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U.S. Sen. Tim Kaine, Chairman of the Senate Foreign Relations Subcommittee on Near Eastern and South and Central Asian Affairs, released the following statement today on the proposal that Syria place its chemical weapons under international control and abide by the terms of the 1993 Chemical Weapons Convention.
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The U.S. tax code is littered with wasteful loopholes and preferential rules written by insider lobbyists to benefit powerful corporations and wealthy special interests. For them, these loopholes do indeed represent an enormous and bountiful treasure.
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U.S. Sen. Tim Kaine, a member of the Armed Services and Foreign Relations Committees, held a roundtable today with veterans and members of the Norfolk community to discuss the issue of war powers and the process of consultation between the executive and legislative branches on military action.
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U.S. Senator Tim Kaine, chairman of the Senate Foreign Relations Subcommittee on Near Eastern and South and Central Asian Affairs, participated in a Foreign Relations Committee hearing today on the president’s request for authorization of the use of military force in Syria.
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U.S. Sen. Tim Kaine, chairman of the Foreign Relations Subcommittee on Near Eastern and South and Central Asian Affairs, spoke today in response to Secretary of State John Kerry’s comments on the use of chemical weapons in Syria.
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U.S. Sen. Mark Warner (D-Va.), a member of the Senate’s Banking Committee, sent a letter today to Mary Jo White, chairman of the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission asking White to look into Thursday afternoon’s three-hour breakdown in trading on the NASDAQ exchange.
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Virginia Farm Bureau Federation AgPAC has announced its endorsement of Ken Cuccinelli, the Republican candidate for governor; Ralph S. Northam, the Democratic candidate for lieutenant governor; and Mark D. Obenshain, the Republican candidate for attorney general.
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Del. R. Steven Landes, (R-Weyers Cave), along with Sen. Emmett W. Hanger, Jr, (R-Augusta County), and Delegates Dickie Bell (R-Staunton), Ben Cline (R-Amherst), and Todd Gilbert (R-Woodstock) have signed on to the Amici Brief in Town of Greece v. Galloway, which has now been filed with the Supreme Court of the United States.
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Military matters are coming to define Tim Kaine’s tenure in the United States Senate early in his Senate career. Education has had Kaine’s attention since his first run at statewide office, his successful campaign for lieutenant governor in 2001.
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U.S. Sen. Mark R. Warner (D-VA) released the following statement today upon reports that the Pentagon will reduce federal employee furloughs from 11 days to six days:
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