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Chris Graham: Syria, and the role of the U.S. on the world stage

Published date: September 2, 2013 | 4:40 pm

Assad, no doubt, will be emboldened in Syria if the West fails to act in some way, shape or form to his internal aggression, and he won’t be the only one. Ally Russia, with an increasingly aggressive Vladimir Putin pushing the buttons, is calculating the next move in his quest to further strengthen the former superpower. North Korea and China are also watching with great interest to see what the United States does, or as the case may be doesn’t do, in Syria, with their own geopolitical fortunes in mind.

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

Chris Graham

Published date: May 8, 2013 | 11:18 am

Updated: May 27, 2025 | 8:30 pm

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.

Marketplace Fairness Act passes U.S. Senate

AFP

Published date: May 6, 2013 | 10:57 pm

The United States Senate voted 69-27 Monday night to pass Marketplace Fairness Act legislation that closes the sales tax loophole allows large online-only retailers to evade collecting and remitting sales taxes like their brick-and-mortar counterparts.

Ken Plum: Congress in clutches of the NRA

Ken Plum

Published date: April 24, 2013 | 9:17 am

Updated: July 14, 2025 | 7:02 pm

Before I criticize the lack of action on the part of the U.S. Senate on modest gun measures last week, I will freely admit that the Virginia General Assembly is clearly in the clutches of the National Rifle Association (NRA).

John Adams: Adjusting Pentagon spending priorities will strengthen U.S. national security

AFP

Published date: January 16, 2013 | 12:48 pm

With revenue largely off the table for future negotiating, we need to resolve our budget woes by putting the breaks on runaway government spending in a balanced, strategic way. Given that the Pentagon budget makes up more than half of all discretionary spending, smart savings there should be a key part of the solution to the current budget battle.

Webb: ‘Humanitarian interventions’ must have congressional approval

AFP

Published date: May 9, 2012 | 7:58 pm

Sen. Jim Webb today announced he will introduce legislation to require Congressional approval before the president could take military action for so-called “humanitarian interventions”

DOJ clears Virginia’s redrawn congressional districts

AFP

Published date: March 15, 2012 | 2:19 pm

The United States Department of Justice informed the office of Attorney General Ken Cuccinelli on Wednesday that it had no objection to Virginia’s newly redrawn congressional districts, which were drawn by the General Assembly earlier this year. Virginia is one of 16 states required under the Voting Rights Act of 1965 to pre-clear (get federal…

Court dismisses lawsuit over GA’s authority to draw congressional districts

AFP

Published date: February 27, 2012 | 7:50 pm

The Richmond Circuit Court on Monday dismissed a lawsuit brought by six Virginia residents that sought to have the court draw Virginia’s congressional districts for the upcoming elections. The court found that the 2012 General Assembly had the power to draw new congressional districts, and therefore, the plaintiffs’ suit had to be dismissed.

Federal court dismisses suit against Virginia’s congressional redistricting

AFP

Published date: February 11, 2012 | 8:33 am

On Friday, a federal court dismissed a lawsuit brought by six Virginia residents that sought to have the court draw Virginia’s congressional districts for the upcoming November elections. Among other reasons, the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Virginia dismissed the case based on its finding that the recent actions of the…

Mark Warner: A bipartisan center forms in the U.S. Senate

Chris Graham

Published date: October 4, 2011 | 4:42 pm

Updated: May 13, 2025 | 8:18 pm

When I asked Virginians in 2008 for the privilege of serving them in the United States Senate, I pledged to go to Washington to try to lead a “radical bipartisan center” that would work together to find common ground to solve our nation’s biggest challenges. As our country’s $14.7 trillion national debt grows by more…

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Chris Graham: Syria, and the role of the U.S. on the world stage

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

Marketplace Fairness Act passes U.S. Senate

Ken Plum: Congress in clutches of the NRA

John Adams: Adjusting Pentagon spending priorities will strengthen U.S. national security

Webb: ‘Humanitarian interventions’ must have congressional approval

DOJ clears Virginia’s redrawn congressional districts

Court dismisses lawsuit over GA’s authority to draw congressional districts

Federal court dismisses suit against Virginia’s congressional redistricting

Mark Warner: A bipartisan center forms in the U.S. Senate

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