
Kaine statement on continued push from House GOP for shutdown
U.S. Sen. Tim Kaine released the following statement on the proposal announced by House Republicans yesterday.

U.S. Sen. Tim Kaine released the following statement on the proposal announced by House Republicans yesterday.

U.S. Sen. Tim Kaine submitted the following comments to Virginia’s Medicaid Innovation and Reform Commission in response to its request for public input on the decision of whether or not to expand Medicaid in Virginia.

Speaking on the steps of the U.S. Capitol, U.S. Sens. Mark Warner and Tim Kaine highlighted the ongoing negative impact of the government shutdown in Virginia, and again urged House Republican leaders to re-open government, pay the nation’s bills on time and negotiate on a long term budget.

U.S. Sens. Mark Warner and Tim Kaine joined Senators Ben Cardin and Barbara A. Mikulski of Maryland to introduce a bill, the “Federal Employee Retroactive Pay Fairness Act,” that would guarantee that federal workers who were furloughed because of the lapse in federal funding or government shutdown would receive their full pay.

U.S. Sen. Tim Kaine released the following statement on the shutdown of the federal government.

The Senate voted 54-46 on Monday to reject continued attempts by House Republicans to use the threat of government shutdown to delay or defund the Affordable Care Act.

U.S. Sens. Mark R. Warner (D-Va.) and Tim Kaine (D-Va.) announced that Virginia has received $3,271,000 in U.S. Department of Justice grants to fund law enforcement jobs and expand community policing initiatives with a focus on programs designed to promote school safety.

U.S. Sen. Tim Kaine, a member of the Senate Foreign Relations Subcommittee on the Western Hemisphere and Chairman of the U.S.-Mexico Interparliamentary Group (IPG), participated in a meeting with Vice President Biden to discuss the Administration’s approach to the Western Hemisphere, including the Vice President’s recent trip to Mexico to launch the U.S.-Mexico High Level Economic Dialogue.

U.S. Sen. Tim Kaine released a statement on his vote for a clean spending bill to fund the government through Nov. 15 and avert a government shutdown. The continuing resolution passed the Senate 54-44.

Speaking on the Senate floor on Wednesday, U.S. Sen. Tim Kaine warned against the harmful consequences of a government shutdown and urged his colleagues to pass a short-term continuing resolution to fund the government.