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Last week, the Senate campaign of former Republican Sen. and Gov. George Allen sent out a press release touting a long list of endorsements from Virginia Tea Party leaders. Today the Virginia Tea Party Patriot Federation is responding with a “truth in voting” education drive challenging Allen’s claims to being a Tea Party conservative. “George…
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Today George Allen received the endorsement of over more than 100 Tea Party leaders from across Virginia for his candidacy for the United States Senate seat currently held by Democrat Jim Webb. Allen is a heavy favorite to win the Republican Party nomination to run for the Senate in 2012. He faces a field of…
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Recently, I attended a community meeting hosted by faith leaders in Northern Virginia’s Prince William County that brought together more than 1,000 anxious homeowners and several leading mortgage lenders. Many other communities across Virginia also have experienced significant challenges as a result of the housing crisis. But Prince William County has led Virginia in foreclosures…
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The Tim Kaine Senate campaign announced today that it received $1.3 million in donations during the third quarter. In the six months since he declared his candidacy on April 5, 2011, over 8,500 unique donors have contributed to Tim Kaine’s Senate campaign. The campaign has raised approximately $3.55 million year-to-date and has approximately $2.55 million…
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With unemployment remaining unacceptably high across the 5th District and the country, the U.S House of Representatives has focused on promoting pro-growth policies that would remove the federal government as a barrier to job creation and help get our economy back on track. To that end, the House took action last week and passed another…
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U.S. Sen. Mark R. Warner (D-VA) today announced that he has organized a bipartisan coalition representing more than one-third of the members of the U.S. Senate to encourage the members of the congressional “super committee” to seek the broadest possible bipartisan agreement to address the nation’s deficits and debt. This group of 36 Senators —…
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The Fourth Circuit Court of Appeals today ruled that the Commonwealth of Virginia lacks standing to challenge the individual mandate portion of the health-care reform passed by Congress in 2010. The ruling is not expected to be the end to the case brought by Virginia Attorney General Ken Cuccinelli. It is anticipated that the challenge…
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AFP editor Chris Graham talks Virginia news and politics on WREL-1450AM’s “Online with Jim Bresnahan.” The segment begins with a look at the ongoing federal debt-ceiling stalemate. Will the two sides come to a compromise? Chris offers his insights. The segment wraps with a look inside the latest poll numbers in the Virginia U.S. Senate…
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George Allen sees the debt-ceiling issue as “leverage” for Republicans heading into the 2012 elections. Tim Kaine has raised issue with Allen on that stance, and on Friday Kaine offered a statement of support for Senate Democrats for their 51-46 party-line vote rejecting the so-called “Cut, Cap and Balance” plan that passed the Republican House…
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July 16 marks the 66th anniversary of the first nuclear weapons test explosion. The United States’ test, code-named “Trinity,” was exploded in the desert of New Mexico and ignited the nuclear age. The bombing of Hiroshima on August 6 and Nagasaki on August 9 were followed by some 2,050 nuclear tests worldwide, with over half…
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