Gov. McAuliffe announces resumption of poultry exports to China
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Virginia Governor Terry McAuliffe announced today that after almost seven years Virginia poultry exports will resume to the People’s Republic of China.
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Report: Virginians lose money due to offshore tax havens
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As the May 1 Virginia state tax filing deadline approaches, the United States Public Interest Research Group (U.S. PIRG) released the 2014 “Picking up the Tab” report that shows the cost to individuals and small businesses for big corporations’ use of offshore tax havens.
U.S. Senate passes unemployment insurance extension
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The U.S. Senate voted Monday to approve a bipartisan compromise to restore emergency unemployment insurance benefits for more than 2 million long-term unemployed American, including as many as 20,000 Virginians, according to some estimates.
Robert Hurt: A victory for job creation in Virginia’s Fifth District
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Last week’s March Jobs Report once again demonstrated that this administration’s policies are hindering the dynamic economic and job growth we so desperately need.
Chris Graham: Inside the game of playing politics with ObamaCare
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Republicans have been thinking since the disastrous rollout of the Healthcare.gov website in October that they’ve had gold in their hands heading into the 2014 midterm election cycle. All they’d have to do is say ObamaCare, ObamaCare, ObamaCare, to the end of the days, and they’d win, and win big. The House was safe, the Senate was in sight, and momentum into 2016 was guaranteed.
Ed Gillespie: His ObamaCare problem
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Republican Senate candidate Ed Gillespie wrote in his 2006 memoir in support of a federal healthcare mandate, and worked as a lobbyist for a firm that was advocating market-based reforms of the nation’s healthcare system.
Rockingham County Fairgrounds to renovate and expand poultry facilities
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The Rockingham County Fair Association in Harrisonburg is renovating and expanding poultry facilities on the Fairgrounds this spring. The goal is to showcase the historic and economic importance of the poultry industry in the Shenandoah Valley.
Kaine, Rubio lead bipartisan group of senators calling for new solution in Syria
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U.S. Senators Tim Kaine (D-VA) and Marco Rubio (R-FL), both members of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, led a bipartisan group of Senators in calling on President Obama to develop and submit to Congress a more robust U.S. strategy for addressing the Syrian humanitarian crisis.
Va. delegation announces step forward on USDOT loan for rail to Dulles
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The Northern Virginia congressional delegation announced a significant step forward in securing a commitment for a low-interest, long-term federal loan to help finish constructing the Dulles Metrorail Project.
Tim Kaine urges renewal of PILT program in farm bill
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U.S. Sen. Tim Kaine joined a bipartisan group of 15 senators to write a letter urging farm bill conferees to include the Payment in Lieu of Taxes (PILT) program in the final farm bill conference report.
