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The House of Representatives voted Wednesday to pass Seventh District Democrat Abigail Spanberger’s legislation to protect against the influence of foreign nations through online disinformation campaigns.
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The House voted 220-210 Wednesday to pass the For the People Act, a sweeping package of election reforms that would crack down on voter suppression, protect elections, get money out of politics, strengthen ethics rules, and fight corruption.
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The George Floyd Justice in Policing Act, an effort to improve law enforcement accountability and root out racial bias in policing, passed the U.S. House of Representatives on Wednesday.
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U.S. Sens. Mark R. Warner and Tim Kaine today sent a letter to the White House recommending candidates for the U.S. Attorney vacancies in the Eastern District of Virginia and the Western District of Virginia.
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The House of Representatives, by a razor-thin 219-212 margin, voted in the wee hours of Saturday morning to pass President Biden’s $1.9 trillion COVID-19 relief package, setting up the next political battle in the U.S. Senate.
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The House of Representatives voted Thursday to pass a bill that expands protections for LGBTQ+ people.
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The Senate Rules Committee and Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee convened on Tuesday the first hearing examining the security failures that enabled a mob supporting former President Donald Trump to overrun the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6.
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Gov. Ralph Northam is committing to sign legislation passed by the General Assembly ending the death penalty in Virginia into law.
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Abigail Spanberger has been re-elected chair of the House Agriculture Conservation and Forestry Subcommittee.
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A bill boosting youth apprenticeship programs as part of a strategy to increase workforce development opportunities passed the U.S. House this week.
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