Tea Party Patriots endorse Radtke for Senate
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The nine-member executive committee of the Virginia Tea Party Patriots announced Thursday that it is endorsing Jamie Radtke for the U.S. Senate
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Senate campaign focus on senior issues in NoVa
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The U.S. Senate race was going hot and heavy in Northern Virginia Wednesday, with Republican George Allen continuing his “Send a Message” statewide tour and Democrat Tim Kaine’s campaign pressing Allen on Social Security
Politics Notebook: More from the Senate race
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News from the U.S. Senate campaign trail from George Allen and Tim Kaine, including statements from the candidates on the latest jobs report
Senate ’12: Kaine talks pay fairness, retirement security, Allen receives endorsement
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Highlights of another busy day on the U.S. Senate campaign trail in Virginia
NRA endorses Allen for Senate
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Today, the National Rifle Association endorsed George Allen for U.S. Senate, citing his record of defending the Second Amendment
Kaine: Senate needs to make ‘hard decisions’
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Second in a series Tim Kaine had thought, like a lot of us did, that his political career was over. In January 2010, Kaine finished up his term as governor of Virginia, and looked out a landscape in Virginia politics that featured two Democrats, Jim Webb and Mark Warner, representing the Commonwealth in the United…
Senate highway bill includes Warner proposals
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U.S. Sen. Mark R. Warner, D-Va., on Wednesday joined colleagues in a bipartisan 74-22 vote to adopt the Moving Ahead for Progress in the 21st Century Act (MAP-21), which reauthorizes highway, transit, and safety programs for two fiscal years at current funding levels. The legislation is fully funded and maintains the solvency of the Highway…
State Senate defeats ‘fire the teacher bill’
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A bipartisan 23-17 vote in the State Senate on Thursday sends legislation dubbed by critics the “fire the teacher bill” to a Senate committee, effectively killing it for the 2012 General Assembly session. House Bill 576 was a cornerstone of the education reform agenda of Republican Gov. Bob McDonnell, who said the legislation would bring…
Eminent domain constitutional amendment passes in Senate, House
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A proposed constitutional amendment that would help protect private property rights cleared its next-to-last hurdle when it was passed by the Virginia Senate and House of Delegates. Now it awaits approval by Virginia voters in November. The Senate version of the bill, SJ 3, passed 23-17, and HJ 3, the House version, was approved 80-18…
