John LaForge: Hypocrisies, successes at UN meeting to ban nuclear weapons
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The Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons has been ratified by 65 governments, known in diplomatic circles as States Parties.
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Culpeper District Traffic Alert: Week of June 27-July 1
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The following highway work is scheduled, weather permitting, in the Culpeper District during the next week.
Senate votes to pass most significant gun control legislation in 30 years
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The United States Senate voted 65-33 to pass the bipartisan Safer Communities Act – landmark legislation to curb gun violence in the wake of horrific mass shootings in Uvalde, Buffalo, and cities across the nation.
New Quinnipiac poll: We have met the enemy, and it is us
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Nearly two-thirds of Americans think the Jan. 6, 2021 attack on the U.S. Capitol was planned, according to new polling from Quinnipiac University.
Robert C. Koehler: Good guys with guns?
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This is the Second Amendment in full-on action: Republicans running for office gleefully pretending to defend the country from whomever. Only a good guy with a gun can stop a politician with a big mouth. A literal civil war is fomenting, or so it seems, and Jan. 6 was just a practice run.
Senate Agriculture Committee advances bipartisan bill to lower meat prices
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The Senate Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry Committee today voted to advance U.S. Rep. Abigail Spanberger’s legislation to help lower food prices and tackle anticompetitive practices in the American meat and poultry industries.
Staunton man employed by GSA pleads guilty to accepting bribes from government contractors
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According to court documents, beginning in approximately December of 2015 and continuing through August 2019, Charles W. Jones, 59, of Staunton, accepted bribes from government contractors in return for awarding federal contracts to Contractors USA and SDC Contracting LLC.
Spanberger leads effort to boost oil refining capacity to help lower gas prices
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The recent spike in gas prices is in large part due to a lack of refining capacity. As oil demand has returned to pre-pandemic levels, global refining capacity has declined by 3 million barrels per day, and U.S. capacity alone has declined by 1 million barrels per day.
Meet Merritt Hale: Navy veteran challenging Ben Cline in the Sixth District
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Voters who don’t want to see a Republican who voted to overturn the 2020 election on the ballot in the Sixth District in November have an alternative in Tuesday’s GOP primary.
John LaForge: The Nuclear Weapons Treaty ban in the footsteps of 1982’s Million-Person March
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Last Sunday marked the 40th anniversary of the June 12, 1982 million-person march in New York City for a “freeze” on nuclear weapons building, followed two days later by a mass nonviolent action at the consular offices of nuclear weapons states.
