
House approves stopgap budget measure to keep federal government open
The U.S. House of Representatives voted 230-201, largely along party lines, to approve a stopgap funding measure to keep the federal government open until at least mid-December.

The U.S. House of Representatives voted 230-201, largely along party lines, to approve a stopgap funding measure to keep the federal government open until at least mid-December.

Rappahannock Rapidan Community Services (RRCS) received a $125,000 grant from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.

The Invest to Protect Act of 2022 would ensure funding for police departments in rural communities, and training and access to mental health resources.

The Preventing a Patronage System Act passed the House of Representatives on Sept. 15 with all Democrats and six Republicans in favor.

Support for democracy is growing in U.S. Congress as Common Cause’s 2022 Democracy Scorecard reveals that 101 members received a perfect score.

The virulently anti-abortion Susan B. Anthony List has endorsed Yesli Vega in the Virginia Seventh District congressional race.

A bipartisan group of nine members of Congress have sent a letter to House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy and the chair and ranking member of the Committee on House Administration calling for a vote on a congressional stock trading ban by Sept. 30.

Seventh District Republican congressional nominee Yesli Vega is all in on voting for a government shutdown.

Lessons learned from a 2018 snow event near Bristol were not applied by Virginia leaders before the disaster on Interstate 95 in the Fredericksburg area earlier this year.
The Inflation Reduction Act will reduce prescription costs for Americans, but expansion of Medicaid in Virginia has reduced healthcare costs for Virginians.
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