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U.S. Sens. Mark Warner (D-VA) and Tim Kaine (D-VA) today cosponsored the introduction of The Virginia Outer Continental Shelf Energy Production Act of 2013. The legislation would expand American offshore energy production with a revised five-year leasing plan, and provide revenue sharing.
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U.S. Sens. Mark R. Warner (D-VA), Mark Begich (D-AK), Harry Reid (D-NV), Amy Klobuchar (D-MN), Jeanne Shaheen (D-NH), Mark Kirk (R-IL), Dean Heller (R-NV), and Tim Scott (R-SC), introduced a resolution yesterday recognizing National Travel and Tourism Week to emphasize the importance of the travel and tourism sector for the economies of communities throughout the nation.
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Virginia gubernatorial candidate Terry McAuliffe is sending a letter today to Virginia’s U.S. House delegation urging them to support the Marketplace Fairness Act. Monday night, Sens. Mark Warner and Tim Kaine helped in a bipartisan effort to pass this commonsense policy.
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The United States Senate voted 69-27 Monday night to pass Marketplace Fairness Act legislation that closes the sales tax loophole allows large online-only retailers to evade collecting and remitting sales taxes like their brick-and-mortar counterparts.
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The U.S. Senate voted 73-26 Wednesday to adopt a stopgap appropriations bill that will fund the federal government for the next six months – and avoid a government shutdown.
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U.S. Sen. Mark R. Warner (D-Va.) today successfully amended the 2014 Senate budget resolution, adding three amendments which collectively promote more effective, transparent and cost-efficient government.
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On a strong bipartisan vote of 14-4, the U.S. Senate Judiciary Committee today passed U.S. Sen. Mark R. Warner’s bipartisan CAMPUS Safety Act, which would consolidate federal campus safety efforts into the National Center for Campus Public Safety.
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U.S. Sens. Mark R. Warner (D-Va.) and Bob Corker (R-Tenn.), members of the Senate Banking Committee, wrote to U.S. Attorney General Eric Holder today asking him to clarify his “too big to jail” remarks, comments he made last week regarding enforcement actions on money laundering and terrorism financing activities based on the size of the culpable institution.
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U.S. Sens. Mark Warner and Tim Kaine both signed the amicus brief filed in the U.S. Supreme Court today by 212 members of Congress challenging Section 3 of the Defense of Marriage Act (DOMA), which created a federal definition of marriage for the first time.
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U.S. Sen. Mark R. Warner announced on Thursday that he will reintroduce the bipartisan CAMPUS Safety Act, which would consolidate existing federal campus safety programs into a single, National Center for Campus Public Safety, to strengthen training and research initiatives and improve collaboration.
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