Kaine announces additional staff hires
Sen.-elect Tim Kaine announced additional members of his Senate staff on Monday, including two Capitol Hill veterans to lead his Washington-based communications team.
Kaine announces staff appointments
Sen.-elect Tim Kaine announced on Wednesday the addition of several key members of his Senate staff. Mary Naylor will serve as Legislative Director, Kathryn Wilmoth as Director of Administration, and Sherrie Harrington, as Executive Assistant to the Senator.
Allen talks up new jobs ‘blueprint’
Lower taxes, drilling and a balanced budget amendment – to George Allen, it’s a blueprint for economic rebirth; to his critics, it’s the boilerplate that sank the American economy during his term in the United States Senate. “The strength, skills and optimism of America’s workforce is our competitive advantage. By shedding the burdensome taxes that [...]
Poll: Kaine holds slim lead in Senate race
A new Public Policy Polling survey of Virginia voters has former Gov. Tim Kaine ahead of former Gov. George Allen in the early, early walkup to their anticipated 2012 U.S. Senate race. Kaine held a slim two-point lead over Allen in the polling. The lead is within the poll’s margin of error. A Washington Post [...]
Webb will not seek re-election in 2012
It’s official: U.S. Sen. Jim Webb will not run for a second term representing Virginia in the United States Senate in 2012. “After much thought and consideration, I have decided to return to the private sector, where I have spent most of my professional life, and will not seek re-election in 2012,” Webb said in [...]
Warner: Time for those who seek common ground to step up
Mark Warner, looking back on his first year in the United States Senate, thinks he bit his tongue too much. His bites these days are aimed at taking chunks out of the extremes on the left and the right. “The super left in my party, the MoveOn crowd in my party, and the Tea Party [...]
The Rant | Mark Warner for president
Video Essay by Chris Graham freepress2@ntelos.net The country could use somebody in charge in Washington who knows how to get the job done. Virginians will remember somebody who is in Washington now who when he was in charge of things in the State Capitol could get things done there. Mark Warner, we need you! [...]
Webb: Reverse decision on Gitmo trials
Staff Report News tips: freepress2@ntelos.net U.S. Sen. Jim Webb, D-Va. joined five other senators Tuesday calling for U.S. Attorney General Eric Holder to reverse his decision to try Khalid Sheikh Mohammed and other alleged conspirators in the Sept. 11, 2001 attacks in civilian court rather than military commissions. The six lawmakers, including Sens. Joe [...]












Mark Warner: Fixing what’s broken at Arlington National Cemetery
I would like to share some very positive news on our continuing efforts to fix what’s broken at Arlington National Cemetery. It was last June when many of us first heard about Arlington’s reliance on paper records and maps, and the systemic disorganization and shameful errors that inevitably resulted. I think all of us were [...]
Posted February 7, 2011