Senate passes comprehensive immigration reform

Chris Graham

The U.S. Senate voted 68-32 today to pass an immigration reform bill that among other things will offer millions of undocumented immigrants a path to legal status. Virginia’s two Democratic senators, Mark Warner and Tim Kaine, joined the majority vote in favor of the legislation, which will also step up the enforcement resources to be sent to the nation’s southern border.

Terry McAuliffe urges Virginia’s congressional delegation to support the Marketplace Fairness Act

Chris Graham

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.

Ken Plum: Within constitutional limits

Ken Plum

Our newly minted senator from Virginia Tim Kaine made the best response I have heard to those who argue that the Second Amendment is an absolute right to own guns. As Senator Kaine wrote in an opinion column in the Virginian Pilot last week, “A Virginian, James Madison, drafted the Bill of Rights, and we in the Commonwealth believe strongly in the Second Amendment.

‘The Chris Graham Show’ dives into politics, sports

Chris Graham

For the past several weeks, Chris Graham was telling listeners on WREL-1450AM in Lexington, Va., that Democrats were going to do well in the 2012 elections. In today’s installment of “The Chris Graham Show,” he breaks down how the pre-election polls that had been suggesting that Barack Obama, Tim Kaine and others on the Democratic side were able to pull off their Election Day wins.

Chris Graham: Strangely quiet Virginia Senate race

Contributors

Other than the occasional report on polls that of late have put Tim Kaine in the lead over George Allen, it’s been strangely quiet on the campaign trail in the Virginia Senate race. Think about it. Battleground state, two former governors, both of whom have been talked about at one time or another as possible future players on the national stage, locked in what has been a neck-and-neck race for 18 months, and … nothing.