
Democrats avoid government shutdown disaster
Enough Democrats were able to come together to pass a continuing resolution keeping the government open as the hours until a shutdown counted down, averting a disaster for the majority party.

Enough Democrats were able to come together to pass a continuing resolution keeping the government open as the hours until a shutdown counted down, averting a disaster for the majority party.

Congresswoman Abigail Spanberger today pressed the U.S. Postal Service to address mail delivery and service delays experienced by Virginians living in the 22407 zip code — including the Spotsylvania and Fredericksburg areas.

U.S. Sen. Mark R. Warner (D-VA) introduced legislation today to put an end to future government shutdowns, such as the one that would happen later this week absent cooperation from Senate Republicans, who voted to block legislation that would have kept the government funded through Dec. 3.

Winston Churchill famously said, “There is nothing government can give you that it hasn’t taken from you in the first place.” This accurately depicts how the Democrats’ impending tax-and-spending spree will affect the American people.

Congresswoman Abigail Spanberger (D-VA-07) has introduced legislation that would create an emergency supply of key ingredients used in essential generic medicines and incentivize domestic manufacturing of these ingredients.

Back-to-school season is in full swing, and that means nearly 60 million K-12 students and over 3 million teachers will have returned to school over the next few weeks.

Virginia will receive more than $2.5 million in grants from the Appalachian Regional Commission Partnership for Opportunity and Workforce and Economic Revitalization Initiative.

Congressman A. Donald McEachin (D-VA-04) sent a follow-up letter to Admiral Michelle Howard, Chair of the Naming Commission at the U.S. Department of Defense, to rename Fort Lee in Central Virginia after Lt. Gen. Arthur J. Gregg.

About 17 kilometers above the Earth’s surface, the first layer of the atmosphere meets the second one.

Although the Constitution was adopted on September 17, 1787, the fear of the new federal government was so strong that a “bill of rights” was demanded and became an eventuality.
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