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Congress has reached an apparent compromise on a measure that will raise the federal debt ceiling, likely averting a fiscal crisis that had been feared if the U.S. government would have risked defaulting on its loan obligations. The reactions of the three top candidates for the U.S. Senate seat representing Virginia up for grabs in…
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Tim Kaine issued the following statement in response to ongoing gridlock over debt ceiling negotiations and new reports that Virginia is increasingly vulnerable to a credit downgrade as a result of the stalemate in Washington: “For months, Congress has engaged in irresponsible political maneuvering by using the debt ceiling deadline and our economic stability as…
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Mr. President, I would like to express my support for the Majority Leader’s plan to raise the debt ceiling and reduce the deficit. Our nation, as we all know, faces a looming crisis. The markets have already warned us. Businesses are already postponing investments. We know the consequences of inaction; they are predictable: Borrowing costs…
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Taste of Downtown is back this August 14-20! Harrisonburg Downtown Renaissance and the Downtown Dining Alliance bring this biannual restaurant week to the community to highlight local restaurants and flavors. Each day of this week-long culinary celebration will feature lunch and/or dinner specials from 15 locally-owned downtown restaurants. Specials range from discounted menu favorites to…
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You never know what obstacles life is going to put in front of you. When I was 25, I was diagnosed with Multiple Sclerosis. Before I turned 30, I was using a wheelchair. When you have a disability, it takes a fair amount of creativity to make life work. Like millions of other Americans with…
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There will be a special ribbon cutting ceremony on Tuesday, Aug. 2 at 10 a.m. at Gypsy Hill Park in Staunton to welcome the Library of Congress Gateway to Knowledge Traveling Exhibition to Staunton. The ceremony is hosted by the Staunton Public Library and will include Staunton Mayor Lacy King, State Del. Dickie Bell and…
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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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In the late 1990s the state teachers’ organization distributed a hopeful poster. With scenes from Monticello and colonial Virginia printed in the background, the text proclaimed that “Virginians led the Eighteenth Century, Virginians can lead the Twenty-first Century.” There is a plentiful supply of documentation of Virginians providing leadership in the Revolutionary period through the…
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Gov. Bob McDonnell announced today that the state ended the 2011 fiscal year with a $311 million general-fund surplus. A key to the fiscal picture – state revenues were up 5.8 percent over fiscal-year 2010, well ahead of the 3.5 percent revenue growth that had been projected. The state ended fiscal-year 2010 with a $228…
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A dozen Shenandoah Valley residents and I went to Washington last Friday, where I served as a witness at a congressional oversight hearing. The focus was a U.S. Forest Service proposal to ban a controversial natural gas drilling technique – horizontal drilling and hydraulic fracturing – from more than one million acres of public land…
