Climate Action Alliance of the Valley weekly climate, energy news roundup: April 17
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The Weekly Roundup of Climate and Energy News for the week ending April 17 follows.
Search Results for Democrats
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Morgan Griffith: Retrocession, not statehood, for D.C.
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The U.S. House of Representatives will soon vote on statehood for the District of Columbia.
Republican Party of Virginia announces order of 2021 convention ballot
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The Republican Party of Virginia has determined the order in which the names of candidates for the Republican nomination for governor, lieutenant governor and attorney general will appear on the May 8 State Convention ballot by random lottery.
Democrat Randall Wolf can win the 20th: Here’s how
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Republican John Avoli won the 20th House District seat in 2019 because he ran strong in Augusta County. Randall Wolf fits the profile of Democratic Party candidate who could cut into Avoli’s margins in Augusta County in 2021.
Northam backs McAuliffe: The old white guy network, still in full force
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You know how messed up Virginia Democratic politics is when you see Terry McAuliffe accepting Gov. Ralph Northam’s endorsement, and no one even asks about how McAuliffe two years ago was leading the call to get Northam to resign.
Climate Action Alliance of the Valley climate, energy news roundup: Week of April 11
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The White House infrastructure package contains a number of environmental agenda items high on progressive wish lists; some fear they could be sacrificed to ensure passage in the 50-50 Senate.
Ralph Northam backing Terry McAuliffe in governor’s race
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Gov. Ralph Northam is endorsing his predecessor, Terry McAuliffe, for the Democratic Party nomination for governor. Northam served as lieutenant governor under McAuliffe from 2014-2018.
Chris Graham: The regressive GOP response to Biden’s American Jobs Plan
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The last time Republicans wrecked the economy and the electorate asked a Democrat to come in and fix it, the GOP strategy was to state publicly that they didn’t want to see the Democrat succeed.
Spanberger, Neguse press Schumer to call vote on gun violence prevention legislation
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Abigail Spanberger (D-VA-07) and Joe Neguse (D-CO-02) are leading 65 of their House colleagues in urging Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY) to bring two gun safety bills to the floor of the U.S. Senate for a vote.
Augusta Free Press endorses Sam Rasoul for lieutenant governor
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#TeamAFP has made its second endorsement in the 2021 Democratic primary, backing Roanoke Del. Sam Rasoul in the race for the lieutenant governor nomination.
