
Politics Notebook: On the campaign trail
Tim Kaine talks Senate budget votes, and we look at the latest polling in New Hampshire and North Carolina

Tim Kaine talks Senate budget votes, and we look at the latest polling in New Hampshire and North Carolina

Congressional Republicans are promising gridlock over the debt limit, and U.S. Senate candidate Tim Kaine is taking aim at Republican rival George Allen on the topic

Of all the American success stories throughout our nation’s great history, few narratives match the significance and impact of our agricultural industry

Like so much of the legislation coming out of Washington, D.C., green groups are mixed on the new Farm Bill now making its way toward a floor vote

U.S. Sen. Mark R. Warner today requested additional information from the U.S. Secretary of the Air Force to further determine the scope of safety concerns raised by several pilots of the USAF F-22 Raptor

Security. It’s something we all want and need. Especially mothers. It is also something that I, as many Americans, often take for granted

The American Conservative Union today endorsed George Allen for U.S. Senate, citing his extensive record of conservative leadership for fiscal responsibility, government transparency and accountability, and pro-life policies

Sen. Jim Webb has asked Postmaster General Patrick Donahoe to extend the moratorium on the closing of post office facilities

Farm families and their relatives across Virginia are welcoming the recent decision to withdraw proposed federal restrictions on underage farm employees. “Agriculture is something that is learned” at the side of an older farmer, said Jonathan Cavin, a Lee County beef, produce and tobacco grower who recalled helping his father plow fields when he was…

U.S. Sens. Mark R. Warner (D-Va.) and Susan Collins (R-Maine), the Senate co-chairs of the bipartisan Congressional Task Force on Alzheimer’s Disease, today introduced a bipartisan Senate resolution affirming the national goal of preventing and treating Alzheimer’s by 2025. Reps. Edward J. Markey (D-Mass.), Chris Smith (R-N.J.) and Michael Burgess (R-Texas) introduced companion legislation in…
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