
Tim Kaine pushes defense plan
U.S. Senate candidate Tim Kaine discussed a path to avoid harmful defense cuts that will take effect if Congress does not reach an agreement to responsibly address our fiscal crisis

U.S. Senate candidate Tim Kaine discussed a path to avoid harmful defense cuts that will take effect if Congress does not reach an agreement to responsibly address our fiscal crisis

The U.S. House of Representatives will vote this week on proposals for dealing with the Bush-era tax cuts. This includes a proposal that passed the U.S. Senate last Wednesday [July 26] that will extend Bush-era income tax cuts for every American, but end extra breaks for the richest 2 percent (on take-home income beyond the first $250,000). As a small business owner – my wife and I own and operate an auto repair shop with a dozen employees – I’m all for this. Especially the part about ending extra breaks for the top 2 percent.

U.S. Senate candidates Tim Kaine and George Allen were both stumping in Lynchburg on Friday

U.S. Senate candidate Tim Kaine spoke to the Kiwanis Club of Richmond on Monday

On Friday, U.S. Senate candidate Tim Kaine and his wife, Anne Holton, volunteered at the Remote Area Medical Clinic at the Wise County Fairgrounds

U.S. Senate candidate Tim Kaine visited Fibertek Inc. Tuesday in Herndon, and then on Wednesday made a stop in Mount Vernon to visit several local businesses there.

U.S. Senate candidate George Allen toured the Chester manufacturing facility of Merit Medical Systems, a leading developer, manufacturer and distributor of medical devices, on Monday

Susan Allen campaigned for her husband, George, the Republican U.S. Senate nominee, in the Shenandoah Valley on Thursday, listening to the voices and stories of hardworking families and local business owners as part of the Virginia Voices initiative to highlight their ideas and solutions for fixing Washington

A new Public Policy Polling survey of Virginia voters gives Tim Kaine a narrow lead over George Allen in this fall’s U.S. Senate race

Democrat Tim Kaine outraised Republican George Allen by close to a million dollars in the second quarter of 2012, according to press releases sent out Wednesday by the two U.S. Senate campaigns
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