Kaine applauds passage of Every Student Succeeds Act
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Sen. Tim Kaine praised passage of the Every Student Succeeds Act, which passed the Senate 85-12 today following House passage of the legislation last week.
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Warner, Kaine announce $1.5 million in federal funds to help Virginians on public assistance become self-sufficient
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U.S. Sens. Mark R. Warner and Tim Kaine (both D-VA) today announced that 18 Virginia localities will receive more than $1.5 million in grants from the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD).
Warner, Kaine file amicus brief in immigration Supreme Court case
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Sens. Mark Warner and Tim Kaine joined in filing an amicus brief with the Supreme Court in support of the President’s 2014 executive actions on immigration.
Senate education bill includes provisions of Kaine’s career, technical education, safe relationships measures
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Following today’s announcement of the final conference report on the Every Student Succeeds Act (ESSA) to replace No Child Left Behind, U.S. Senator Tim Kaine welcomed the bill’s inclusion of key provisions he authored to help prevent sexual assault and strengthen career and technical education (CTE) in schools across the country.
Warner, Kaine announce nearly $3 million in USDA funding to support Virginia agriculture
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Today, U.S. Senators Mark Warner and Tim Kaine announced that the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) has awarded $2,996,643 in grant funding to small businesses throughout Virginia. Today’s funding will support operations and marketing at local farms, ranches, wineries and other product-based small businesses that contribute to the agricultural industry in Virginia.
Warner, Kaine urge consumer agency to protect inmates from predatory practices with prepaid prison release cards
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U.S. Sens. Mark R. Warner and Tim Kaine (both D-VA) joined a letter sent to the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) urging the agency to strengthen financial protections for a particularly vulnerable population: men and women seeking to reenter society after leaving prison.
Obama bans the box on federal job applications: Warner, Kaine backed plan
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Today, U.S. Senators Mark Warner and Tim Kaine praised President Barack Obama’s announcement that federal employers will be required to “ban the box” on job applications, removing a barrier for former offenders seeking employment after incarceration.
Warner, Kaine urge Senate leadership to save student loan program
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U.S. Sens. Mark Warner and Tim Kaine (both D-VA) today pressed Senate leaders to take up and pass legislation to reauthorize the Perkins Loan Program.
Warner, Kaine urge Social Security Administration to implement Supreme Court marriage equality decisions
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U.S. Sens. Mark Warner and Tim Kaine (both D-VA) joined 119 of their congressional colleagues in a letter to Acting Commissioner of Social Security Carolyn W. Colvin and Attorney General Loretta Lynch to make sure that the Supreme Court’s landmark marriage equality decisions are implemented and that the Social Security Administration (SSA) is treating all marriages equally.
Warner and Kaine call for improvements to childhood nutrition programs
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U.S. Sens. Mark R. Warner and Tim Kaine recommended ways Congress can streamline federal childhood nutrition programs to more efficiently feed hungry low-income children outside of school hours.
