Senate unanimously passes Warner-Portman transparency legislation
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The U.S. Senate today passed Sen. Mark R. Warner (D-VA) and Sen. Rob Portman’s (R-OH) bipartisan Digital Accountability and Transparency Act (DATA).
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Earth Talk: Keurig K-Cup coffee containers
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Keurig K-Cups—those little one-serving coffee containers that allow people to brew one cup at a time in a specially designed Keurig brewing machine—are all the rage these days.
Tea Party Scorecard: Randy Forbes, Robert Hurt in lockstep
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Virginia’s swing district Republicans, a list that now includes Reps. Randy Forbes and Robert Hurt, vote with the most extreme wing of their party on the vast majority of issues, according“Tea Stained,” a groundbreaking new legislative scorecard compiled by Americans United for Change.
Sens. Warner and Kaine introduce Military Retirement Restoration Act
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U.S. Sens. Mark Warner (D-VA) and Tim Kaine (D-VA) introduced the Military Retirement Restoration Act to repeal and replace the proposed $6 billion cut to military pensions included in the Bipartisan Budget Act.
Community solidarity with immigrant families at Tuesday rally in Dayton
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On Tuesday, Virginia Organizing and other community leaders will gather to show solidarity with undocumented immigrants across the U.S. and raise awareness on immigration reform. A comprehensive immigration reform with a path to citizenship bill was passed by the U.S. Senate in June and has not yet been heard by the House.
Senate committee unanimously passes Sen. Warner’s bipartisan DATA Act
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The U.S. Senate Committee on Homeland Security and Government Affairs on Wednesday passed Sen. Mark R. Warner’s (D-Va.) legislation to improve and expand federal fiscal accountability by unanimous voice vote.
Groups call on Cantor to support immigration reform
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On Saturday, July 27 at 1 p.m., Virginia Organizing, Virginia Coalition of Latino Organizations (VACOLAO), Virginia Interfaith Center for Public Policy, Virginia New Majority, and other groups are holding a rally at Monroe Park to call on House Majority Leader Congressman Eric Cantor to support comprehensive immigration reform with a path to citizenship.
Primp Your Pit campaign under way at local clinic
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With 8 million homeless pets entering U.S. shelters every year, Shenandoah Valley Spay/Neuter Clinic is helping to solve this problem by participating in PetSmart Charities®’ “Primp Your Pit ” August spay/neuter campaign.
Sen. Warner: Dysfunction is having an impact
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U.S. Sen. Mark Warner (D-Va.) today used a Senate floor speech to tell personal stories of Virginians impacted by federal employee furloughs and spending cuts mandated by the sequester.
Sen. Tim Kaine presses Pentagon brass on sexual assaults
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U.S. Sen. Tim Kaine, a member of the Armed Services Committee, today pressed top military officials on the escalating crisis of sexual assault and unwanted sexual contact in the military.
