivated Mike McPadden to run for Congress.
“Those kids were out there in the streets fighting for their liberties. That was a watershed moment for me,” McPadden said of the student-led protests in Iran raising issue with that country’s controversial presidential elections. Read more
Fifth District Report
Column by Tom Perriello
www.perriello.house.gov
Last week, I held a conference call with Chambers of Commerce and other business leaders from across the Fifth District to gain their ideas on job creation and how to create new competitive advantage in Central and Southern Virginia. Supporting small businesses is one of the best ways we can turn our economy around. Here are some of the ideas and issues they raised. Read more
Focus | Perriello: Baptism by fire
Story by Chris Graham
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With AFP Audio
Tom Perriello picked a great time to be a freshman congressman, what with the country in January on the verge of the next Great Depression and with so much unresolved in the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan and the push from the electorate in the ’08 elections for change on health care.
“Never a dull moment. It’s hard to imagine a more contentious year,” said Perriello, D-Fifth District, who was elected in 2008 on a mandate of change in the country and in the Fifth and will head into his first re-election battle in 2010 on the heels of news that a Danville-area conservative group had broached publicly the idea of burning him in effigy to protest his votes on cap-and-trade legislation and the still-contentious health-care issue. Read more
Fifth District Report
Column by Tom Perriello
www.perriello.house.gov
My top priority is jobs for Main Street and rebuilding America’s competitive edge in the world. Recently, I was selected for two congressional roles to advance the ball on economic development for Central and Southern Virginia. I was appointed to a Congressional Task Force on Job Creation and was also made Vice-Chair of the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure’s Economic Development, Public Buildings, and Emergency Management Subcommittee.
Organized as a special working group focusing on a possible “jobs bill,” the Congressional Task Force on Job Creation will recommend economic initiatives in the coming year to promote job creation. The task force will focus on bringing innovative ideas to the table that will foster job creation and restore America’s competitive advantage. We will be focusing on strategies for strengthening the economy and putting Americans back to work. As work on jobs legislation continues, I hope to hear from you about any recommendations for breathing life back into this economy. Read more
Fifth District Report
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Column by Tom Perriello
www.perriello.house.gov
First, I have once again signed on as co-sponsor of a measure to block members of Congress from receiving automatic pay increases, this time for the 2011 fiscal year. On Jan. 7, 2009 — the day after being sworn into office — I co-sponsored H.R. 156, which blocked the automatic pay increase for FY2010. The measure was successfully adopted by congressional leaders over the summer. Read more
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